Director Strategic Advice –R&D Quality Assurance
Do you have expertise in, and passion for Quality? Would you like to apply your expertise influencing strategic directions on quality and compliance being the GxP expert related to clinical activities in a company that follows the science and turns ideas into life changing medicines? Then AstraZeneca might be the one for you!

At AstraZeneca, we put patients first and strive to meet their unmet needs worldwide. Working here means being entrepreneurial, thinking big and working together to make the impossible a reality. If you are swift to action, confident to lead, willing to collaborate, and curious about what science can do, then you’re our kind of person.

We are now recruiting for a Director Strategic Advice position to join our Strategic Advice team within R&D Quality Assurance. R&D QA is an independent global assurance function in AstraZeneca R&D maintaining the R&D Quality Management System and assessing quality based on audits, inspections and self-reported quality issues. We promote and strive towards a state where everyone acknowledges that quality is a competitive advantage, and that quality arises from every individual’s contribution to a ‘right-from-me’ mentality.

What you’ll do
As a Director Strategic Advice you will work closely with stakeholders in R&D and will provide leadership in influencing strategic direction on quality and compliance through responsive and proactive GxP expert advice related to clinical activities. This will include effective compliance reporting to senior management and relevant quality governance forums. You will also be responsible for investigating critical Quality Issues as well as delivering end-to-end regulatory inspection strategy and management. 

With that in mind the role is best suited to candidates with a high degree of integrity and strategic thinking agility. It is also important to have a ‘solutions focused’ attitude and the ability to generate simple solutions to complex challenges. Importantly, you will need to have a proactive ‘Business Partnering’ mindset and the personal credibility to effectively communicate and establish trust with senior stakeholders and leadership teams across the globe. This is critical to enable you to influence decisions and thereby sustain the Quality Mindset. Having strong collaborative, influencing and interpersonal skills and that you are curious and willing to understand business environment is crucial.

Essential for the role

• Degree level education 

• Significant experience in pharmaceuticals or a related life-science industry 

• A thorough understanding and experience of GxP and quality assurance/management

• Excellent analytical, written and oral communications skills 

• Fluent in written and spoken English 

• High ethical standards, trustworthy, operating with absolute discretion 

• Skilled at managing & using technology 

• Ability to maintain and create professional networks with stakeholders 

• Experience in managing regulatory health authority GxP Inspections 

Desirable for the role

• Project management

• Key Account management

• Experience in Six Sigma/Lean/Process improvement tools

• Audit expertise

• Experience in digitalization

Why AstraZeneca?
At AstraZeneca when we see an opportunity for change, we seize it and make it happen, because any opportunity no matter how small, can be the start of something big. Delivering life-changing medicines is about being entrepreneurial - finding those moments and recognising their potential. Join us on our journey of building a new kind of organisation to reset expectations of what a bio-pharmaceutical company can be. This means we’re opening new ways to work, pioneering cutting edge methods and bringing unexpected teams together. Interested? Come and join our journey. 
 

So, what’s next?
Are you already imagining yourself joining our team? Good, because we can’t wait to hear from you.

We will go through the applications continuously so please apply as soon as possible but no later than October 13th, 2020. Welcome with your application! 

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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.