Why choose AstraZeneca Spain?
AstraZeneca Spain is a rising force in our global business. With headquarters in Madrid and our global hub in Barcelona, we’ve become an important international centre of excellence in the fight against critical disease. Boasting vibrant universities and business schools, the Barcelona ecosystem is a place where scientists can thrive. We attract a diverse workforce from across the globe, shining a beacon for innovation in a country that’s committed to clinical development.
We invite you to bring your talents to Barcelona where our respiratory medicine R&D and Global Marketing centre offers opportunities in R&D, IT, Commercial and HR. Or join us in Madrid and shape our growth in our BUs (Respiratory, Oncology & CVRM ), and a range of Corporate functions. Additionally, you can find sales roles throughout the country. Together, we’re contributing to a world-leading pipeline of therapeutics and delivering life-changing medicines to patients.
Who do we look for?
Calling all tech innovators, ownership takers, challenge seekers and proactive collaborators. At AstraZeneca Spain, breakthroughs born in the lab become transformative medicine for the world's most complex diseases. Alongside technical expertise, colleagues have the resilience, energy and collaborative mindset to change lanes, work with different teams and start projects from scratch.
Here, diverse minds and bold disruptors can meaningfully impact the future of healthcare using cutting-edge technology. Whether you join us in Madrid or Barcelona, you can make a tangible impact within a global biopharmaceutical company that invests in your future. Join a talented global team that's powering AstraZeneca to better serve patients every day.
Success Profile
Ready to make an impact in your career? If you're passionate, growth-orientated and a true team player, we'll help you succeed. Here are some of the skills and capabilities we look for.
Diverse collaborators
This is a speak-up culture that values collaboration. You’ll proactively bring your unique perspectives, experiences and skills to the table and seek the same from others. With our international team composition and the need for fast-paced collaboration, you’ll always be building new connections with colleagues.
Cutting-edge innovators
When you join us, you’ll be part of a team that embraces digital technology and data to transform the way we work and the work we do. Every day, you’ll help make history, empowered to ignite your creativity and build something enduring.
Resilient trailblazers
Here, the answers aren’t always available. So, you’ll need to bring a fearless, self-starter mindset to navigate uncharted territories. You’ll harness your ceaseless energy to discover and make the necessary connections with colleagues to shape the future and achieve maximum impact.
Agile movers
Seize ownership and excel with autonomy to enjoy the constant rush of ground-breaking discovery. Your ability to anticipate sudden shifts and adapt swiftly will prove critical as you make your mark in an environment that rewards initiative and resilience.
Responsibilities
Location: Barcelona - Spain (3 days working from the office and 2 days working from home)
Do you have strong organizational skills, a proactive mindset and the passion for pushing assignments through to execution? Would you like to use your experience to support a company that turns ideas into life changing medicines? Then AstraZeneca might be the one for you!
At AstraZeneca every one of our employees makes a difference to patient lives every day. Each and every one of us believes that science has the ability to change lives and that to deliver this takes many people with many skill sets. When we deliver a life-changing medicine, that success comes from the combined efforts of all of our people.
Position Summary
Partner closely with the AI to Transform Care (AITC) Strategy & Ops Lead to build and maintain a structured, transparent, and strategically aligned AI solutions portfolio - ensuring AITC projects are clearly defined, managed, and tracked – delivering measurable impact to patients, healthcare professional and healthcare systems. As the AITC team manage multiple high-priority initiatives, this role will serve as a critical link between strategy and execution, ensuring that the overall portfolio remains coherent, aligned, and deliverable in practice.
Beyond portfolio oversight and reporting, the role holder is also expected to support selected flagship AITC solutions – serving as an internal accelerator to remove barriers, sharpen narratives, and drive delivery momentum where required.
Responsibilities
Portfolio Architecture & Oversight: Own and continuously refine a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of all AI solutions developed and deployed across AITC. Ensure initiatives are clearly scoped, defined, and mapped to AITC's strategic priorities and AI30 objectives – maintaining a single source of truth for the portfolio that leadership can rely on for decision-making.
Strategic Prioritization & Investment Decisions: Support the AITC LT in prioritizing initiatives across the portfolio – balancing strategic value with resource availability and ability to deliver. Provide structured analysis and recommendations to inform go/no-go decisions, resource allocation, and sequencing of programs.
Performance & Impact Measurement: Work closely with program leads to define and track benefits realization plans for each AI solution – ensuring that expected clinical, operational, and commercial outcomes are clearly articulated, measured, and reported. Connect portfolio outcomes to AITC's KPI framework and AI30 scorecard metrics.
