AdressJob Title: Senior Global Clinical Operations Program Director
Location: In office with flexibility in: Boston Seaport or Barcelona SP or Gaithersburg MD or Gothenburg SW or Warsaw PO or Durham N
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Join a place built on innovation and creativity. Where different views and perspectives are welcomed and valued. An environment that champions inclusion, and teams that reflect the diversity of the communities that we serve.
Who we are
Ahighperforming team, we are united and motivatedby our shared purpose – to deliver life-changing medicines. We come to work eachdaytomakeadifference – to patients, society and our company.
What we do
We are a global, science-led BioPharmaceutical business and our innovative medicines are used by millions of patients worldwide.
Why we love it
This is the placetomake an impact! Here we ensure everyone can reach their full potential, perform at their best and make a valued contribution to the enterprise.
The Senior Global Clinical Operations Program Director (Sr GPD) is a core global role within the Clinical Operations function of Late Stage R&D and is accountable to the Global Product Team (GPT) for the delivery of the agreed clinical development plan and is one of three core members of the Clinical Program Team (CPT), a strategic and operational leadership team which remit is to maximize the scientific and clinical relevance and value of late stage projects. The CPT delivers the Target Product Profile directed strategy and clinicalbenefit/riskassessment to time, cost and quality to the GPT orequivalent teams.
TheSrGPDisresponsiblefor program leadership and management of all clinical program deliverables to scope, quality, budget, time, resource and risk, ensuring new innovative design and delivery models are used appropriately. The role involves integrating strategy, design, feasibility and operational planning to produce business-focused clinical drug development programs that align with AstraZeneca priorities and strategy. TheSrGPD brings product knowledge and strategicthinking to support governance interactions, leads the delivery of a program of studies and is accountable for the project management oftheclinical support of regulatory marketing applications and post registration product maintenance deliverables.
Additionally, theSrGPD may lead or contribute to improvement and change projects within Clinical Operations and/or other business areas.
Essential Requirements:
- Bachelor of Science/Master of Science degree in related discipline,orequivalent work experience. Advanceddegree is preferred
- More than 9 years extensive global drug development leadership orequivalent leadership experience demonstrated in a variety of roles.
- Extensive experience across the product life cycle with experience in late stage development and ideally across multiple therapeutic areas
- Clinical operations knowledge with strongtrackrecordof delivery
- Comprehensiveknowledgeoftheclinical and pharmaceutical drug development process
- Provenabilitytodevelop programs tomeetbusiness goals and to assess business risk versus potential value; ability to understand global business requirements
- Significant experience of program management and use of project management techniques in complex projects, including resourcing, financial management and businesscase development
- Provenabilitytodevelop successful collaborations with internal stakeholders and external partners
- Strong strategic influencing skills; ability to influence broadly within and outside the organization
- Excellent written and verbalcommunicationskills
- Proventeamwork and ability to work collaboratively across a wide range of disciplines
- Trackrecordof planning, prioritisation and delivery success
- Willingness to travel both domestic and international
Desirable Requirements:
- Demonstratedability to drive process improvement and/or functional work
- Experience of implementing changes in ways of working that focus on increasingefficiency
- Regulatory submission experience
- Previous success of working in Japan and China to ensure delivery of global programmes tomeetbusiness needs
- Provenexperience in leading teams through change
- Experience of and insight into the Clinical environment to be able to drive major improvement programs
AstraZeneca an Employer of Choice:
At AstraZenecawe'rededicatedto being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and unleash your entrepreneurialspirit. There’s no better placetomakeadifference to medicine, patients and society. An inclusiveculture that champions diversity and collaboration. Always committed to lifelong learning, growth and development.
We are an equalopportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We donotdiscriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonableaccommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to requestaccommodation.
When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleashbold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working give 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.
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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.
AstraZeneca requires all US employees to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 but will consider requests for reasonable accommodations as required by applicable law.
