Associate Director, Change Management - Macclesfield, United Kingdom - AstraZeneca

AstraZeneca

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Macclesfield, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Associate Director, Change Management

Location:
Central Cambridge / Macclesfield

About AstraZeneca

AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialisation of prescription medicines for some of the world's most serious diseases.

But we're more than one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies.

At AstraZeneca, we are pioneering new frontiers by identifying and treating patients earlier, working towards the aim of eliminating cancer as a cause of death.

Come and join our AZ team where you will play a pivotal role in this exciting period of development

What you'll do
Associate Director - Change Management will report into the Senior Director Change Management in the ORD Chief Operating Office.

As a senior change practitioner, you will be accountable for ensuring that the change management function for the programmes and projects within the PMO portfolio to which you are assigned, are delivered to a high quality.

You will consider change, communications and learning and development requirements, driving the desired adjustments in ways of working to enable each programme to realise agreed benefits.

The role will work with Senior Leaders across AZ to coach and improve business change capability - ensuring that the impact on people and process is considered and planned.

You will also use your knowledge and experience to support the development of other change practitioners.

Working alongside the Senior Director Change, you will contribute to the development of the overall change management framework, standards and guidelines for the successful implementation of change across all programmes within the PMO portfolio.

Duties include:

Provide change management leadership and support for major change initiatives
Partner with Sponsors, business leaders and project managers to ensure that change management is built into thinking and planning
Identify change impact across portfolio of ongoing efforts highlighting risk to project success or change overload
Ensure alignment of change impact with KPIs and metrics
Perform change impact assessments to identify key risks and resistance to successful implementation
Develop and deliver on comprehensive partner engagement, communications, and training plans to ensure project success
Create plans for measuring adoption and success of change
Support the development of tools and templates for use by project teams
Train and mentor project teams in good change management practices
Collaborate with external service providers (if required)
Participate in AZ project management and change management communities of practice to share best practices and findings

Required Experience, Skills, and Qualifications

Degree in business or scientific field
Expertise in change management, with a proven track record of delivering successful change projects
Experience building change management strategy, framework and training
Demonstrate strong communication and relationship building skills with the ability to influence others to achieve objectives
Strong networking/consulting skills with good internal/external links
Ability to facilitate the communication if technical information into business language and in alignment with AZ business
Ability to establish effective networks

Desired requirements

Formal qualifications in change management, project management, and/or process improvement methodologies
Experience of working in a global organisation with complex/geographical context
Pharmaceutical R&D experience

Why AstraZeneca
At AstraZeneca we're dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. There's no better place to make a difference to medicine, patients and society. An inclusive culture that champions diversity and collaboration, and always committed to lifelong learning, growth and development. We're on an exciting journey to pioneer the future of healthcare.

So, what's next:

Are you already envisioning yourself joining our team? Good, because we can't wait to hear from you

**Competitive salary and benefits package on offer.