Governance & Portfolio Reviews: Design and run the AITC portfolio governance process, including regular portfolio review forums with the LT. Prepare portfolio-level materials for internal governance, EAI LT engagement, and strategic planning cycles. Ensure decision-making across the portfolio is structured, consistent, and well-documented.
Interdependency & Risk Management: Proactively identify and manage interdependencies, resource conflicts, and delivery risks across the portfolio. Work with program leads and functional partners to resolve issues before they affect delivery timelines or strategic commitments.
Stakeholder Communication: Serve as the primary point of contact for portfolio-level visibility across AITC – synthesizing complex, multi-program information into clear, accessible updates for the LT, EAI leadership, and cross-functional partners. Translate portfolio data into strategic narratives that reinforce AITC's value and progress.
Strategic Solutions Support: Act as an embedded strategic partner to project leads driving high-priority AITC solutions — helping to unblock barriers, sharpen project narratives, coordinate cross-functional inputs, and drive momentum where external visibility or internal alignment is needed.
Essential requirements
The ideal candidate combines project management expertise with the ability to operate effectively in a dynamic, fast-paced, and evolving environment, alongside a genuine understanding of AI and data-driven solutions in a complex, matrixed organization:
Experience building structure and governance across a portfolio, ensuring initiatives are clearly scoped, prioritized, tracked, and aligned to strategic objectives.
Proven ability to manage multiple initiatives or workstreams simultaneously, with strong organizational discipline and attention to detail.
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with a focus on execution and outcomes.
Strong communication skills – able to synthesize complex information into clear, concise, executive-ready materials for senior stakeholders.
Strong stakeholder management and interpersonal skills – able to build trusted relationships across diverse, cross-functional, and international teams.
Good understanding of AI, data-driven solutions, or digital innovation, with the ability to engage credibly with project leads and leadership.
High level of ownership, proactivity, and commitment to delivery excellence.
Desirable qualifications
Experience in AI, digital health, or data-driven transformation programs.
Background in portfolio governance, prioritization, benefits tracking, or KPI reporting.
Experience working in the pharmaceutical, biotech, healthcare, or life sciences industry.
Familiarity with strategic planning cycles, investment decisions, or business case development.
Experience supporting senior leadership teams in a complex, matrixed, international organization.
Strong capability with Microsoft 365, especially PowerPoint, Excel, Teams, and SharePoint as well as collaboration and reporting tools.
Additional languages, especially Spanish, French, and/or German are an advantage.
Why AstraZeneca?
At AstraZeneca we’re dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. There’s no better place to make a difference to medicine, patients and society. An inclusive culture that champions diversity and collaboration, and always committed to lifelong learning, growth and development. We’re on an exciting journey to pioneer the future of healthcare.
Date Posted
09-jun-2026Closing Date
14-jun-2026AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.
Reasons to Join
Thomas Mathisen
There are many things I enjoy when working at AstraZeneca, mainly the Speak up culture, the great colleagues that are in my teams, the great products that AstraZeneca provides to our patients and the challenging conversations I have around our medicines.
Christine Recchio
Working at AstraZeneca has impacted my life in such a positive way. I now have an improved work-life balance through creating my own schedule and time management, I feel a balance that I didn’t have before.
Stephanie Ling
There are a lot of reasons why I enjoy working in AstraZeneca, my colleagues being one of them. My team members and the managers have provided a great deal of guidance in helping me to be more confident in my daily work.
What we offer
We're driven by our shared values of serving people, society and the planet. Our people make this possible, which is why we prioritise diversity, inclusivity, balance and sustainability. Discover what a career at AstraZeneca could mean for you.
An award-winning company
We're passionate about being a great place to work, and 84% of our employees would recommend us as an employer. We've been recognised as a Top Employer in Spain, an EFR Family Responsible Business, and we achieved third place in Forbes Spain's Top 50 Best Places to Work list.
Inclusive environment
Diversity and inclusion are embedded in everything we do, and our different views, experiences and strengths enrich our culture. There's no salary gap at AstraZeneca, and the number of female employees has increased by four per cent over the last three years. We've also made all positions fully accessible.
Work-life balance
Your wellbeing means a lot to us, and we're here to support you through all of life's ups and downs. That's why we offer an unpaid leave policy, annual leave, reduced-hours timetables and a host of benefits, including a retirement plan, long service award, and health and travel insurance.
Sustainability initiatives
We're committed to harnessing the power of science to become a more sustainable business. We've reduced our carbon footprint by over 9,000 kg of CO2 over the last two years, and we lead the European GoGreen Project, which aims to introduce environmentally friendly options in our fleet of corporate vehicles.
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