Why choose AstraZeneca Spain?
AstraZeneca Spain is a rising force in our global business. With headquarters in Madrid and our global hub in Barcelona, we’ve become an important international centre of excellence in the fight against critical disease. Boasting vibrant universities and business schools, the Barcelona ecosystem is a place where scientists can thrive. We attract a diverse workforce from across the globe, shining a beacon for innovation in a country that’s committed to clinical development.
We invite you to bring your talents to Barcelona where our respiratory medicine R&D and Global Marketing centre offers opportunities in R&D, IT, Commercial and HR. Or join us in Madrid and shape our growth in our BUs (Respiratory, Oncology & CVRM ), and a range of Corporate functions. Additionally, you can find sales roles throughout the country. Together, we’re contributing to a world-leading pipeline of therapeutics and delivering life-changing medicines to patients.
Who do we look for?
Calling all tech innovators, ownership takers, challenge seekers and proactive collaborators. At AstraZeneca Spain, breakthroughs born in the lab become transformative medicine for the world's most complex diseases. Alongside technical expertise, colleagues have the resilience, energy and collaborative mindset to change lanes, work with different teams and start projects from scratch.
Here, diverse minds and bold disruptors can meaningfully impact the future of healthcare using cutting-edge technology. Whether you join us in Madrid or Barcelona, 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.
Diverse collaborators
This is a speak-up culture that values collaboration. You’ll proactively bring your unique perspectives, experiences and skills to the table and seek the same from others. With our international team composition and the need for fast-paced collaboration, you’ll always be building new connections with colleagues.
Cutting-edge innovators
When you join us, you’ll be part of a team that embraces digital technology and data to transform the way we work and the work we do. Every day, you’ll help make history, empowered to ignite your creativity and build something enduring.
Resilient trailblazers
Here, the answers aren’t always available. So, you’ll need to bring a fearless, self-starter mindset to navigate uncharted territories. You’ll harness your ceaseless energy to discover and make the necessary connections with colleagues to shape the future and achieve maximum impact.
Agile movers
Seize ownership and excel with autonomy to enjoy the constant rush of ground-breaking discovery. Your ability to anticipate sudden shifts and adapt swiftly will prove critical as you make your mark in an environment that rewards initiative and resilience.
Responsibilities
1. MISSION
The Healthcare Innovation Team designs projects and initiatives to address unmet needs within the healthcare system and alleviate pain points in the patient journey to Transform Care. These often involve designing, testing and deploying solutions to optimize diagnosis processes, care pathways, or patient monitoring and chronic disease management.
The Healthcare Innovation Managers are the Healthcare Innovation team single point of contact for the strategy definition and design of the healthcare innovation transforming care programs that will become core elements of the Therapeutical Area (TA) strategic and tactical plans, aligned to overarching Transforming Care priorities.
A holistic view of the needs across therapeutic areas and market access, combined with a deep understanding of pathologies and patient journeys, is essential. This expertise allows the HCI Manager to effectively coordinate and oversee the projects under his/her scope. They ensure the creation of a plan for each program/solution and contribute to the prioritization process by analyzing the associated brand plan. Many of the designed programs will require the understanding of new technologies (such as AI) and will require a proactive scouting of the
healthcare ecosystem.
2. RESPONSIBILITIES
Key areas Responsibilities / Functions
1. TA Business Partner
• Be an active part of the Brand Teams of the TA under scope.
• Have a comprehensive understanding of the patient journey of the pathologies under the TA.
• Assess and prioritize patient journey pain points/challenges, alongside with the rest of the Brand Team. • Identify and follows-up all Transforming Care projects being performed under his/her scope.
• Bring knowledge and expertise in building value-based projects, covering healthcare ecosystem needs from design and ensuring impact on health and across value chain.
• Provide deep understanding and expertise, ensuring that health information systems are properly embedded on health innovative solutions.
• Engage regularly with the field implementors, the “Healthcare Innovation Partners” to feed in leads on Transforming Care projects, under the “One Innovation team” philosophy and to monitor and supervise deployment.
