AstraZeneca

Service Improvement Manager - Evinova

AstraZeneca$108K — $130K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree
  • 6+ years experience in life sciences or regulated environments
  • Strong understanding of GxP principles and compliance
  • ITIL certification with hands-on CSI experience
  • Experience leading operational excellence or service transformation initiatives
  • Familiarity with AI, automation, and digital technologies
  • Excellent analytical and communication skills

Responsibilities

  • Own the Service Improvement backlog and roadmap
  • Review service performance and customer feedback for improvement opportunities
  • Lead Service Improvement reviews and drive actions to completion
  • Utilize root-cause analysis for identifying issues and solutions
  • Measure and report improvements on service metrics and efficiency
  • Identify opportunities for simplifying processes across operations
  • Collaborate with vendors on tooling and service improvements

Benefits

  • Flexible work schedule with an in-office expectation of three days a week
  • Opportunity to work in a collaborative environment that promotes innovative thinking
  • Exposure to cutting-edge AI and digital technologies
  • Engagement with cross-functional, global teams
  • Focus on continuous professional development and improvement culture
Full Job Description
The Service Improvement Manager will own the continuous improvement agenda across Evinova's Service organisation, using customer insight, operational data and emerging digital capabilities to improve service quality, customer experience, efficiency and scalability.

Working across Service Operations, Service Design, Product, Engineering, Delivery, Quality, Regulatory and external partners, the role will identify systemic issues and opportunities, prioritise improvement initiatives and lead them through to measurable outcomes.

A key focus will be the use of AI, automation and service intelligence to reduce avoidable demand, improve customer experience, increase operational efficiency and enable Evinova's services to scale effectively.

Continuous Service Improvement

  • Own the Service Improvement backlog and roadmap, maintaining a clear view of improvement opportunities, priorities, owners and progress.
  • Review service performance, customer feedback, incidents, complaints and case trends to identify recurring issues and opportunities for improvement.
  • Lead regular Service Improvement reviews, using service insight to agree priorities, actions and owners, and drive agreed improvements through to completion.
  • Use root-cause analysis to identify why problems are occurring and drive practical, sustainable solutions.
  • Measure and report the impact of improvements on repeat contacts, avoidable DSATs, incident recurrence, SLA performance, operational efficiency and other agreed improvement benefits.
  • See opportunities to simplify and standardise processes across customers, studies and markets.
  • Lead vendor POCs for new tooling and service improvement opportunities, in partnership with Service Operations & Vendor Governance
  • Own delivery of the Service monitoring and alerting roadmap, building on the agreed monitoring framework, and drive implementation with Engineering
  • Identify and drive service and process improvements across Device & Logistics and other operational areas.


Operations Enablement

  • Partner with Project Managers to provide the service insight, information and reporting needed to support effective operational management.
  • Provide visibility of service performance, trends, risks, recurring issues and customer feedback, highlighting areas requiring attention or intervention.
  • Identify operational issues affecting study delivery and coordinate with the relevant Service, Product, Engineering and other teams to drive resolution.
  • Support Project Managers with service-related inputs for study reviews, customer meetings and operational decision-making.


Customer Experience & Success

  • Use CSAT, customer feedback, complaints and support data to identify and address customer struggles.
  • Partner with Project Managers, Support & Service team, Product and Engineering to reduce recurring issues and improve customer outcomes
  • Translate customer insight into service and process improvements that reduce customer effort and improve service quality.
  • Track the impact of improvements on customer experience and operational performance.


Data, AI & Automation

  • Find opportunities to use AI and automation to reduce manual effort, avoidable demand and improve service quality.
  • Own the Service automation improvement backlog, seeing opportunities to reduce manual effort, avoidable demand and improve service quality.
  • Lead the identification and implementation of service intelligence and automation opportunities.


GxP, Quality & Regulatory

  • Partner with Quality and Regulatory to assess the implications of proposed service and process changes.
  • Identify when specialist Quality, Regulatory, Clinical or Compliance input is required and ensure the right collaborators are engaged.
  • Identify and drive service improvements arising from audits, compliance findings, CAPAs and quality issues.


Service Improvement Leadership

  • Bring together Service, Product, Engineering, Delivery, Quality, Regulatory and external partners to resolve systemic service issues.
  • Provide Service leadership with clear recommendations, risks and decisions required.
  • Prioritise improvement opportunities based on customer impact, operational benefit, risk and effort.
  • Build a culture of continuous improvement by challenging existing ways of working and sharing lessons and good practice.


Essential Requirements:

  • Bachelor's Degree
  • Minimum 6+ years experience
  • Significant experience in life sciences, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, clinical research, digital health, medical devices or another highly regulated environment.
  • Strong practical experience working with GxP principles and quality/compliance requirements.
  • Experience working with Quality, Regulatory, Clinical or Compliance teams in a regulated environment.
  • ITIL certified with practical experience working in a structured ITIL Service Management environment and leading or delivering Continuous Service Improvement (CSI) initiatives.
  • Proven experience leading Continuous Service Improvement (CSI), operational excellence or service transformation initiatives within a Service Management environment.
  • Experience using data and customer insight to identify problems and deliver measurable improvements.
  • Experience with AI, automation and digital technologies applied to service or operational improvement.
  • Strong understanding of customer service and service operations.
  • Ability to turn complex operational, customer, quality and regulatory information into clear recommendations and practical actions.
  • Excellent analytical, problem-solving and communication skills.
  • Strong customer management and influencing skills, including experience working across global, cross-functional teams.
  • Experience with service management, analytics or CRM platforms such as Service Cloud, Power BI or equivalent is desirable.
  • Nice to have - Lean/Six Sigma or equivalent continuous improvement experience


When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to encourage life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That's why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we're not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.

Date Posted
11-Sep-2026

Closing Date
24-Sep-2026

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.
Learn more about AstraZeneca
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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