Do you want to be part of a high-performing team that can make a real difference at one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies? We are bringing together a team of experienced project managers who go beyond just “managing the plan” and provide project leadership and insights to the business customers. AstraZeneca is building an internal consulting capability in our Global Business Services (GBS) group focused on delivering high-quality project management capabilities to our enterprise organization.

Our vision is to build a global, enterprise project services team that delivers business outcomes by responding to the ongoing internal business demand for strong project management skillsets and capabilities across the company. You will work closely with our businesses as a project expert and trusted advisor. We set the highest quality standards, collaborate, and work hard to support our business partners.

You will work within the GBS Project Services team to define and deliver the service quality, whilst also working with the business as a project thought leader, responding to their demand for project support. With a strong understanding of change management and excellent communication skills, you will work effectively with stakeholders to deliver business outcomes.

• Project leadership – manage cross-functional, complex projects that often carry high risk and experience some ambiguity in mobilising. Maintain focus on outcomes and benefits.
• Project governance – define, implement and drive project governance across a complex stakeholder landscape.
• Customer engagement – deliver excellent customer service, effective communication, professionalism and a commitment to exceeding expectations.
• External insight – stay up to date with industry trends, best practices and emerging technologies to bring value to internal customers.
• Coaching and mentoring – provide coaching and mentoring to other team members.

Essential

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Proven track record of managing large projects in a global organization.
• Experience managing projects in a global organization.
• Significant experience and skill presenting in front of C-suite/executive level clients through written and verbal channels
• Demonstration of strong, communication and relationship building skills with experience in collaborating and sharing knowledge between teams
• Experience considering risks, evaluating alternatives, and encouraging input from others to effectively make decisions and plan mitigation tactics
• Comfortable and skilled in operating in a complex operational matrixed organization across diverse, global teams
• Excellent business engagement and business acumen with sensitivity to internal and external political/economic environment

Desirable

• Project Management Certification
• Change Management Certification
• Management Consulting experience
• Pharmaceutical or equivalent global & complex organization experience; experience of working within a quality and compliance environment and application of policies, procedures and guidelines