2021 Internship Program at AstraZeneca

Join a vibrant and dynamic team with the passion and drive to push the boundaries of science!

At AstraZeneca Poland we have a truly collaborative culture and way of working – supportive, open minded and eager to share knowledge. Our Warsaw site is an active and open community where you can collaborate on multiple projects, and find opportunities to further ‘What science can do’.

The Internship Program at AstraZeneca is aimed at graduates and students of the last years of universities who want to use the knowledge gained during their studies in practice. This is an opportunity to raise your professional qualifications in one of the most innovative global biotechnology companies.

By joining AstraZeneca, you will have the opportunity to work with people who have an impact on the lives and health of millions of patients around the world, developing breakthrough therapies that push the boundaries of science.

We put the "IT" in scientist.​ The R&D IT team optimize scientists’ daily lives through technology that helps them follow the science. But we’re also committed to transforming R&D by enabling digital and data science to increase R&D success and reduce timelines. Our expertise includes automation, analytics-ready data, scaled engineering, high quality digital applications, seamless integration and  technology innovation.

​We encourage you to read the job description and the requirements carefully:

As a Release Support Engineer, you will be playing an active role in a multidisciplinary DevOps Team, supporting release delivery, operations and process excellence. You will ensure that activities are carried out in a compliant manner and work closely with a Release Manager and other stakeholders to establish release delivery and operational quality is in place. You will also:

• Coordinate IT Change and Deployment Management activities based on release schedule

• Conduct gap analysis in Project Management Tool across multidisciplinary team

• Enhance existing IT ways of working and processes with associated updates of SOPs and work instructions / knowledge articles

• Facilitate Agile ceremonies, process execution and removal of day-to-day impediments

• Support Test Leads on timely delivery of System Acceptance and User Acceptance Testing

Requirements:

• Relevant Bachelor or Master’s Degree in IT / Bio-Technology / Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Good theoretical understanding of Software Development Lifecycle, Agile frameworks, such as Scrum and SAFe
• Technical experience on JIRA, Confluence, HP ALM, Service Now, PowerBI is a big plus
• Knowledge of Change Management Processes, GAMP guidelines and GxP quality standards
• Certifications such as ITIL, SAFe, Professional Scrum Master and/or ISTQB  is a big plus
• Quality mindset with problem-solving skills is the must
• Strong conceptual and workload management skills
• Excellent communication and leadership skills
• Fluent English, both written and oral

Posting is closing at April 21st. All submitted applications will be verified by us and assessed based on the objective criteria. Selected candidates will receive an invitation to introduce and present themselves using HireVue - a tool that allows to send answers to recruitment questions in the form of video recordings. On the final stage of the process you will remotely meet the recruiting team consisting of representatives of a given department. At the beginning of June, we will announce a list of people for whom this year's internship program recruitment process was successful.

The internships will start in July and will last from 3 to 6 months, depending on the department. Initial training (onboarding) and all internships, for safety reasons, are designed fully in the remote formula.

In this year's internship program we will invite over 50 people to participate!

Don’t miss your opportunity! We are waiting for you!

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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.