AstraZeneca

Senior Project Manager- GBS Project Services

AstraZeneca$127K — $167K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
  • Minimum of 5 years’ experience in medium-complexity project management
  • Experience in change management or business/technology consulting
  • Graduate degree preferred with 6+ years of relevant experience
  • Experience within pharmaceutical or global organizations is a plus
  • Certifications such as PMI, PMP, or PROSCI Change Management are preferred

Responsibilities

  • Lead global initiatives managing medium-complexity projects
  • Cultivate a culture of innovation and continuous improvement
  • Develop tailored change management strategies
  • Implement cross-functional change initiatives
  • Apply effective problem-solving techniques
  • Deliver excellent customer service and effective communication
  • Provide mentorship and development support to junior team members

Benefits

  • Annual Variable Pay Bonus/Short Term Incentive opportunity
  • Eligibility for equity-based long-term incentive program
  • Competitive Flex Benefits and Retirement Savings Program
  • 4 weeks’ paid vacation
  • Annual Personal Days
Full Job Description

The Role: 

Are you experienced in leading change? As a Senior Manager in GBS Project Services, you will guide global initiatives across our organization, managing projects of various sizes and risks. With your growing experience in strategy development and implementation, you’ll ensure our teams stay aligned and focused on successful outcomes.  

  

You’ll have opportunities to share your ideas with top leadership, using your strong communication skills to share important insights. Your talent for building relationships and fostering teamwork will boost knowledge-sharing among our teams. With your strategic thinking, you'll assess risks and develop smart solutions to tackle them. Working in a complex operational environment, you’ll apply your business skills and engage with a variety of stakeholders.   

  

What you will do:  

  • Lead Global Initiatives– Manage functional projects that are medium complexity and risk and have a mature and supportive partner organisation. Define, implement, and drive project governance across a mature and supportive partner landscape.  

  • Innovation and Continuous Improvement: Cultivate a culture of innovation and continuous improvement within projects and the team, actively seeking opportunities to enhance services and drive efficiency.  

  • Change Management:  Develop tailored change management strategies that consider the customer’s environment, stakeholder needs, and desired future state. Implement cross-functional, change initiatives that experience some ambiguity in mobilizing. Develop the analysis of change impacts and stakeholder effects resulting from transformation initiatives. 

  • Problem Solving and Execution – Apply effective problem-solving techniques, simplify complex information to create actionable insights.  

  • Customer Engagement – Deliver excellent customer service, effective communication, professionalism and a commitment to exceeding expectations.  

  • Quality Assurance: Ensure that the services provided meet the encouraged standards of quality and deliver value to the organization.  

  • Mentorship and Development: Provide guidance and support to junior team members, fostering their professional growth and development.  

 

Essential for the role

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent 

  • Minimum of 5 years’ experience in medium-complexity project management, change management, business or technology consulting    

  

Desirable for the role

  • Graduate degree with a minimum of 6+ years of relevant project/change management or consulting experience within medium-complexity programs 

  • Pharmaceutical or equivalent global organization experience 

  • Certifications: PMI, PMI Agile Practitioner, PMP, PRINCE2 Practitioner, PROSCI Change Management, ACMP CCMP, or similar    

Annual base salary for this position ranges from 127,868.00 to 167,826.75.

AstraZeneca is committed to providing fair and equitable compensation opportunities to all colleagues. Our compensation policies and practices have been designed to allow colleagues to progress through the salary range over time as they progress in their role. The range provided in this posting represents an offer pay range used in a majority of situations. The base pay offered will vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including the candidate's skills and experience, job-related knowledge, and other specific business and organizational needs.  In some cases, offers outside the range may also be considered to address unique circumstances.

In addition, our permanent positions offer an annual Variable Pay Bonus/Short Term Incentive opportunity as well as eligibility to participate in our equity-based long-term incentive program (if applicable to role).  Benefits offered for permanent roles include a competitive Flex Benefits & Retirement Savings Program, 4 weeks’ paid vacation, and annual Personal Days. Fixed Term Contract/Temporary positions (excluding students) are offered a Contract Benefits Program.

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About AstraZeneca

AstraZeneca is a British-Swedish multinational pharmaceutical company that specializes in the research, development, and manufacturing of prescription drugs. The company was formed in 1999 through the merger of Astra AB and Zeneca Group plc. AstraZeneca's products are used to treat a wide range of medical conditions, including cancer, cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, and diabetes. The company has operations in over 100 countries and employs more than 76,000 people worldwide. AstraZeneca is committed to developing innovative medicines that improve the health and well-being of people around the world.
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Size
83,100 employees
Market Cap
$211.5 billion
Industry
Net Income
$3.1 billion
Founded
1999
5 Year Trend
+10.2%
Revenue
$26.6 billion
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