Director, Capacity Management

Location: Barcelona

Introduction to role:

Are you ready to make a meaningful impact on patients lives through your work? Were looking for an individual with expertise in Project Management and a passion for problem-solving to join our Data Strategy and Enabling team. At AstraZeneca, we follow the science and turn ideas into life-changing medicines. If youre swift to action, confident to lead, willing to collaborate, and curious about what science can do, then youre our kind of person.

Accountabilities:

As part of our team, youll be driving key strategic data/systems based initiatives, standardizing processes, ensuring data quality, and enhancing portfolio delivery. Youll serve as a key point of contact for all capacity management reporting tools, training and process support. Your excellent problem-solving skills and interest in troubleshooting will be essential in maintaining the integrity and quality of portfolio data.

Responsibilities:

• Analyse functional data (resource forecasts, functional capacity, functional resource assignments, actual time, etc) and provide conclusions/trends and replay key insights to the function for validation.

• Identify and highlight data quality issues and data gaps.

• Work with functions to devise strategies, to prioritise issues and ensure functional remediation actions are clear and understood.

• Facilitate functional cost and resource forecast algorithm development and implementation.

• Analyse portfolio data to proactively identify issues and challenges. Work with appropriate stakeholders to implement remediation action/programs.

• Identify and lead cross-functional improvement initiatives that will take the AstraZeneca capacity management capabilities to the next level.

• Build training, education and information management strategies and capabilities that engage and enable functional stakeholders.

• Partner with functions to develop capacity management strategies, provide support (tactical/ad hoc) and advise in the use of capacity management tools and processes.

Essential Skills/Experience:

• University degree (or equivalent) in business and or/sciences

• Experience of portfolio analysis and capacity management

• Experience working in the pharmaceutical industry

• Thorough knowledge of the pharmaceutical drug development process.

• Experience of Planisware

• Experience of reporting tools, for example, Power BI

• Experience of effective working in a multi-cultural team

• Proven stakeholder management with the ability to develop strong and credible working relationships

• Proven leadership

• Flexibility to react to different customer needs for data/information/advice

• Experience of communicating complex information at a senior level (verbally and written)

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. Thats why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesnt mean were 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?

Join us at an exciting time of growth through innovation for AstraZeneca. Here, you can apply your skills and abilities to genuinely impact patients lives. Were at the cutting-edge of science, innovating and taking intelligent risks to steer the enterprise. Every single person plays a part in our story. Speak up, take the initiative and make it yours. Be a trusted partner in a fast-growing organization, and make an even bigger impact on patients.