Senior Change Manager

Introduction

At AstraZeneca we pride ourselves on crafting a collaborative culture that champions knowledgesharing ambitious thinking and innovation ultimately providing employees with the opportunity to work across teams functions and even the globe.

Recognizing the importance of individualized flexibility our ways of working allow employees to balance personal and work commitments while ensuring we continue to create a strong culture of collaboration and teamwork by engaging facetoface in our offices 3 days a week. Our head office and BlueSky Hub in downtown Toronto are purposely designed with collaboration in mind providing space where teams can come together to strategize brainstorm and connect on key projects.

Our dedication to sustainability is also central to our culture and part of what makes AstraZeneca a great place to work. We know the health of people the planet and our business are interconnected which is why were taking ambitious action to tackle some of the biggest challenges of our time from climate change to access to healthcare and disease prevention.

About Global Business Services

In Global Business Services (GBS) we dare to change the way we work we are brave resilient and take smart risks with a focus on simplifying the way we work. Through our global scale and diverse services we look to drive value through our innovation and expertise. This requires a team who see no boundaries can collaborate challenges the norm feels empowered and stays motivated and engaged.

In our role as a global business services group we are passionate about working smarter to free up time free up money protect value and provide new capabilities to the enterprise all to push the boundaries of science to deliver lifechanging medicines.

GBS Project Services

Join us in GBS Project Services and be part of the teams that contribute to lifesaving medicines in oncology immunology rare disease and other areas improving millions of lives worldwide. Drive innovation at the forefront of science and business by applying your experience and capabilities across diverse crossdepartmental opportunities in AI data analytics operations finance and beyond. Our environment fosters collaboration and growth through comprehensive training and mentorship.

As part of GBS Project Services youll get to reimagine the role of consulting within industry by working in a startup environment alongside internal clients with deep expertise offering unique opportunities for collaboration and creativity as you see a project through its endtoend lifecycle innovating at each step and experiencing the impact of your solutions to our company and our patients. We cultivate a supportive culture on a broad scale enabling connection and crossfunctional collaboration at the global and local level allowing you to shape AstraZenecas strategic direction and the goals of GBS Project Services for 2030 and beyond.

Are you experienced in leading change As a Senior Manager in GBS Project Services you will guide global initiatives across our organization managing projects of various sizes and risks. With your growing experience in strategy development and implementation youll ensure our teams stay aligned and focused on successful outcomes.

Youll have opportunities to share your ideas with top leadership using your strong communication skills to share important insights. Your talent for building relationships and fostering teamwork will boost knowledgesharing among our teams. With your strategic thinking youll assess risks and develop smart solutions to tackle them. Working in a complex operational environment youll apply your business skills and engage with a variety of stakeholders.

What you will do:

• Lead Global Initiatives Manage functional projects that are medium complexity and risk and have a mature and supportive partner organisation.Define implement and drive project governance across a mature and supportive partner landscape.

• Innovation and Continuous Improvement: Cultivate a culture of innovation and continuous improvement within projects and the team actively seeking opportunities to enhance services and drive efficiency.

• Change Management: Develop tailored change management strategies that consider the clients environment stakeholder needs and desired future state. Implement crossfunctional change initiatives that experience some ambiguity in mobilizing. Develop the analysis of change impacts and stakeholder effects resulting from transformation initiatives.

• Problem Solving and Apply effective problemsolving techniques simplify complex information to create actionable insights.

• Client Engagement Deliver excellent customer service effective communication professionalism and a commitment to exceeding expectations.

• Quality Assurance: Ensure that the services provided meet the encouraged standards of quality and deliver value to the organization.

• Mentorship and Development: Provide guidance and support to junior team members fostering their professional growth and development.

Requirements:

To qualify for this role you must have:

• Bachelors degreeor equivalent

• Minimum of 5 years experience in mediumcomplexity project management change management business or technology consulting

Ideal Experience:

Ideally youll also have:

• Graduate degree with a minimum of 6 years of relevant project/change management or consulting experience within mediumcomplexity programs

• Pharmaceutical or equivalent global organization experience

• Certifications: PMI PMI Agile Practitioner PMPPRINCE2 Practitioner PROSCI Change Management ACMP CCMP or similar

Great People want to Work with us! Find out why:

• GTAA Top Employer Award for 11 years

• Top 100 Employers Award

• Canadas Most Admired Corporate Culture

• Learn more about working with us in Canada

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Are you interested in working at AZ apply today!

AstraZenecais an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion and providing a workplace that is free from discrimination. AstraZeneca is committed to accommodating persons with disabilities. Such accommodation is available on request in respect of all aspects of the recruitment assessment and selection process and may be requested by emailing.

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