Why choose AstraZeneca India?
Help push the boundaries of science to deliver life-changing medicines to patients. After 45 years in India, we’re continuing to secure a future where everyone can access affordable, sustainable, innovative healthcare.
The part you play in our business will be challenging, yet rewarding, requiring you to use your resilient, collaborative and diplomatic skillsets to make connections. The majority of your work will be field based, and will require you to be highly-organised, planning your monthly schedule, attending meetings and calls, as well as writing up reports.
Who do we look for?
Calling all tech innovators, ownership takers, challenge seekers and proactive collaborators. At AstraZeneca, breakthroughs born in the lab become transformative medicine for the world's most complex diseases. We empower people like you to push the boundaries of science, challenge convention, and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. You'll embrace differences and take bold actions to drive the change needed to meet global healthcare and sustainability challenges.
Here, diverse minds and bold disruptors can meaningfully impact the future of healthcare using cutting-edge technology. Whether you join us in Bengaluru or Chennai, 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.
Tech innovators
Make a greater impact through our digitally enabled enterprise. Use your skills in data and technology to transform and optimise our operations, helping us deliver meaningful work that changes lives.
Ownership takers
If you're a self-aware self-starter who craves autonomy, AstraZeneca provides the perfect environment to take ownership and grow. Here, you'll feel empowered to lead and reach excellence at every level — with unrivalled support when you need it.
Challenge seekers
Adapting and advancing our progress means constantly challenging the status quo. In this dynamic environment where everything we do has urgency and focus, you'll have the ability to show up, speak up and confidently take smart risks.
Proactive collaborators
Your unique perspectives make our ambitions and capabilities possible. Our culture of sharing ideas, learning and improving together helps us consistently set the bar higher. As a proactive collaborator, you'll seek out ways to bring people together to achieve their best.
Responsibilities
Job Title: Junior Associate - LSS Administrator LxP
Career Level - C1
Introduction to role
At AstraZeneca, we turn ideas into life-changing medicines. Working here means being entrepreneurial, thinking big, and collaborating to make the impossible a reality. We focus on the potential of science to address the unmet needs of patients worldwide. We commit to areas where we believe we can truly change the course of medicine and bring innovative ideas to life.
Global Commercial Operations supports AstraZeneca’s global brand teams and marketing companies by delivering quality commercial content to external stakeholders, including doctors, healthcare professionals, and patients. We promote, produce, and publish best-in-class commercial content for marketers and our global sales force while embedding a digital compliance capability across the organization.
To deliver our Global Commercial Operations vision, we are looking for an experienced LMS Administrator LxP responsible for managing the LMS and LCMS. This role supports end users by working with individuals and administrators in the field to register, support e-learning, and handle training support requests. Additionally, this position involves providing training and compliance reports, gathering information from users, and compiling and generating reports as needed. The ideal candidate will apply proven communication and writing skills along with operations knowledge and expertise to manage online training effectively.
Accountabilities
System Maintenance and Operations Support
- Work with LMS provider to stay updated on system specifications and updates
- Communicate updates and changes to the field as needed
- Provide end-user support (application support, e-learning, training support requests, and other areas as requested)
Learning Administration Support
- Manage courses, create courses, classes, curricula, certifications, and enroll users using the registration desk, individually or batch processes (Prescriptive Rule), and create audience types
- Upload various course content such as SCORM, AICC, documents, and videos into LMS, attach it to the learning event, and validate it on different platforms such as Windows, Mac, and Android (mobile devices)
- Manage job roles by creating roles and assigning them to end users based on business requirements
- Manage workspace by creating new workspaces, workspace pages using HTML, linking courses into the workspace, and enabling access for end users
- Manage Pathway, Plan, Skills, Insights, and Groups in the Degreed platform
- Support different LMS platforms like Saba, Degreed, Xyleme, and SuccessFactors
- Communicate with various clients as needed to define requirements for a variety of training reports
- Recommend training solutions through personal experience and feedback from clients to improve current offerings
- Backup and troubleshoot material hosted on the LMS
- Prepare, deliver, and manage reports addressing existing and future issues related to LMS data
- Prepare, deliver, and manage reports as requested from various business departments
Documentation Support
- Develop and maintain training and job aids for users (learners, instructors, and business unit administrators) of the system
- Contribute to creating and maintaining business project process and governance documents
- Involve in creating quality-related documents
Quality Assurance
- Adhere to quality processes such as peer audits and manual testing of assets pre- and post-go-live
- Contribute to creating new quality processes and documents
Essential Skills/Experience
- Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 3 years of related experience working within an LMS environment (Preferred: Saba Cloud or Degreed or Xyleme)
- Experience in content curation and troubleshooting eLearning content issues
- Experience with all aspects of learning solution development preferred
- Experience in communicating with various groups of customers at different levels
- Ability to communicate how the training program and reporting works to support business needs
- Build productive working relationships with the business unit you support
- Communicate effectively with strong business writing skills
- Proficiency or ability to gain proficiency in eLearning software
- Proficiency in training curriculum development preferred
- Effective organization and time management skills
- Outstanding customer service skills
- Excellent time management skills with the ability to organize and prioritize effectively
- Strong understanding of the pharmaceutical/healthcare industry, market dynamics, and major AZ business drivers
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Ability to work independently
Desirable Skills/Experience
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office programs; Excel and PowerPoint experience required
- Working knowledge of Articulate and Captivate authoring tools
- Knowledge of HTML and JavaScript
- Knowledge of adult learning principles and instructional design process
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.
AstraZeneca offers an intellectually stimulating environment where you can benefit from technically interesting work. As part of a growing enterprise with interesting challenges and ample resources, you will engage in technically and strategically important work without a focus on sales or time reporting. Here at AstraZeneca, we value our specialists' contributions across the enterprise. We encourage entrepreneurial thinking in a creative yet rigorous environment. Our global network fosters collaboration that drives impactful solutions.
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AstraZeneca 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, safety, empowerment and collaboration. Discover what a career at AstraZeneca could mean for you.
Lifelong learning
Our development opportunities are second to none. You'll have the chance to grow your abilities, skills and knowledge constantly as you accelerate your career. From leadership projects and constructive coaching to overseas talent exchanges and global collaboration programmes, you'll never stand still.
Autonomy and reward
Experience the power of shaping your career how you want to. We are a high-performing learning organisation with autonomy over how we learn. Make big decisions, learn from your mistakes and continue growing — with performance-based rewards as part of the package.
Health and wellbeing
An energised work environment is only possible when our people have a healthy work-life balance and are supported for their individual needs. That's why we have a dedicated team to ensure your physical, financial and psychological wellbeing is a top priority.
Inclusion and diversity
Diversity and inclusion are embedded in everything we do. We're at our best and most creative when drawing on our different views, experiences and strengths. That's why we're committed to creating a workplace where everyone can thrive in a culture of respect, collaboration and innovation.