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: Senior Portfolio Manager
Career Level - E
Introduction to role
The Senior Portfolio Manager is responsible for supporting the standardisation, execution, and optimisation of portfolio-related processes supporting Global IT, and for supporting all users of the ServiceNow SPM tool. The role will apply portfolio management knowledge to contribute to the evolution of portfolio management practices, standards, and tools.
The successful candidate will contribute to the delivery and adoption of portfolio practice improvements and automation opportunities, identify and execute key centralised processes, and support SPQ Portfolio Managers in effective portfolio management across the IT organisation.
The role sits within the Portfolio group of IT's Strategy, Performance & Quality (SPQ) function. The SPQ Portfolio Team is tasked with driving best practices in Portfolio Management, ownership of IT Portfolio management tooling, the optimization of portfolio processes, and ensuring strategic alignment of IT project portfolio investments. As part of the broader Strategy, Performance & Quality
Portfolio Team, this role is expected to contribute to how we:
- Simplify to relentlessly create capacity
- Standardize by vigorously pursuing best practices across IT
- Evolve by pioneering new ways of working
- Safeguard through the proactive maturation of IT processes and systems to enable #OneAZ
Accountabilities
- Manage or support the execution of centralized and standard portfolio processes
- Manage the execution of monthly ServiceNow actuals load from SAP in coordination with Portfolio Managers
- Identify and implement process improvements to enhance portfolio processes
- Identify and implement opportunities for automation of portfolio processes
- Support the definition and implementation of changes to portfolio management and other related processes in all stakeholder communities
- Support changes in use and configuration of ServiceNow SPM through requirements definition and testing
- Provide ServiceNow SPM support for SPQ Portfolio Managers
- Support ServiceNow SPM stakeholder engagement and communications
- Analyse portfolio-related data (e.g., Financial, Resource, Portfolio Health etc.)
- Support change management activities for portfolio improvement initiatives
- Create and manage Knowledge Base for ServiceNow SPM
- Work collaboratively with SPQ Portfolio Managers to identify opportunities for improvement and to understand requirements for support where necessary
- Assist SPQ Portfolio Excellence team in defining requirements for tool changes, and understanding dependencies between portfolio tools and practices
- Collaborate with related functions that support Portfolio Management practices (e.g., Finance, SPQ Business Agility)
Essential Skills/Experience
- Relevant technical degree or equivalent
- 3+ years’ experience with Project / Portfolio management / PMO activities
- Understanding of Project financial management fundamentals
- Knowledge and experience with portfolio management processes and tools
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with strong customer focus and attention to detail
- Self-starter with the ability to effectively multi-task, prioritize workload to meet deadlines
- Continuous improvement mindset
- Influencing and relationship-building skills with AZ customers, peers, and third-party suppliers at all levels
- Strong analysis and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work in diverse multinational teams
- Knowledge or experience of automation approach and/or tools
Desirable Skills/Experience
- ServiceNow experience, SPM ideal
- Demonstrated knowledge of additional business management areas such as financials, workforce management, and strategy
- Knowledge of Lean design processes and their application
- Strong data analytics capabilities
- PowerBI skills
- Experience with process mapping tools and techniques
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, our work has a direct impact on patients, transforming our ability to develop life-changing medicines. We empower the business to perform at its peak by combining cutting-edge science with leading digital technology platforms and data. Join us at a crucial stage of our journey in becoming a digital and data-led enterprise. Here you can innovate, take ownership, and explore new solutions in a dynamic environment filled with opportunities to learn and grow.
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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