Leverage technology to impact patients and ultimately save lives
ABOUT ASTRAZENECA
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. At AstraZeneca we're dedicated to being a Great Place to Work.
ABOUT OUR IT TEAM
It's a dynamic and results-oriented environment to work in - but that's why we like it. There are countless opportunities to learn and grow, whether that's exploring new technologies in hackathons, or redefining the roles and work of colleagues, forever. Shape your own path, with support all the way. Diverse minds that work cross
- functionally and broadly together.
ABOUT THE ROLE
At AstraZeneca, we collaborate across global boundaries to make an impact and address challenges. We do so with unwavering integrity, even in the face of difficulty, because we are committed to doing what is right.
This position is part of the Global Learning Service Team within Global Business Services, located in Chennai, India. Our primary focus is to deliver administrative services for the Learning Ecosystem across AstraZeneca. Project management encompasses various responsibilities, including planning, organizing, and overseeing project execution, as well as optimizing services to meet the needs and expectations of stakeholders or users.
**Skills / competence required to perform the Job**:
- Good Communicating skills
- Good Analytical skills
- Good Interpersonal skills
- Good Documentation
- Decision Making
- Team Player & Leadership skills.
- Project / Program Management Skills.
**Accountabilities/Responsibilities**:
- Manage project / programme budgets, forecasts, tasks, schedules, risks, organisational 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).
- Manage relationships with key business collaborators to ensure the effective capturing of business requirements and commitment to project/program objectives.
- Responsible for steering / collaborator meetings, communication of status, issues, risks.
Ensure effective risks & issues management processes are in place and effectively used. Resolve problems and advance as appropriate.
- Build a cohesive project team and provide the leadership necessary to improve the team's success. Provide individual coaching and development of team members as needed.
- 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.
- Ensure expected benefits realization is consistent with project deliverables and clearly understood by collaborators and project team.
- Support continued development of a world-class centre of excellence for project management capabilities and ensure that standard methodology is adopted and reinforced.
WHY JOIN US ?
We're a network of high-reaching self-starters who contribute to something far bigger. We enable AstraZeneca to perform at its peak by delivering premier technology and data solutions.
We're not afraid to take ownership and run with it. Empowered with unrivalled freedom. Put simply, it's because we make a significant impact. Everything we do matters.
SO, WHAT'S NEXT?
WHERE CAN I FIND OUT MORE?
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Strong English communication skills required.
Positions are open to Mexican Citizens and official residents of Mexico.
Location: Guadalajara (hybrid - Expectation of working in the office 3 days a week)
When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working give us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That's why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we're not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility.
