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: Lead Consultant - Sustainability
Introduction to the role:
Career level: E
Are you ready to make a positive impact in a team where it means more? At AstraZeneca, we are committed to managing our environmental impact across all activities and products, with ambitious targets in areas such as Greenhouse Gas Reduction, Water Stewardship, and Waste Management. As part of Global Engineering and Real Estate (GERE), you will play a crucial role in supporting these targets through innovative projects, technical expertise, and portfolio management. By delivering next-generation assets, GERE contributes significantly to AstraZeneca's strong pipeline, using cutting-edge technologies and skilled program management to exceed expectations. Join us in establishing strong partnerships and building facilities that not only meet but surpass requirements.
Accountabilities
As a Global Sustainability Subject Matter Expert, you will be part of a team of specialists within the Global Engineering Technical Services team, providing a range of services across AstraZeneca. Your core responsibilities include ensuring leading performance in environmental sustainability through GERE capital project delivery processes, championing sustainability within GERE, and collaborating with functions and sites to establish best practice technical standards. You will work with numerous stake holders, requiring strong collaboration, communication, and influencing skills alongside your technical expertise.
Essential Skills/Experience
- 8 years post graduate experience working in environmental sustainability area
- Technical and operational knowledge of environmental sustainability in the built environment
- Understanding of external environmental benchmarking and best practices (BREEAM, LEED etc)
- Experience in the specification, procurement, installation, start up and commissioning of environmental technologies
- Effective stake holder management and strong collaboration both internally and externally
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
- An understanding or experience of capital project delivery from business case development through project execution to handover
Desirable Skills/Experience
- Master’s degree with 5-10 years or PhD with 5 years’ experience
- Chartered or Professional Licensed Engineer
- Collaboration experience, internal and external, on new technology, and ability to shape the direction of the technology of the future
- Experience in strategic technology development, investment, and network roll-out across a global network of supply sites.
- Written papers on the subject matter
- Ability to communicate at all levels
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 a great opportunity to build a long-term career with global knowledge and opportunities. In our fast-paced environment, embrace lifelong learning and build capabilities while setting your own direction. With a commitment to delivering accelerated growth and making people's lives better, we thrive on challenges and seek new solutions using Lean processes, innovative science, digitalisation, and sustainable practices. Our inclusive community supports each other on our journeys, providing potential for multiple global careers and rewarding those who embrace diverse opportunities.
Ready to make a difference? Apply now to join our team!
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.
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