GBS Project Services - Project Director

GBS Project Services – Project Director

Competitive salary and benefits apply

Location: Lisbon, Portugal

Are you ready to make a real difference at one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies? We are assembling a team of experienced project managers who go beyond just “managing the plan” and provide project leadership and insights to the business. 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.

Recognizing the importance of individualized flexibility, our ways of working allow employees to balance personal and work commitments while ensuring we continue to create a strong culture of collaboration and teamwork by engaging face-to-face in our offices 3 days a week. Our offices are purposely designed with collaboration in mind, providing space where teams can come together to strategize, brainstorm and connect on important work.

AstraZeneca believes in a culture of lifelong learning. To support your professional growth, we offer wide-ranging opportunities for learning and development.

Our position:

Be a part of a high-performing team that can make a real difference at one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies. Our vision is to build a global, enterprise project services team that delivers business outcomes across the company by responding to the ongoing internal business demand for strong project management capabilities and a consulting mindset.  As Project Director, you will be a leader on our teams and work closely with our businesses as a project expert and trusted advisor. The project scope will be focused on delivering Productivity, Cost Saving and Process Improvement initiatives on a global scale, making a tangible impact across the organization. We set the highest quality standards, collaborate, and work hard to support our business partners and each other.

About Global Business Services:

In Global Business Services (GBS) we dare to change the way we work – we are brave, resilient and take smart risks with a focus on simplifying the way we work.  Through our global scale and diverse services, we look to drive value through our innovation and expertise.  This requires a team who see no boundaries, can collaborate, challenges the norm, feels empowered, and stays motivated and engaged.

Typical Accountabilities:

• Project leadership – Lead and deliver cross-functional, complex projects that often carry high risk and experience some ambiguity in mobilising.  Maintain focus on outcomes and benefits.
• Project governance – define, implement and drive project governance across a complex stakeholder landscape.
• Customer engagement – deliver excellent customer service, effective communication, professionalism and a commitment to exceeding expectations.
• External insight – stay up to date with industry trends, best practices and emerging technologies to bring value to internal customers.
• Coaching and mentoring – provide coaching and mentoring to other team members.

Essential requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Proven track record of delivering large, high complexity projects in a global organization.
• Significant experience and skill in presenting in front of C-level and Senior VPs through written and verbal channels
• Proven track record of delivering Productivity, Cost Saving and Process Improvement initiatives across a variety of business areas.
• Demonstration of strong, communication and relationship building skills with experience in collaborating and sharing knowledge between teams
• Experience considering risks, evaluating alternatives, and encouraging input from others to effectively make decisions and plan mitigation tactics
• Comfortable and skilled in operating in a complex operational matrixed organization across diverse, global teams
• Excellent business engagement and business acumen with sensitivity to internal and external political/economic environment

Desirable requirements:

• Management Consulting 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

At AstraZeneca, we’re dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. We are a global, science-led, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company that focuses on discovering, developing and commercialising prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious diseases. We are more than one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies. We are a place where you can push the boundaries of science, challenge convention and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. We are committed to lifelong learning, growth and development for all. 

Ready to make a difference in medicine, patients, and society? Apply now to join our GBS Project Services team as a Project Director!

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 authorisation and employment eligibility verification requirements.