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
  • 5+ years of experience in medium-complexity project management
  • Change management or business/technology consulting experience
  • Graduate degree preferred with 6+ years in relevant field
  • Experience in pharmaceutical or equivalent global organization
  • Relevant certifications (PMI, PMP, PROSCI, etc.) are desirable

Responsibilities

  • Lead global initiatives and manage medium-complexity projects
  • Cultivate a culture of innovation and continuous improvement
  • Develop tailored change management strategies
  • Apply effective problem-solving techniques
  • Deliver excellent customer service and communication
  • Ensure quality assurance of services provided
  • Mentor and develop junior team members

Benefits

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

Join us in GBS Project Services and be part of the teams that contribute to life-saving medicines in oncology, immunology, rare disease, and other areas, improving millions of lives worldwide. Drive innovation atthe forefront of science and business by applying your experience and capabilities across diverse, cross-departmental opportunities in AI, data analytics, operations, finance and beyond. Our environment fosters collaboration and growth through comprehensive training and mentorship.

As part of GBS Project Services, you'll get to reimagine the role of professional services within AZ. Experience what its like to develop your talent and work in a start-up-likeenvironment alongside teammates and internal customers with passion and deep expertise, offering unique opportunities for collaboration and creativity as you see aproject end-to-end. We innovateto create impactful solutions for our company and our patients. We cultivate a supportive culture on a broad scale, enabling connection and cross-functional collaboration at the global and local level, allowing you to shape AstraZeneca's strategic direction and the goals of GBS Project Services for 2030 and beyond.

The Role

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

Youhave opportunities to share your ideas with top leadership, using your strong communicationskills to share important insights. Your talent for building relationships and fostering teamwork will boost knowledge-sharingamong our teams. With your strategic thinking, you'llassess risks and develop smart solutions to tackle them. Working in a complex operational environment, youapply your business skills and engage with a variety of stakeholders.

Whatyou willdo

  • Lead GlobalInitiatives 6 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:Cultivatea cultureof innovation and continuousimprovement within projects and the team, actively seeking opportunities to enhance services and drive efficiency.

  • Change Management:Develop tailored change management strategies that consider the customerenvironment, stakeholder needs, and desired future state.Implementcross-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 6 Apply effective problem-solving techniques, simplify complex information to create actionable insights.

  • CustomerEngagement 6 Deliver excellent customer service, effective communication, professionalismand a commitment to exceeding expectations.

  • Quality Assurance:Ensure that the services provided meet the encouragedstandards 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

  • Bachelordegreeor equivalent

  • Minimum of5years experience in medium-complexity project management, change management, businessor technology consulting

Desirable for the role

  • Graduate degree with a minimum of 6+ years of relevant project/changemanagement or consulting experiencewithin 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.

We are using AI as part of the recruitment process.

This advertisement relates to a current vacancy.

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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