Senior Manager, R&D Global Program Manager

Are you ready to make a difference in the world of medicine? At AstraZeneca, we transform ideas into life-changing medicines. As a Senior Manager, R&D Global Program Manager, you'll be at the forefront of innovation, working in a dynamic environment to support our mission of addressing unmet patient needs globally. Your role will be pivotal in enabling Senior Leaders to focus on scientific breakthroughs that deliver vital medicines to patients. With your exceptional organizational skills, you'll navigate complex projects and provide high-quality support to our teams and key business processes. Are you prepared to embrace this challenge and contribute to groundbreaking advancements in healthcare?

Accountabilities:

Business Support
- Provide 1:1 business support at a senior level; including sophisticated and complex calendar management, domestic and international travel bookings, expenses management.
- Independently and proactively resolve issues and challenges relating to administrative requests and calendar conflicts.
- Facilitate smooth communications between executive and other internal and external collaborators.
- Lead the practical arrangements and contribute to the preparations of internal and external meetings and team engagements.
- Manage logistics (project team calendar, scheduling, room bookings, meeting minutes, agendas, action logs, forward agendas, distribution lists).
- Lead and coordinate logistics relating to virtual and face-to-face meetings.
- Information management for team access (SharePoint management, storing of minutes, presentations, file structure) training teams on usage and making process improvements.
- Provide specialist project administrative support to leaders and department, as required.
- Effectively lead special projects and other duties as assigned.

Team
- Work collaboratively to deliver initiatives that create engagement & wellbeing for the team.
- Participate in and contribute to knowledge sharing and training.
- Participate in and contribute to administrative continuous improvement activities.
- Provide guidance/coaching and mentoring to colleagues where required.
- Support and contribute to creating a high-performing team, facilitating good cross-team collaboration.

Essential Skills/Experience:

- 5+ years of experience in an administrative role supporting complex projects
- High School Diploma required, Bachelor Degree preferred
- Extensive calendar management using Microsoft Outlook
- Prior experience supporting multiple functional leaders
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Impeccable professionalism with strong business acumen and organizationally savvy with sensitivity to highly confidential information
- Proactive approach with the ability to manage and prioritize multiple requests simultaneously and effectively
- Demonstrate attention to detail, working to consistently deliver to a high standard
- Strong organizational, forward-planning and stakeholder management skills
- Solid relationship-building skills to develop networks both within the company and externally
- Track record of handling and resolving challenges quickly and efficiently, with flexibility to adapt to changing situations
- Demonstrated ability to effectively work in a global environment balancing competing priorities.
- Able to prioritize time-sensitive assignments.
- Should be able to work autonomously, and at the same time, collaborate effectively with other members of the administrative support team.
- Able to demonstrate tact, persuasion and/or negotiation and maintain confidentiality with executives and employees at all levels.

Desirable Skills/Experience:

- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including extensive calendar management in Outlook and data management in Excel.
- Demonstrated proficiency with a variety of virtual meeting technologies, information management software, and Microsoft products.
- Customer Focus: Dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers.
- Process Management: Refining processes vital to delivering strategic priorities; knows how to organize people and activities; understands how to separate and combine tasks into efficient workflow; can see opportunities for harmony and integration; can simplify complex processes; and efficiently utilizes available resources.
- Time Management: Uses their time effectively; values time; independently prioritizes competing deadlines to focus energies on business-critical tasks; can attend to a broader range of activities.
- Written Communications: Able to write clearly and succinctly in a variety of communication settings and styles.

When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives 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. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.

At AstraZeneca, you'll find an environment that fosters innovation and growth. Our entrepreneurial spirit combined with the resources of a global biopharma creates a unique space where you can thrive. We are committed to making a difference for patients with rare diseases through groundbreaking research. Here, you'll be empowered to define your career path while contributing to meaningful change in healthcare. Our culture celebrates diversity, encourages collaboration, and supports your personal development. Join us on this journey where every day builds a better tomorrow.

Ready to make an impact? Apply now and become part of our team!

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