Director, Global Project Management

hace 6 meses

Barcelona, España AstraZeneca A tiempo completo

Do you have a real passion for Project Management and want to improve the way we discover and develop medicines?

At AstraZeneca, we put patients first and strive to meet their unmet needs worldwide. Working here means being entrepreneurial, thinking big and working together to make the impossible a reality. If you are swift to action, confident to lead, willing to collaborate, and curious about what science can do, then you’re our kind of person.

**Introduction to Role**:
Are you ready to take the next step in your career and make a significant impact in the world of medicine? AstraZeneca is seeking a Director for our Global Portfolio and Project Management Organisation (GPPM). This is an exciting opportunity to join a team that is dedicated to advancing our pipeline and delivering Growth Through Innovation.

Our team lives by a clear vision: Working collaboratively to optimize projects and our portfolio. This position is a phenomenal career opportunity for those who are highly motivated and have a desire to gain broader understanding of drug development and project management within AstraZeneca.

This position plays a highly visible, critical role in successfully delivering innovative medicines through the drug development process to patients.

**Accountabilities**:
As the Director of Project Management in the GPPM organization, you will be accountable for the leadership of cross-functional drug development teams. Your role will involve working on one or more cross-functional drug development teams, ensuring the team operates in a way that represents the highest standard of practice for project management within AstraZeneca. You will be responsible for program strategic alignment, cross-functional team leadership and delivery, governance and investment decisions, planning, monitoring and delivery, and entrepreneurship.

**Program Strategic Alignment**
- Provides program management leadership by active input into the project strategy & 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 (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, cross-functional 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 cross-project learning, champion and embed better ways of working across the enterprise

**Essential Skills/Experience**:

- Bachelor’s degree with 7+ years of experience supporting cross-functional drug development teams or leading sub-teams
- 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 Skills/Experience**:

- Advanced degree in a scientific discipline and / or MBA
- In-depth knowledge of drug development process including experience leading cross functional drug development teams
- Project Management (PMP) Certification
- Experience with advanced project management tools, suc

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