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
Title: Project Manager
GCL: D2
Introduction to role
AstraZeneca is making significant investments in our IT Platform Capabilities to manage business demand around IT solutions and deliver value faster by adopting an Agile DevOps delivery model specifically tailored towards individual platform requirements for the R&D Patient Safety Value Stream. This includes managing business-as-usual demand and burst projects of varying complexities. As part of this capability build, we are looking for an individual to play the role of a Project Manager within the R&D Patient Safety value stream, mainly focused on Oracle Argus.
The Project Manager has experience delivering a range of small-scale to large-scale project/program implementations. The Project Manager operates with interactive communication, demonstrating inclusion and cultural sensitivity. The role will partner with platform team members, business product/process owners, product managers, and SMEs to support the development of solutions across the R&D Patient Safety value stream, ensuring that the proposed solutions meet established AstraZeneca quality and compliance standards and business solution needs.
Accountabilities
Projects/Programs - Operate at a functional level in assessing and defining business needs. Proactively seek out opportunities to enhance and improve in line with strategic goals, proposing potential solutions through research. Agree on implementation plans with all collaborators involved and track/deliver to the plan. Manage inter-dependencies between projects and collaborate with cross-functional teams. Manage changes to project scope, identify risks, and create mitigation plans.
Manage Platform/Project/Program Budgets – Act as the single point of contact to manage the budget of the overall Patient Safety platform, including services, licenses, maintenance, and any unplanned/one-time spend across the platform. For burst projects/initiatives, estimate the cost and manage the budget accordingly. Propose cost-efficient ways of working and drive implementation.
Stakeholder Relationships - Effectively identify business and IT stakeholders, build and maintain relationships according to individual stakeholder needs and levels of influence. Contribute to communication plans and change management for projects and stakeholders.
Contract Renewals and Negotiations – Initiate contract renewals on time, include procurement teams, negotiate with suppliers, and work with the delivery excellence team to ensure contracts are signed on time to ensure compliance of the BAU components/environments.
Assist with argument and benefits management by defining the rationale for investment, focusing on value and benefits realization.
Solution Evaluation - Analyze and assess solution proposals and articulate supporting reasoning, i.e., assessing business value, improving value vs. spend.
Work collaboratively with:
- Business Relationship Managers and platform team members (Platform lead, DevOps lead, Release manager, Business Analysts, testers, etc.) to develop and maintain relationships, support implementations, and act as a point of contact for deliverables.
- Business SMEs to identify business requirements and effectively communicate impact, support or facilitate progress of initiatives.
- Product Owners/Managers to identify and devise solutions that optimize business process performance, capability, and competitiveness.
- Delivery Excellence team, Service Excellence team, and Procurement to ensure all BAU contracts are active and managed without any compliance risks.
Essential Skills/Experience
- 8+ years of relevant IT Project Management experience
- Prior experience, business sense, and functional understanding of ArisG Advanced Signals or Argus
- Experience with project management and delivery methodologies. Experience using PMO tools/techniques to plan and track initiatives.
- Strong engagement, communication, and facilitation skills, including presentation, team management, and influencing skills.
- Experience working in a GxP environment
- Experience working and negotiating with third-party suppliers/vendors
- Presentation, Networking, Communication & Facilitation
- Customer Focus and Partner Collaboration
Desirable Skills/Experience
- Experience working in Platform ways of working and DevOps model
- Good understanding of Argus or ArisG
- Degree in relevant field or formal certification
- Exposure to Agile Methodologies and JIRA
- Experience working in a global organization
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.
Working in Technology here means you'll be a self-starter who is comfortable stepping up and taking ownership, willing to constantly explore and challenge the status quo. You'll be empowered to orchestrate new possibilities, solve challenges, and continuously innovate. Here you'll join hackathons, work with large data sets, and challenge yourself to push new boundaries.
Ready to make a difference? Apply now!
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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