Company Profile:

AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialization of prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious diseases. At AstraZeneca we’re dedicated to being a Great Place to Work.

Job description:

ABOUT THE ROLE

Axial is a strategic multi-year business transformation program helping AstraZeneca achieve its 2030 Bold Ambition. Axial will deliver the new backbone for our innovation, growth, and performance, and the technology driving Axial is SAP S/4HANA and its Business Technology Platform(s).

The Axial Technology team actively partners with our business colleagues to deliver cutting-edge technology capabilities to fulfil AstraZeneca’s bold ambition of delivering life changing medicines to patients. Our ambition is to provide best-in-class expertise and leadership in technological solutions and Information Delivery that empowers our colleagues in the field and accelerates and improves strategic decision-making for a diverse range of partners. The team engages with some of the most exciting business areas within AstraZeneca and is faced with solving for a variety of complex business and IT challenges.

We are seeking for highly skilled and experienced Project Coordinator to lead and manage projects with a focus on Remediating integrated systems with SAP S/4 HANA. The candidate should possess understanding and knowledge of integration processes between SAP and other business systems.

This role will be a member of the Axial Technology Workstream collaborating with the program lead and work closely with Senior Data Migration lead

Knowledge of end-to-end Clinical Supply chain processes (Study setup, plan through to dispense at patient)

Experience of working with Integrated Response Technology (IRT) and Randomisation and Trials Supply Management (RTSM) systems

Experience of GS1 integration strategies

Experience of working with outsourced third-party vendors for Contract Manufacturing and third-party logistics providers

 

PM Role requirements:

Responsible for managing end to end projects with varying degree of complexities.

Ability to manage multiple projects in parallel. Collaborate with complementary teams across the globe within domains like Operation, Finance, R&D and Commercials.

Manage, control and report project budgets.

Keep timelines and budgets in check, even in the face of monumental change.

Effective risks & issues management and reporting

Superb communication and stacollaboratornagement with a focus on clear concise reporting to very senior stakeholder within Business and Technology  

Alignment to all the validation and compliance documentation and methodologies

Comfortable in Agile and waterfall methodologies

 

The role and core accountabilities:

Agree and deliver plans for projects / programmes (or contribution to a section of a larger project), including activities, resources, costs, roles, responsibilities, and quality as defined in the IT Project Management Methodology.

Manage project / programme budgets, forecasts, tasks, schedules, risks, organizational change, and status to support effective decisions and project reporting to collaborators and review boards. Coordinate status and delivery of project workstreams. Identify / manage dependencies between projects (intra-program and across portfolio).

Work closely with global multi-functional teams to understand project requirements, provide regular updates, and ensure seamless communication throughout the project lifecycle.

Manage and mitigate project risks, proactively identifying and addressing potential challenges.

Communicate project progress, updates, and risks to collaborators, including executives and team members.

Foster a collaborative and positive team environment, promoting effective teamwork and knowledge sharing.

Manage changes to project/programme scope, ensuring that all impacts and changes are approved and appropriately communicated to collaborators and review boards.

Develop service transition plans including controlled hand-over into support and maintenance.

Ensure the project team adheres to all standards including ADF, quality, and compliance, as well as processes, defined technical capabilities, and standard methodologies. Establish program governance and lead Decision Point reviews, member Steering Committee.

Support continued development of a world-class centre of excellence for project management capabilities and ensure that standard methodology is adopted and reinforced.

 

Education, qualifications and experience:

Essential

Strong Project and Programme Management Skills. Proven experience (typically 8-10 years) as a PM across the whole project lifecycle

Relevant Technical or Business Degree

Superb communication and interpersonal skills for effective collaboration with global teams and external partners.

Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, prioritizing tasks and deadlines effectively.

Knowledge of Financial Management within Projects and managing external suppliers

Broad understanding of IT systems and technology implemented within a business context.

Experience of working with modern IT tooling associated with large scale program delivery, for example JIRA and Automated Testing tools.

Experience in a validated environment with operational awareness of GxP and SOX.

Desirable :

Experience working with the core business areas of Operations and Enabling Units (Finance, Compliance and Legal).

Experience in handling technology portfolios across multiple functional areas.

Experience working in the Biopharmaceutical/Life Sciences industry (not essential).

Project / Programme Management certifications.

 

Skills and capabilities:

Alignment with AZ Values and Behaviours

Agile Enterprise mentality

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Self-starter who continuously develops new skills and proactively leads own career and development.

Excellent influencing, networking, and collaborative working skills

Able to lead difficult discussions, handle expectations and deliver solutions across complex partner groups.

Ability to work well in and lead/collaborate across diverse matrixed global teams.

Expertise in project delivery and change management and problem solving.

Experienced sustainable relationship leadership skills with the ability to influence others to achieve objectives.

Desirable:

Experience working in different countries/cultures.