Clinical Procurement Business Partner – R&D Global Procurement

At AstraZeneca were dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science challenge convention and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. To embrace differences and take bold actions to drive the change needed to meet global healthcare and sustainability challenges.

We can now offer an exciting opportunity to partner with AstraZenecas R&D Therapy Areas to drive their research and development efforts forward to develop medicines for patients.

If youre energized by complex problemsolving value creation and partnering across R&D to bring new medicines to patients faster this role offers a unique platform to lead.

The role is placed at our dynamic R&D site inGothenburg.

Your role
In this pivotal role youll be the dedicated therapy areaaligned business partner to Clinical Operations within R&D Global Procurement - translating clinical and operational needs into procurement strategies that accelerate delivery unlock value and uphold the highest standards.

Youll bring together your fluency in clinical trial execution with deep procurement expertise to drive crossfunctional alignment anticipate needs at both therapy area and programme levels and enable proactive planning that delivers speed savings and sustainabilitywithout compromising quality.

Youll work in strong collaboration with the Study Procurement Partner to create a seamless bridge from early programme shaping to operational execution ensuring continuity transparency and impact at every stage.

Key Accountabilities

• Therapy Area leadership: Serve as the central point of contact for assigned therapy areas engaging in portfolio-level discussions to surface outsourcing demand early and align on priorities.
• Strategic demand planning: Translate therapy area strategies clinical plans and operational roadmaps into forwardlooking procurement insights and earlystage demand forecasts to inform Procurement Category Teams planning.
• Vendor strategy guidance: Advise Clinical Operations programme teams on the vendor landscape championing the use of preferred sustainable suppliers aligned to Category Strategy where appropriate during vendor strategy implementation.
• Opportunity and gap identification: Spot sourcing gaps unmet business needs and crosscategory opportunities to shape category strategies and refresh cyclesdriving speed savings and sustainability without compromising quality.
• Issue escalation and resolution: Escalate to Procurement Category Managers and R&D Alliance Management when sourcing strategies or suppliers do not meet clinical and operational requirements and partner to coursecorrect.
• Crossfunctional representation: Represent R&D Global Procurement in cross-functional initiatives that span multiple procurement categories ensuring alignment and delivery of shared outcomes.
• Enterprise coordination: Coordinate with R&D enabling functions (e.g. Alliance Management Global Clinical Solutions) to align support models ensure cohesive engagement and close known gaps where no dedicated business partner exists.
• Model and process improvement: Shape validate and refine procurement engagement models processes and messaging through close partnership with stakeholders.
• Seamless TA-to-study handover: Collaborate closely with the TA Study Procurement Partner to ensure a smooth transition from early TA programme planning into study startup and maintenance.
• Flexible contribution: Support adhoc projects and priorities as required to meet evolving business needs.

Essential Requirements - Education and Experience

• Education: Bachelors degree required; an advanced degree inbusinesslife sciences or a related field is a plus.
• Industry experience: Minimum8 yearsin procurement clinical operations or related functions with a strong grasp ofclinical trial planning and execution.
• Demand and vendor expertise: Hands-on experience indemand planningvendor strategy orvendor managementwithin the clinical trials space.
• Category and supplier management: Strong understanding ofcategory managementsupplier management andcross-functional collaborationframeworks.
• Matrix ways of working: Proven success operating inmatrix organizations ideally withinpharmaceuticalorlife sciencessettings.
• Stakeholder influence: Demonstrated ability toengage and influence senior stakeholdersand translate operational needs into actionable procurement opportunities.
• Communication and facilitation: Excellentcommunicationfacilitation andstrategic influencingskills with the ability to drive alignment across diverse teams.
• Project and change leadership: Proficiency inproject managementandchange management delivering outcomes across complex initiatives.
• Analytical clarity: Ability to synthesizecomplex informationinto clear compelling recommendations and present with confidence.
• Regulatory knowledge: Strong knowledge ofICH GCPand related guidelines governing clinical trials.

Why AstraZeneca
Its a place to grow a fulfilling and exciting career with constant opportunities resulting from new products technologies and growing areas like biologics. Our continued growth gives you greater exposure than anywhere else.

Are you ready to make a difference Great because we cant wait to hear from you! We look forward to your application no later than April 26 2026.

About AstraZeneca Gothenburg
Our stunning campus in Gothenburg is an incredibly vibrant and diverse place with about 3000 employees and a high proportion of international talent. Inclusion and diversity are embedded into everything we do driving creativity and people empowered to innovate for patients by challenging conventional thinking. And the site itself has been designed with collaboration in mind. From the Coffee Lab to exercise areas weve built a series of environments where innovation can happen.

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