2. Transforming Care Solutions Design
• Ideate and designs Innovative Solutions that address prioritized pain points in the patient journey or healthcare system
· Proactive scouting and relationship with the healthcare and tech ecosystem (startups, tech giants, entrepreneurs and HCOs working on transforming the healthcare system)
• Elaborate program cases that show the return planned for the designed Innovative Solutions (in terms of value added to patients, healthcare system and healthcare professionals)
• Coordinate the Brand Team on the prioritization process of Innovative Solutions.
• Assess and supports the Brand Team on the prioritization process of initiatives to be included in the Tactical Plans.
3. Innovation Strategy & Partnerships
• Provide TA teams with continuous assessment and support to build next generation health innovative solutions integrating patient, health professional and business needs on every step of the process.
• Serve as SPOC of the therapeutical area with the innovation partners and start-ups during the ideation and design process of Innovative Solutions.
• Attend to Innovation events and the Scientific Summits related to the TA to scout potential solutions and trends, representing AZ innovation values and strategy.
4. Piloting and coordination of project delivery and follow-up
• Be responsible for the implementation of transformational projects under his/her TA, assuring time and budget compliance
• Ensure consistent quality and maximum value delivery and no duplication of efforts
• Measure project performance feeding projects’ key indicators for follow up and evaluation of results
• Provide periodic executive reports to Project Sponsors, identifying potential project blocks and red flags
• Participate in AZ project follow-up sessions to present key achievements
• Provide Project Management methodology to ensure pilot optimization
5. Compliance
· Guarantee that all activities related to the job comply with applicable external and internal regulations (policies, procedures, standards, guidelines, and code of conduct).
3. PROFILE REQUIREMENTS
Essential
• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• Excellent level of spoken and written English (level C1).
•At least 6 years of experience in consulting, market research, business intelligence, insights, or a similar
role.
• Experience in managing strategic projects. It is not a mandatory requirement to have experience in the biomedical or health industry.
• Excellent collaboration capacity with internal and external ecosystems.
• Understanding of Digital Technologies: IoT, Big Data, AI, Blockchain, etc.
• Teamwork capabilities and skills.
• Project management skills
• Proficiency with GPT models and Microsoft Office is essential
Desirable
• Postgraduate studies (MBA, Master Innovation/Transformation, Master Public Health, Master Health information systems, Master Design Thinking or other related fields)
• Experience in designing or implementing Innovative Solutions for the HC system
• Experience in the implementation of healthcare information system-based platforms and projects.
• Experience of Data Analysis enabling tool kits
• Experience in working in multi-skilled, multi-location data teams, working to agile principles.
• Experience in life sciences and healthcare
• Experience in a complex global organization
• Deep knowledge of the health ecosystem innovation drivers
• Updated with the latest trends and best practices in business innovation
• Familiar with innovation methodologies: Agile, Service Design, UI/UX practices…
The requirements to opt for an internal position are to have been in their current position for 1 year, to keep their direct manager informed of their participation in the process, not to have established a current Improvement Plan.
AstraZeneca is a company that promotes equal opportunities. AstraZeneca will consider all persons who meet the profile for the position without discrimination based on disability, sex or sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity/paternity period, race, or origin (national or ethnic), age, religion or belief, gender identity, marital status or common-law relationship and/or any other characteristic protected by law. AstraZeneca only employs people with work permits in the country or countries where the position is advertised.
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, inclusivity, balance and sustainability. Discover what a career at AstraZeneca could mean for you.
An award-winning company
We're passionate about being a great place to work, and 84% of our employees would recommend us as an employer. We've been recognised as a Top Employer in Spain, an EFR Family Responsible Business, and we achieved third place in Forbes Spain's Top 50 Best Places to Work list.
Inclusive environment
Diversity and inclusion are embedded in everything we do, and our different views, experiences and strengths enrich our culture. There's no salary gap at AstraZeneca, and the number of female employees has increased by four per cent over the last three years. We've also made all positions fully accessible.
Work-life balance
Your wellbeing means a lot to us, and we're here to support you through all of life's ups and downs. That's why we offer an unpaid leave policy, annual leave, reduced-hours timetables and a host of benefits, including a retirement plan, long service award, and health and travel insurance.
Sustainability initiatives
We're committed to harnessing the power of science to become a more sustainable business. We've reduced our carbon footprint by over 9,000 kg of CO2 over the last two years, and we lead the European GoGreen Project, which aims to introduce environmentally friendly options in our fleet of corporate vehicles.
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