Device Manufacturing Project Lead

Location: Snäckviken, Gothenburg or Bad Homburg

Are you curious to work collaboratively and want to try an opportunity to join our team as Device Manufacturing Lead for a one-year assignment? Then this is the role for you!

AstraZeneca is a global, innovation-driven biopharmaceutical business that focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialisation of prescription medicines for some of the world's most serious diseases. But we're more than one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies. At AstraZeneca, we're proud to have a unique workplace culture of inclusion and diversity that inspires innovation and collaboration. Here, employees are empowered to express diverse perspectives - and are made to feel valued, energised and rewarded for their ideas and creativity.

We are looking for a new colleague to the Device On market Team for Inhalation Products. This is an opportunity for you who would like to develop further in the device area and work close with our internal partner GES and our external component suppliers. You will take on an assignment with a duration just under one year (2022), full time, but re-location is not necessary.

The Inhalation Product Development On-Market function ensures reliable technical support to manufacturing technologies and all inhalation products on market. The Device team provide expert technical support within device design and material selection, device manufacturing and testing, post markets surveillance and compliance to current legislations.

The device team today is an established team of 10 device technical leads and experts. Members in our team will go on parental leave during 2022 and we are looking for deputies.



What will you do?

As Device Manufacturing Project Lead, you will coordinate inhalation device projects and work close together with one of our suppliers and other Manufacturing Leads within the team.

The work will include, but will not be limited to:

* Together with project managers, follow up on progress in all on-going projects including payments, risks etc.
* Review overall plans with component suppliers
* Project manage minor investment projects
* Be the point of contact for Global External Sourcing/Supply Chain Lead for the different inhalation devices On-Market projects in your portfolio.

Essential Requirements

* Key competence is to keep multiple tasks under control.
* Having a "can do" attitude with experience of delivering successful projects/activities on time
* Experience in plastic component manufacturing and assembly

Desired Requirements

Experience from combination product or medical device design or manufacturing.



Why AstraZeneca?

At AstraZeneca we're dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. There's no better place to make a difference to medicine, patients, and society. An inclusive culture that champions diversity and collaboration. Always committed to lifelong learning, growth, and development.



So, what's next?

For more information about the position, please contact Device team manager: Lena Axelson lena.axelson-larsson@astrazeneca.com

Welcome with your application no later than January 16th, 2022.

Interviews will be held ongoing during the application period.