At AstraZeneca, we lead our industry in our development of a strong and varied pipeline. This means our people are here to win, we give you a breadth of opportunities to be curious and do cutting edge, unique work that has big impact on science and medicine. We explore innovations and confront challenges that others won't, in order to have a greater impact on patients' lives.

Within AstraZeneca's Digital Health R&D, we prioritize improved patient experience and outcomes. We are contributing to the transformation of healthcare by re-setting expectations on how to augment patient outcomes by using digital health solutions in combination with life-changing treatments. This is a strategic priority that we are scaling rapidly from a significant number of pilots in the last 5 years. We seek strong talent to join our teams.

Advances in digitalization, data and advance analytics are changing industries at pace with the pharma industry showing signs of movement

AstraZeneca would like to leap frog in this area and has prioritized digital in R&D as a critical strategic area of focus by 2025, as part of the overall company strategy.

Digital Health R&D’s ambition is to transform healthcare, powered by digital, science and collaborations, to deliver the healthcare outcomes and experience that patients care about the most.

The Digital Health R&D journey incorporates 3 key stages:

• Stage 1 – foundational, reimagine how we work, by maximizing the use of digital, data and analytics transform processes within R&D to gain significant benefits on speed of the portfolio (goal 9 months acceleration) productivity (goal -20% reduction in cost per patient per year) quality at source, patient experience and probability of success.
• Stage 2 – advanced, redefine clinical trials and digital health to improve overall patient experiences and outcomes, example redefining patient populations, remote clinical trials, patient apps to reduce/manage adverse events and improve patient outcomes (OS), using data from EHMr and RWE instead of control arms, and through PROs and continuous patient monitoring, creating new end points enabling studies in earlier stages of disease (ctDNA changes) prolonging significantly patients’ lives
• Stage 3 – future-readiness, reimagine healthcare, examples, AZ as a healthcare provider beyond medicines for certain indications (example: Breast Cancer, proving monitoring, predictive analytics and therapies for improved outcomes), full integration of Multiomics (imaging, genomics, proteomics …) to better predict and significantly improve patients’ health

This role will support efforts across the Oncology Digital Health R&D space. Oncology will be the largest therapeutic area in AstraZeneca and is growing at significant pace, with a portfolio that will make AstraZeneca a top player in the industry in the next decade. It’s vision is to push the boundaries of science to change the practice of medicine, transform the lives of patients living with cancer and ultimately eliminate cancer as the cause of death.

This role will be to lead the provision of Program / Project Management support to Oncology Digital Health R&D to deliver the Oncology Digital Health Therapeutics and Patient Solution outcomes on time and budget.

Primary Responsibilities for this role will include (but not limited to):

• Program /Project Planning and Management
• Define program /project scope and schedule while focusing on regular and timely delivery of value
• Organize and lead program / project status and working meetings
• Prepare and distribute progress reports
• Actively manage risks and issues
• Correct deviations from plans
• Perform delivery planning for assigned projects
• Team Management includes, but not limited to: -Assist in team development and empowerment, while holding teams accountable for their commitments, removing roadblocks to their work; leveraging organizational resources to improve capacity for project work; and mentoring and developing team members
• Product Leader Support- Support the Senior Product Owner/Product Owner(s) in managing customer expectations for project outcomes, stakeholder communications, and adherence to AZ governance
• Process Management and Improvement - Create and manage a well-defined Agile program / project management process and champion ongoing process improvement initiatives to implement best practices for Agile Program / Project Management

Qualifications

• Excellent understanding of software development life cycle models as well as expert knowledge of both Agile and traditional project management principles and practices and the ability to blend them together in the right proportions to fit a project and business environment
• A proven track record of successfully implementing software or web development projects using Agile methodologies including 8+ years of experience as a Project Manager managing large, complex projects in a high-tech development environment with multi-function teams. Ideally in Healthcare
• Prior experience with SAFe/SCRUM and/ or other Agile methodologies with enterprise-level application development projects. PMI-ACP, CSM, or equivalent preferred
• Experience overseeing multi-function project teams with at least 10-15 team members including Developers, Business Analysts, and QA Personnel
• Balanced business/technical background:
  • Sufficient level of technical background to provide highly-credible leadership to development teams and to be able to accurately and objectively evaluate complex project risks and issues
  • Ability to provide leadership to business analysts and collaborate with customers and develop strategies and solutions of high business value

Skills Required

• Bachelors degree in a relevant discipline; Master’s degree is advantageous
• Very effective interpersonal skills including mentoring, coaching, collaborating, and team building
• Strong analytical, planning, and organizational skills with an ability to manage competing demands
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of business needs with the ability to establish/maintain high level of customer trust and confidence
• Proven ability to lead software development projects and ensure objectives, goals, and commitments are met
• Solid understanding of and demonstrated experience in using appropriate tools: 
  • Agile Project Management tools such as Jira or equivalent
  • Microsoft Project, Visio, and all Office Tools 
• Excellent oral and written communications skills and experience interacting with both business and IT individuals at all levels including the executive level
• Creative approach to problem-solving with the ability to focus on details while maintaining the “big picture” view

Date Posted

Closing Date

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.