Change Management Lead

**Location: Mississauga (Canada), Barcelona (Spain), or Warsaw (Poland)**

**Competitive salary and benefits**

At AstraZeneca, we pride ourselves on crafting a collaborative culture that champions knowledge-sharing, ambitious thinking and innovation - ultimately providing employees with the opportunity to work across teams, functions and even the globe.

Recognizing the importance of individualized flexibility, our ways of working allow employees to balance personal and work commitments while ensuring we continue to create a strong culture of collaboration and teamwork by engaging face-to-face in our offices 3 days a week. Our head office is purposely designed with collaboration in mind, providing space where teams can come together to strategize, brainstorm and connect on key projects.

Our dedication to sustainability is also central fit to our culture and part of what makes AstraZeneca a great place to work. We know the health of people, the planet and our business are interconnected which is why we’re taking ambitious action to tackle some of the biggest challenges of our time, from climate change to access to healthcare and disease prevention.

**Bring out the best in each other, and yourself, by working together as one.**

In our dynamic environment, be supported by the brightest minds working together side by side. Agile and collaborative, we work cross-functionally, as well as externally, to thrive at pace.

Be encouraged and supported to think creatively in our dynamic environment. Here we are free from fear of failure, free to ask the right questions and make bold decisions.

**What you’ll do**

This role is a key member of the Transformation Management Office (TMO) in Development Operations. The role is accountable for developing and implementing change management strategies for one or multiple ongoing initiatives within the organization. Works closely with the TMO team to ensure alignment of change impact across a portfolio of projects. Reports to the Director of Transformation Management.
- Provide change management leadership and support for major change initiatives
- Coordinate Change across a number of projects ensuring change is delivered in a coordinate way
- Partner with project leaders and project managers on successful delivery of the initiative
- Ensure adherence to company change management frameworks
- Perform change impact assessments to identify key risks and resistance to successful implementation
- Develop and deliver on comprehensive partner engagement, communications, and training plans to ensure project success
- Create plans for measuring adoption and success of change
- May run work with external service providers
- Participates in AZ project management and change management communities of practice to share standard methodologies and findings

**Essential criteria**
- Degree in business related field or scientific field
- Demonstrate strong communication and relationship-building skills with the ability to influence others to achieve objectives
- Strong networking/consulting skills with good internal/external links
- Ability to interpret and communicate technical information into business language and in alignment with AZ business
- Consistent record in delivering high risk programme/projects and decision making
- Ability to convince and run negotiations across a complex group

**Desirable criteria**
- Formal qualifications in change management, project management, and/or process improvement methodologies
- Experience of working in a global organisation with a complex/geographical context
- Pharmaceutical R&D experience

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