Associate Director, Business Planning & Operations

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Introduction to role:

We areseekinga dynamic and experienced Associate Director to join our Business Planning & Operations (BPO) team. The BPO team plays a vital role in the Portfolio and Enabling Function aiding in planning and implementing initiatives within BioPharma Clinical Operations. The BPO team administers and manages key business processes and tools to support the annual planning cycle strategic project execution and day-to-day workflow of Clinical Operations. This role will report into the Senior Director and will support the Business Planning and Operation Directors (i.e.Chiefs of Staff) across Clinical Operations including TA Clinical Operations program including TA Clinical Operations program managementandStudyleadershiporganization.If you aspire to become a strategy operations leader this role will help you hone your skills in facilitation strategy enablement and execution.

Accountabilities

• Reporting Dashboards & Insights: Create monthly and quarterly financial and capacity reports andmaintainPower BI dashboards delivering actionable insights for Program Management& Studyleadership discussions and re-prioritization.

• Capacity Management: Manage and optimize capacity management processes for theBiopharma R&D TA program managementand Study Leadershipfunction to ensure alignment with AstraZenecas strategicobjectivesand pipeline ambitions.

• Business Planning:AssistDirector and Senior Director BPOswith crafting and leading the annual business planning cycle activities and outputs.

• Scorecard Goals:Establishrobust governance and reporting for strategic initiative goals (e.g. standardization automation cycle-time reduction operational efficiencies) and partner with Clinical Operations to define track and measure KPIs that drive continuous improvement aligned to strategic priorities.

• Governance & Operating Rhythm: Plan and run leadership forums (e.g. monthly business reviews quarterly prioritization sessions) including agenda setting pre-reads decision capture and follow-up actions.

• Stakeholder Management Communications & Facilitation: Engage cross-functionally to foster collaboration and alignment; develop clear communications for Program Management and enabling functions (e.g. key messages timelines guidance) to support adoption of planning processes and tools.

• Portfolio & Scenario Planning Support: Partner with TA Program Management leaders to run scenario analyses (demand vs. capacity pipeline shifts) and translate insights into actionable recommendations and re-allocation options.

• BPO/Partner Enablement: Support BPO partners and internal tool owners by clarifying requirements coordinating trainingmonitoringdata quality and ensuringtimely compliant delivery of planning and reporting outputs.

Essential Skills/Experience

• Bachelors degree in business financehealthsciencesorrelated fields. An MBA or other advanced degree is highly desirable.

• 3 years experience inbusinessplanning financial analysis andcapacitymanagement.

• Strong background in quantitative analysis and the ability to work with large datasets to extract actionable insights.

• Proventrack recordin developing analytical tools and frameworks to improve resource allocation and operational planning.

• Experience working in a confidential environment with senior leaders.

• Excellent collaboration needs the energy to work across global & functional boundaries both internally and externally.

• Excellent analytical organizational and communication skills.

• Advancedproficiencyin MS Office (Excel Word PowerPoint Outlook).

Desirable Skills/Experience

• Experienceplanning processes in a healthcare or biopharma clinical operations setting.

• Proficient in using tools and software for planning purposes.

• Proficiencyin crafting and deploying Power BI reports to improve operational efficiency.

• Familiarity withadditionaldata analytics tools and software (e.g. SQL R Python) that complement Power BI and support comprehensive data manipulation and reporting capabilities.

• Knowledge of Data Management ProgrammingStatisticsor Information Practice.

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