Senior IT Project Manager

Are you ready to steer projects and programs to success in a fast-paced and complex environment? As a Senior IT Project Manager, you will be responsible for end-to-end delivery of projects and programs within allocated budget and timeline, ensuring the use of adequate project management methodologies, tools and techniques. This is a unique opportunity to constantly learn, grow and develop every single day in a company that's passionate about patients.

What you’ll do:
In this role, you will manage small to medium size projects and/or small programs. Your responsibilities will include management of all aspects of the project (scope, schedule, budget, resources, risks). You will ensure all activities are aligned with the business goals and organizational values. You will provide regular updates and report to senior leadership and involved collaborators. You will also handle third party vendor statements of work, including, negotiating deliverables, acceptance criteria and cost.

Essential Skills/Experience:

- Bachelor’s degree (technical or business)

- At least one formal certification/training on project management methodologies

- Experience managing all the project typical areas (scope, budget, risk, resources and quality)

- Excellent decision-making and problem-solving skills

- Extensive experience working in global organizations

- Broad experience managing small to medium end-to-end projects

- Proven experience managing demanding deadlines and stakeholders

- Experience leading IT projects (platform integrations, infrastructure, IT/OT, etc.)

- Prior experience working in manufacturing, supply chain and quality domains

- Good communication skills

- Conflict management and negotiation skills

- Experience setting up governance and/or processes from scratch

- Experience supporting technical teams in their way to shaping immature demands into structured or introducing new technologies or scaling existent solutions

- Experience managing third-party vendors, ensuring deliverables meet requirements and expectations

Desirable skills and experiences:

- Master’s degree

- Experience managing large projects

- Experience working in Healthcare or Pharmaceutical industry

- Familiarity with GxP environments

- Experience with Data Historians, MES, OT systems

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.

Why AstraZeneca?
At AstraZeneca, we're not just about developing life-changing medicines. We're about disrupting an industry and changing lives. 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 and lead a new way of working, combining ground breaking science with leading digital technology platforms and data. All with a passion to impact lives through data, analytics, AI, machine learning and more. Join us at a crucial stage of our journey in becoming a digital and data-led enterprise.

AstraZeneca offers competitive salaries and excellent benefits, such as extra paid Holiday, Private Medical Benefit, on-site Work Out and much, much more.

Ready to make a meaningful impact? Apply now to join our team!

We welcome your application no later than September 27th.

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.