Change Management Lead

Lead the change that gets life-changing medicines to patients faster.

Are you ready to own enterprise-scale change that accelerates adoption and turns strategy into measurable outcomes Do you want your expertise in change and communications to help colleagues embrace new ways of workingways that ultimately speed life-changing medicines to patients

This role sits at the heart of how we deliver value from technology. Youll partner with product and capability teams business leaders and delivery partners to shape persona-led change strategies govern readiness through clear evidence at every gate and scale engagement models across a complex global landscape.

From day one youll set the bar for clarity consistency and speedbuilding reusable assets and guardrails that help our teams move faster with confidence.

What Youll Do

• Strategy & Governance Define and govern the change management strategy standards and measures for assigned programs. Scale engagement by Support Level: L1 embedded partnership L2 periodic strategic reviews with targeted interventions L3 self-serve enablement with lightweight checkpoints.

• Change Impact Assessment Lead persona-based impact assessments across roles regions and ways of working. Produce change heatmaps and readiness indicators; translate impacts into targeted interventions and gate criteria that protect value and accelerate delivery.

• Communications Strategy Set the message architecture (audiences value story channels cadence measures) and ensure clear consistent value-framed messaging across the lifecycle. Execution sits with program/SI delivery teams; you govern standards quality and gate-readiness evidence.

• Training & Enablement Define persona-led training plans aligned to workflow steps and proficiency milestones. Coordinate with SI/training teams on delivery quality and KPI alignment. For L3 initiatives provide templates and review for standards rather than hands-on build.

• Stakeholder Engagement Map stakeholders and influence pathways. Drive alignment on outcomes baselines adoption KPIs and early signals. Secure visible leadership commitment to de-risk adoption and speed decisions.

• Measurement & Course Correction Establish and track comms/readiness KPIs (reach recall sentiment readiness scores) and minimum adoption metrics alongside the Adoption Lead. Run insights reviews recommend adjustments and verify impact post-intervention.

• Tools Templates & Guardrails Use and govern approved tools (e.g. Jasper/GenAI Synthesia DAP patterns process-mapping standards). Ensure adherence to security brand compliance and data guardrails. Contribute improvements back to shared assets and promote reuse.

• Checkpoints & Compliance Lead change/comms readiness for governance gates (strategy plan readiness go-live 30/60/90-day reviews). Define required evidence per gate escalate exceptions per policy and align SI statements of work to standards and data-sharing requirements.

• Progressive Impact Start by stabilising standards and delivery quality on priority programs; scale the model across portfolios to improve consistency reduce rework and drive faster realisation of business outcomes.

Essential Skills & Experience

• 5 yearsin change management/OCM within technology or digital transformation
• Stakeholder gravitas comfortable influencing senior leaders and coordinating SI/vendor delivery
• Frameworks & methods strong command of ADKAR (or equivalent) and persona-based approaches; proven ability to convert impacts into actionable plans with measurable outcomes
• Communications strategy demonstrated success across multi-stakeholder initiatives; skilled in value-framed messaging and multi-channel cadence design
• Modern enablement tools proficiency with GenAI copy tools (e.g. Jasper) video platforms (e.g. Synthesia) DAP planning/patterns and process-mapping tools
• Data-led mindset ability to define KPIs interpret adoption/readiness signals and drive course correction
• Global collaboration proven ability to work across diverse distributed teams

Desirable Skills & Experience

• Experience inCommercial ITor highly regulated environments
• Knowledge of thebio-pharma industry
• Familiarity withAgile development methodologies
• Comfort partnering and delivering in amatrix organisation

How We Work

When we put unexpected teams in the same room we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing -person working gives us the platform to connect work at pace and challenge perceptionsso we work on average a minimum ofthree days per week from the office. But flexibility matters too; we balance presence with individual needs.

Why AstraZeneca

Join a company investing boldly in digital and data to transform how science reaches patients. Here entrepreneurial self-starters work alongside scientists engineers and product leaders to tackle problems few have solved before. Youll shape new ways of working at scale leverage leading-edge technology and AI and fuel a culture that valueskindness alongside ambitionwhere unexpected teams experiment learn and move fast. With hands-on coaching hackathons and daily development opportunities youll build reusable capabilities that ripple across the enterprise creating tangible impact for colleagues and ultimately for patients.

Ready

Step into a high-impact seat and lead the change that speeds adoption scales value and brings better medicines to patients sooner. Apply now.

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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.