Communications & Portfolio Management Lead

2 weeks ago


Macclesfield, United Kingdom AstraZeneca Full time

At AstraZeneca, we put patients first and strive to meet their unmet needs worldwide Working here means being ambitious, thinking big and working together to make the impossible a reality. If you are swift to action, confident to lead, willing to collaborate, and curious about what science can do, then you’re our kind of person.

In order to deliver our Global Operations ambitious goals, the Operations Data Office is now looking for a Communications & Portfolio Management Lead to join our team. We are seeking to mature our approach to our strategy delivery; cultivate a culture of accountability; value delivery and visibility. You will take the lead on our Communications Strategy and develop our approach to Data Education and Evangelization.

**What you’ll do**:

- Lead a small team charged with Portfolio delivery management of the Operations Data Office strategy for all areas of Operations Data, including Data Governance, Data Management, Data Quality, and Data Organization.
- Implement & own the Operations Data Office portfolio management tracking tool, including incoming demand and status visibility.
- Identify, handle, track, and resolve significant issues, risks, dependencies, and resource constraints as presented by the portfolio.
- Develop and execute Operations Data Office communications and engagement strategy.
- LEAN champion, facilitating Tier Pulse and Reviews, working with LEAN experts to improve LEAN culture and operational efficiency across the Data Office
- Portfolio review & value delivery monthly reporting - meaningful, consistent, and concise, digestible, and shareable with senior leaders.

**Minimum Qualifications**:

- Bachelor's degree
- Minimum 10 years of meaningful experience and demonstrated success in leading Communications and Portfolio Management
- Experience producing communications and engagement plans and campaigns, digital and change communication and event management.
- Experience handling different stakeholder relationships and confidence forging trusted relationships at a senior level
- Ability to tell a story, articulate business value and effectively present complex information to all levels of the organisation
- Experience with Portfolio Management Programmes/Tools e.g. Service Now, Smart Sheet, Microsoft Project Planview, Visio, Jira, Planisware, Power BI etc.
- Fluency in English

**Preferred Qualifications**:

- Experience in change management principles, methodologies, and tools
- Masters in appropriate field
- PMP or PRINCE2 or other Project Management Certification
- Team leadership experience
- LEAN and Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt
- Corporate communications function experience
- Shown skills and experience in Learning & Development initiative.

**Why AstraZeneca**

At AstraZeneca when we see an opportunity for change, we seize it and make it happen, because any opportunity no matter how small, can be the start of something big. Delivering life-changing medicines is about being entrepreneurial - finding those moments and recognizing their potential. Join us on our journey of building a new kind of organization to reset expectations of what a bio-pharmaceutical company can be. This means we are developing new ways to work, cutting-edge methods, and bringing unexpected teams together. Come and join our journey

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