Associate Director, Global Project Management

Are you ready to move forward in your career? Join us as an Associate Director, Global Project Management and be part of a vibrant team in Global Portfolio and Project Management (GPPM) department, using your experience to expand into global project management!

At AstraZeneca, we're not afraid to do things differently. Our purpose is ambitious and so is our approach. Creating a more agile and inclusive environment means building an inspiring culture where we celebrate innovative thinking. We are curious, creative, and open to new ideas and ways of working. Above all, we are passionate about science and driven to always put patients first!

What you´ll do

You will be a key member of the Global GPPM team, using your excellent organizational and interpersonal skills to enable our global, cross functional drug project teams to operate optimally. As the Assoc Dir Project Manager you are working in close partnership with the Global Project Leader, who has the scientific lead and accountability for the project. You will be a core member of the early-stage Global Project Teams (GPT), working in a dynamic and vibrant cross functional environment to facilitate decision-making, project planning, execution and control.

The project manager drives efficient operation of early-stage cross functional project teams. This includes ensuring that overall team deliverables, budgets, schedules and performance standards are realistically set, governance approved and attained, and that the project effectively fulfils all business reporting requirements. As the project management expert you will manage and control cross functional project plans and budgets, risks, stakeholders and communication according to company and project management best practices.

You will be fostering an efficient team environment and together with the Global Project Leader build a cohesive, high performing team. The PM focuses the team on the right activities at the right time, directing them to deliver on the integrated project plan and ensuring successful issue resolution and decision making. You will contribute to creating an environment where successful teams can meet ambitious business demands.

As a PM you will provide input into the project strategy through expertise in project management, execution and key internal processes. You will integrate and provide information to both the project team and governance bodies that allows efficient decision making, including facilitating the project teams towards effective governance interactions and decisions. We rely on you to seek opportunities to drive positive change and remove barriers within and outside the team, champion company and project management best practices and use your business knowledge to drive cross functional and cross-project learnings. This position plays a highly visible, critical role in successfully delivering innovative medicines through the drug development process to patients.



Skills and Experience

Required

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Bachelor's degree in a scientific or technical drug development subject, or requisite drug development experience
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Project Management experience with successful track record of establishing effective team operations and delivering projects within agreed time, quality and cost.
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Ability to create an effective, efficient team environment to build a high performing team
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Demonstrated stakeholder management skills, including ability to work effectively with senior stakeholders
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Experience with project management tools and processes

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Strong information management skills including use of tools such as SharePoint, Microsoft Teams and OneNote

Desirable

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Advanced degree in a scientific discipline and/or MBA
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In-depth knowledge of drug development
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Project Management (PMP) Certification

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Experience with advanced project management tools, such as PLANIT



The role can be based at either of our vibrant sites located in Gothenburg, SWE, Cambridge, UK or in Gaithersburg, US.



So, what's next!

Are you already imagining yourself joining our team? Good, because we can't wait to hear from you.

We welcome your application by March 23th at the latest.