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Digital Project Manager - Business Development, Cambridge Site Operations

ASTRAZENECA UK LIMITED, Newtown, Cambridge

Digital Project Manager - Business Development, Cambridge Site Operations

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ASTRAZENECA UK LIMITED, Newtown, Cambridge

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 1 week ago, 9 Nov | Get your application in now before you miss out!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: f6996ee5c0614165ad657680420e2da3

Full Job Description

  • Project Delivery: Lead the planning and implementation of diverse digital projects within Site Operations, ensuring objectives are met on time and within budget. This role encompasses a wide range of innovative and often cutting-edge initiatives aligned with our Digital Strategy, spanning across all Site Operations functions.
  • Client-Centred Planning: Conduct project planning tailored to the needs of your collaborators, defining clear goals and objectives, roles, and a structured timeline. Create accurate and engaging project plans, ensuring all tasks are scheduled and tracked effectively.
  • Risk Management: Identify and manage risks proactively to prevent delays and ensure smooth project delivery. Develop mitigation strategies to address potential issues before they impact the project timeline.
  • Value Realisation and Benefit Tracking: Champion a results-oriented approach, defining clear metrics for value at project initiation and tracking outcomes through all stages to ensure benefits are achieved and sustainable. Quantify 'before and after' impacts, with follow-up analyses to validate and maximise value over time.
  • Reporting and Communication: Maintain regular communication with management, clients, and collaborators. Provide clear, consistent updates on progress, risks, and outcomes to keep all parties aligned and informed.
  • Team Leadership: Facilitate and lead cross-functional teams, ensuring effective collaboration and alignment on project goals. Cultivate a collaborative team environment that encourages open communication, innovation, and continuous improvement.
  • Stakeholder Management: Act as a primary point of contact for internal collaborators and external partners, engaging effectively across Business and IT teams to foster collaboration and drive alignment on objectives.
  • Continuous Improvement: Find opportunities to optimise processes and technologies, contributing to ongoing efficiency and operational excellence., With the completion of our Digital Strategy and the emphasis on digital innovation, this role offers a unique opportunity to bring this vision to life. Reporting directly to the Digital Services Director, you'll play a pivotal role in embedding digital change across Site Operations, ensuring our projects deliver sustained, impactful value

    Bachelor's Degree in Project Management, Business Administration, Information Technology, or a related field
  • Project Management Certifications: PMP, Agile (e.g., Certified ScrumMaster), PRINCE2, or equivalent certifications.
  • Experience: 3-5+ years in digital or technology project management, ideally within an industry-relevant context, with demonstrated ability to lead complex projects from concept to completion.
  • Digital Transformation Knowledge: Understanding of digital transformation concepts, change management, and user experience (UX) is highly valued.
    • Desirables:
  • Technical Skills: Proficiency in project management software such as Microsoft Project & JIRA; familiarity with Gantt charts and other planning tools is advantageous.
  • Leadership and Self-Starter Abilities: A proactive approach, strong organisational skills, and the ability to envision and shape a new role within a dynamic environment.
  • Analytical and Problem-Solving: Capable of identifying challenges and developing actionable solutions that drive project success.
  • Communication and Interpersonal Skills: Exceptional skills for engaging with a range of collaborators, ensuring clarity and alignment throughout the project lifecycle.
  • Adaptability and Change Leadership: Ability to navigate shifting priorities and lead teams through ambiguity and change, balancing flexibility with the rigor needed to deliver on commitments.

    AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialisation of prescription medicines for some of the world's most serious diseases. But we're more than one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies. At AstraZeneca, we are pioneering new frontiers by identifying and treating patients earlier, working towards the aim of eliminating cancer as a cause of death.
    • Come and join our AZ team where you will play a pivotal role in this exciting period of development!! Are you an organised and proactive strategic thinker who excels at bringing people together to make things happen? Can you identify and resolve issues before they arise, engage collaborators effectively, and manage tasks with precision? Do you have the courage to challenge assumptions and the foresight to spot alternate opportunities, all while keeping focus on delivering and realising real value? If so, we want you on our team! We are offering an exciting permanent opportunity within our forward-thinking Site Operations team for a Digital Project Manager in Business Development. Based in our BioPharma R&D organisation, this role focuses on leading digital initiatives that will arise from our newly established Digital Strategy. You will collaborate across the organisation to identify and prioritise opportunities, drive digital transformation, and deliver results that matter.

    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's Oncology R&D business area, you'll be part of a team playing a critical role in driving meaningful change in the way we predict, prevent and treat patients' conditions. We're actively embracing and investing in technology, harnessing digital, data and analytics to reimagine the future of healthcare and deliver improved outcomes to patients beyond core medical. We're shaping the future, improving and speeding up portfolio development, improving the patient experience and outcomes at clinical trials. Join the team that is co-creating a digital ecosystem with patients at its core. Competitive salary and benefits package on offer. The successful candidate will have access to a flexible employee benefits fund, including holiday purchase and flexible time off, pension contributions, Share Save Plans, A performance recognition scheme and a competitive, generous remuneration package.