GBS Project Services – Change Director

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.

GBS Project Services – Change Director

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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