Director, Business Planning & Operations

Are you a Strategically skilled Project Manager with a global approach? If you can envision applying your expertise in a truly meaningful setting, then this may be the role for you!

Our Site Management and Monitoring (SMM), a country based organisation with colleagues in over 30 countries, is responsible for leading the delivery of clinical trials at a country level. Our mission is to ensure that high quality study data is collected in a timely and productive way. We are part of the wider Development Operations organization - jointly responsible for delivering clinical trials to the highest standards of quality, efficiency and ethics to thousands of patients globally.



What you'll do

As Business Planning and Operations (BPO) Director, you'll provide SMM business strategies and drive business planning and operations across our global organization as well as the Leadership Team. In addition, you'll provide global, regional and country level governance through the regional directors, cluster and country directors around scorecard tracking, regular meetings, communications and organisational change - all aligned with global and development direction.

An important part of the role is also to lead SMM business reviews for key and strategic countries and to incorporate country insights into the business strategy. This is accomplished by applying a full understanding of internal and external global challenges.

Furthermore, you'll lead the Business Office activities globally with functional reports and you are a key member of our global SMM Business Strategy and Portfolio team. You play a meaningful role in establishing global SMM business strategies and ensuring one way of working across regions and countries.

Collaboration and partnership is key in this position, and we will rely on you to stay updated, and update others on internal and external clinical development trends. You will collaborate with partners on global, regional and country level across therapy areas and provide full visibility of the SMM portfolio and metrics.



Typical Accountabilities:

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Provides answers to the business questions embracing automated metrics and intelligence in SMM and ensures knowledge management
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Incorporates country level movement (e.g., regulatory changes) to SMM business strategy for the effective and efficient portfolio delivery of all Therapeutic Area studies to plan
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Optimizes overall geographic footprint with the head of SMM TA strategy and portfolio in collaboration with global, region and key country partners
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Leads global SMM Governance-meetings, business reviews, document management, etc and coordinates regular performance reports (half-yearly performance report, full yearly performance report, etc) and scorecard tracking
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Collaborates on capacity management with global finance and gets involved in regular SM&M planning cycle to provide meaningful portfolio view actively
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Leads organisational change within SMM in alignment with global R&D initiatives (e.g., digital health initiatives, patient centricity initiatives, organizational changes, efficiency improvement activities)



Essential for the role

You hold a BSc in a relevant field with substantial experience (+ 5yrs) in Pharmaceutical Industry in Clinical Development and Study Operations. Your thorough understanding of the Clinical Operation and Country Operation setup is crucial, as well as a strategic approach and experience of strategic project management within a clinical or pharmaceutical environment.

To be successful in this role, you need to have excellent interpersonal skills and ability to analyse external trends to influence internal partners. You have a high level of cultural sensitivity and interactive communication - leading to effective cross functional and global collaborations. Furthermore, you are a dedicated and great teammate who manages change with a positive approach to the challenges of change for self, team and the business.

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Experience of leading a development team and working in a global environment
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Good understanding and keen interest in digital solution and technology
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Good understanding of finance control in the business setting
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Experience of designing and implementing business processes
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Proven leadership ability promoting, motivating and empowering others to accomplish individual, team and organizational objectives
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Ability to look for and champion more efficient and effective methods and processes of delivering quality clinical trials





Why AstraZeneca

Be appreciated for your contributions. Our culture of recognition and reward means each of us feels supported and empowered to step up and take responsibility.



So, what's next!

If you are ready to bring new insights and fresh thinking to the table, we have one seat available, and we hope it's yours.

We welcome your application, no later than January 12, 2022.



Where can I find out more?

Our R&D Story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmFx_jr2eFo

Sustainability at AstraZeneca: https://www.astrazeneca.com/sustainability.html

Inclusion & Diversity at AstraZeneca: https://careers.astrazeneca.com/inclusion-diversity