Process Lead

Process Lead 

Type: Permanent

Location: Lisbon

Competitive salary and benefits

Introduction to Role:

Join AstraZeneca, an ambitious company that's on a mission to do more and be more. We believe in the potential of our people and you’ll develop beyond what you thought possible. We make the most of your skills and passion by actively supporting you to see what you can achieve no matter where you start with us. As a Process Lead in our Enabling team, you will be accountable for ensuring robust documentation for all of our team’s processes and policy documentation and driving ongoing process improvement initiatives.

Accountabilities:

As a Process Lead, your role will encompass a variety of responsibilities. You will develop, own and maintain a library of E3S processes, ensuring all individual processes are fully and accurately documented. You will drive ongoing assessment of processes – identifying process gaps and process effectiveness. You will collaborate with stakeholders to identify process remediations or to fill process gaps. You will also partner with our QA/QC manager to ensure that any control breaches that may require changes to our internal processes are addressed.

Essential Skills/Experience:

- Extensive process experience (development, management, improvement and implementation of)

- Strong written and verbal communication skills in Business English

- Significant experience of global technology implementations

- Proven ability to manage multiple projects/tasks effectively

- Demonstrated success working in a team environment

- Strong numerical and analytical skills

- Experience of implementing significant business change across different national and business boundaries

- Experience operating in a high paced, rapidly changing project environment

- Strong ethical, interpersonal and collaborative and influencing skills

- Assertive and confident interacting with individuals at all levels of the organisation including senior leaders

Desirable Skills/Experience:

- Prior experience in the biopharmaceutical industry (Sales, Marketing, Research & Development, Compliance, Legal, Procurement) or a consulting firm working with pharmaceutical clients in a similar role

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?

We are a diverse, inclusive and innovative group who identify, build and deliver excellent shared services (which everyone can leverage) to enable AstraZeneca to grow and change at speed. We are passionate about simple process – making it easier to get vital repeatable services done – for our patients, for our customers, for our teams. 

We focus on providing exceptional value that contributes to our company’s success and future by freeing up the business (our customers) to push the boundaries of science to deliver life-changing medicines for patients.  With the accomplishments, commitment and passion that you bring, I’m excited about what we will achieve together towards realizing AstraZeneca’s bold ambition.

At AstraZeneca, we're the global team that helps to make excellence and breakthroughs possible. Here, you can apply your skills and abilities to genuinely impact patients' lives. Join at an exciting time of growth through innovation for AstraZeneca. Shape this journey by reimagining the way we work, at every turn we're innovating and taking intelligent risks. We do this to steer the enterprise, powering every function to run faster, more efficiently, and achieve more.

Ready to make an impact? Apply now and join us on this exciting journey

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.