Director Strategic Advice

At AstraZeneca, we are united by a common purpose: to push the boundaries of science to deliver life-changing medicines. This purpose underpins everything we do. Our work helps to make hearts healthier, to help people breathe easier, and to help more people survive cancer. Every single day, we make a difference by delivering potentially life-changing medicines to millions of people worldwide and by leading breakthrough science that promises to transform the treatment of disease.

We now have two open positions as a Director Strategic Advice or Associate Director Strategic Advice, to join our Strategic Advice Team in R&D Quality Assurance.

As a Director Strategic Advice /Associate Director Strategic Advice you will work closely with stakeholders in R&D and will provide leadership in influencing strategic direction on quality and compliance through responsive and proactive GxP expert advice related to clinical activities. This will include effective compliance reporting to senior management and relevant quality governance forums. You will also be responsible for investigating critical Quality Issues as well as delivering end-to-end regulatory inspection strategy and management.

With that in mind the role is best suited to candidates with a high degree of integrity and strategic thinking agility. It is also important to have a 'solutions focused' attitude and the ability to generate simple solutions to complex challenges. Importantly, you will need to have a proactive 'Business Partnering' mindset and the personal credibility to effectively communicate and establish trust with senior stakeholders and leadership teams across the globe. This is critical to enable you to influence decisions and thereby sustain the Quality Mindset.

To be successful in this role you will need:
* Degree level education
* Significant experience in pharmaceuticals or a related industry
* Excellent analytical, written and oral communications skills
* Fluent in written and spoken English
* High ethical standards, trustworthy, operating with absolute discretion
* Strong collaborative, influencing and interpersonal skills - curious to understand business environment
* Skilled at managing & using technology
* Ability to maintain and create professional networks with stakeholders
* Experience in regulatory health authority GxP Inspections

Other desirable skills are:
* Project management
* Key Account management
* Experience in Six Sigma/Lean/Process improvement tools
* Audit expertise
* Quality Management
* Experience in digitalization

If you are interested - apply today!
Welcome with your application no later than March 22, 2020. For more information about the position please contact Johan Widestrand at johan.widestrand(at)astrazeneca.com


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