
GBS Project Services – Change Director
AstraZeneca
Europe, Portugal, Lisbon, Lisboa
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Salary

Rank
Director

Responsibility
Design/Transform

Scope
Regional

Workplace
100% in office

Functions
HR

Reports to

Level
N-2

Travel Max:
0%

Posting Date
01-26-2025
Description
Do you want to be part of a high-performing team that can make a real difference at one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies? We are bringing together a team of experienced project managers who go beyond just “managing the plan” and provide project leadership and insights to the business customers. AstraZeneca is building an internal consulting capability in our Global Business Services (GBS) group focused on delivering high-quality project management capabilities to our enterprise organization.
Our vision is to build a global, enterprise project services team that delivers business outcomes by responding to the ongoing internal business demand for strong project management skillsets and capabilities across the company. You will work closely with our businesses as a project expert and trusted advisor. We set the highest quality standards, collaborate, and work hard to support our business partners.
You will be instrumental in building our team, setting the standard for how we work, and building strong customer relationships. You work within the GBS Project Services team to define and deliver the service quality, whilst also working with the business as a project thought leader, responding to their demand for project support. With a strong understanding of change management and excellent communication skills, you will work effectively with stakeholders to deliver business outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
- Team leadership – provide effective leadership to a team of project directors and project service leads, fostering a culture of collaboration, excellence and continuous improvement.
- Business development – identify and develop new opportunities to deliver savings and successful outcomes to internal customers.
- Quality assurance – implement and maintain quality control processes to ensure delivery of high-quality services aligned with best practice.
- Customer service – build and maintain strong relationships with internal customers, understanding business challenges and collaborating to develop and implement solutions, ensuring our services delight our customers.
- Project management – provide leadership to multiple projects, ensuring timely delivery and quality outcomes.
Qualification & Requirements
Essential Skills/Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Proven track record of managing large projects in a global organization.
- Management consulting experience
- Experience in building high-performing teams through effective recruitment and professional development
- Comfortable and skilled in operating in a complex operational matrix organization across diverse, global teams
- Experience in relationship management, across both relationship development, maintenance, and ability to understand internal political influence
- Excellent customer service and business acumen with sensitivity to internal and external political/economic environment
- Significant experience and skill presenting in front of C-suite/executive level clients through written and verbal channels
Desirable Skills/Experience
- Project Management Certification
- Change Management Certification
- Pharmaceutical or equivalent global & complex organization experience; experience of working within a quality and compliance environment and application of policies, procedures and guidelines.
Benefits
No information available.
Company Profile

AstraZeneca
Industry
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
Revenue
$44.35B
Employees
83,500
Fortune 500 Rank
#74
Global 500 Rank
#331
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