R&D IT Operations Manager

Do you have expertise in, and passion for operations management? Would you like to apply your expertise to impact a company that follows the science and turns ideas into life changing medicines? If so, AstraZeneca might be the one for you!



ABOUT ASTRAZENECA

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 disease. But we're more than one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies.

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.

The Role

The Operations Manager will develop and evaluate a comprehensive set of strategic management and measurement processes that link strategic objectives to key performance indicators for the functional area and provide accurate management reporting on performance to Early Research and the Data & Analytics (D&A) team in R&D IT. The role includes planning to ensure both functions have the resources and operational tools they need to develop strategies effectively.



Develops, implements, and monitors the frameworks:

* Scorecard ownership, reporting, communication in line with IT requirements
* Management of capability meetings: agenda planning, facilitation, and minutes
* Support the creation and of business cases and initiative tracking; ensuring alignment to business/IT objectives and strategy; managing functional risks, actions, and decisions
* Deliver communication strategy and events: internal communications, engagement plans, Town Halls
* Responsible for the provision of robust and succinct information to senior leaders, to support decision making
* Support the Heads of Early Research and DA&AI IT - with key deliverables and urgent business
* Manage and co-ordinate Mid Term Planning (MTP) and Long Term Planning (LTP) process and submissions to support requests for annual delivery funding
* Maintain an understanding and awareness on new strategic and business/IT planning trends and developments
* Operating model governance and role development
* Headcount tracking and approvals
* Reporting on BAU cost centre budgets
* Risk and issue management and tracking
* Creation and continuous reporting for DA&AI platforms - including preparation of key results for monthly reviews by the DA&AI LT
* Onboarding of new 3rd party suppliers through security and procurement processes for use by DA&AI platforms
* Engagement, monitoring and metric reporting on 3rd party supplier usage
* Champion for new tooling, operational excellence and ways of working implementation across DA&AI teams
* Monitoring and LT reporting on mandatory training adherence for DA&AI teams
* Support to generate and collation of platform roadmaps and postcards


Essential Skills & Experience

* BA/BSc degree or equivalent preferred in Information Technology, Business Administration, or related field
* 5+ years progressive experience in IT, business or financial management
* 5+ years' experience leading cross functional teams and building consensus
* Experience with scorecards and reporting
* Strong customer service orientation
* Strong communication, influencing and relationship building skills
* Ability to communicate both written and orally at all levels of the organization
* Very functional and comfortable with reporting and communicating within the IT organisation
* Experience of change management and problem-solving skills
* Ability to prioritise, re-schedule or adapt to changes
* Ability to work well in and across diverse, global teams and proven ability to influence others to achieve positive outcomes
* Ability to drive process performance and efficiency improvements




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