Director - Global Project Management

hace 1 semana

Barcelona, Barcelona, España AstraZeneca A tiempo completo

Director - Global Project Management

Gaithersburg, US or Barcelona, Spain

Competitive salary and benefits


AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialisation of prescription medicines for some of the world's most serious disease.

But we're more than one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies.


Do you have a real passion for Project Management and want to improve the way we discover and develop medicines? Our Global Portfolio and Project Management (GPPM) organisation plays a critical role in advancing our pipeline and delivering Growth Through Innovation by closely partnering with Research & Development (R&D) and business leaders to support decision-making, resource allocation, project management, and governance across our combined Oncology and BioPharmaceuticals portfolio.


What you'll do

As the
Director - Global Project Management, you will be accountable for the leadership of cross-functional drug development teams to achieve key strategic objectives and deliver development, regulatory and commercial achievements.

Depending on the stage of development and project complexity, you will work on one or more cross-functional drug development teams, together with team leaders and functional leaders to ensure the team operates in a way that represents the highest standard of practice for project management within AstraZeneca.


Key responsibilities

Program Strategic Alignment

  • Provides program management leadership by active input into the project strategy and vision, ensuring alignment of the project strategy with operational delivery
  • May lead the drug project strategy as assigned by PM Head or project leader
  • Ensures appropriate linkages between project strategy and key internal processes Therapy Area (TA) strategy, TA prioritization, corporate scorecard

Cross-functional Team Leadership and Delivery:

  • Creates a shared sense of purpose, inspires and energize others
  • Coaches project teams towards successful issue resolution and decision making and focus the team on the right activities at the right time, can handle the majority of challenging project situations
  • Serves as a core team member and drives efficient operation of mainly late stage project teams including overall plans, priorities, budget and risk management

Governance and Investment Decisions:

  • Manages team towards effective governance decisions (e.g. Phase IDs, project revisions, etc)
  • Provides guidance to both the team and senior management/governance bodies that allows efficient (timely and informed) decision making
  • Uses broad influential network and ensures engagement at all levels prior to key decisions

Planning, Monitoring and Delivery:

  • Ensures that overall team deliverables, budgets, schedules, and performance standards are realistically set, governance approved and attained, and that the project effectively fulfils all business reporting requirements.
  • Maintains plans of the highest data quality, accountable for all Project Management deliverables associated with project team(s) covered

Entrepreneurship:

  • Leads by example in learning, innovation, crossfunctional collaboration and conflict resolution; seeks opportunities to change paradigm and removes barriers within and outside the team.
  • Champions company methodology and adoption of new project management practices.
  • Uses business knowledge to drive crossproject learning, champion and embed better ways of working across the enterprise

Essential criteria

  • 7+ years of experience supporting crossfunctional drug development teams or leading subteams
  • Experienced in project management with a successful track record of delivering complex/ high business impact drug development projects within the agreed time, quality and cost
  • Ability to empower, lead and encourage efficient teams
  • Excellent working knowledge of project management tools and processes.
  • Experience ensuring high quality data in enterprise systems
  • Track record of effective Senior Stakeholder management, demonstrating a strong ability to influence strategically
  • Ability to look for and champion more efficient and effective methods and processes within project management

Desirable criteria

  • Advanced degree in a scientific field or MBA
  • Indepth knowledge of drug development process with therapeutic area specific knowledge and experience
  • Project Management (PMP) Certification
  • Knowledge of Vaccines/Immune Therapies

So, what's next?
Are you already imagining yourself joining our team? Good, because we can't wait to hear from you.

Where can I find out more?

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