Job Title: Senior Analyst – Operational Excellence

Career Level: D1

Introduction to role:

This role will be responsible for providing functional support to the Sr Director of Operational Excellence for Enterprise Capability Solutions (ECS). The scope includes improving the efficiency, effectiveness, and quality of the ECS function. You will lead operational excellence initiatives, drive continuous improvement, and ensure alignment and integration across all levels and domains. This role also supports key processes for AZ-IT, such as tier processes, annual planning, IT strategy alignment, and identifying/deploying ongoing business agility opportunities. You will work closely with the Sr Director of Operational Excellence ECS and the ECS Leadership Team to ensure consistency, governance, and timely delivery of pan AZ IT initiatives and processes.

Accountabilities:

• Collaborate with the Sr Director of Operational Excellence, ECS, to deliver and embed our global AZ IT central initiatives, operating model, and ways of working.

• Align ECS strategy and track key ECS strategic priorities and achievements.

• Facilitate agreement of ECS performance objectives and key results and critical metrics and associated governance and tracking processes.

• Use analytics to identify continuous improvement opportunities and undertake selective cross and in-industry benchmarking.

• Ensure AZ IT portfolio governance, standards, and processes are understood and adopted across ECS.

• Provide consolidated visibility of the ECS portfolio and identify optimization opportunities.

• Support consistency of delivery approaches and methods within ECS and with overall AZ IT approaches/methods.

• Track ECS portfolio delivery and governance for continuous improvement opportunities.

• Support ECS Pulse survey reporting to leadership.

• Support annual financial/budget planning.

• Develop and deploy ECS communications and collaborator engagement.

• Manage and optimize the program/project management capability pool across ECS.

• Ensure transformational consistency/delivery across operations.

Essential Skills/Experience:

• Bachelors degree or equivalent experience required, MBA or advanced degree is preferred in Information Technology, Business Administration, or related field

• 3+ years’ experience in business and performance management ideally in a mixed in/outsourced IT environment/consulting

• 2+ years’ experience in a pharmaceutical or biotech environment preferred

• 2+ years’ experience leading cross-functional teams and building consensus

• Experience with insights generation and demonstrated understanding of new and emerging business intelligence tools

• Understanding of portfolio management concepts

• Ability to work with cross-functional teams and multiple leadership layers to develop critical business outcomes

• Effective analytical skills to find opportunities for performance improvement and enhanced business/ways of working agility – including within portfolio and performance working

• Knowledge of transformation delivery approaches and methods, including Agile and waterfall and the relative pros and cons when using those and other methods

• Strong understanding of setting goals and metrics to improve business performance and using benchmarking for improved outcomese target setting

• Effective critical thinking and problem-solving skills

• Good understanding of budgeting and finance concepts and processes

Desirable Skills/Experience:

• Six Sigma certification

• Knowledge of industry qualifications and standards

• Performance management approaches and application

When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace, and challenge perceptions. That's why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we're not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.

At AstraZeneca, our work has a direct impact on patients by transforming our ability to develop life-changing medicines. We empower the business to perform at its peak by combining innovative science with leading digital technology platforms. Join us at a crucial stage of our journey in becoming a digital and data-led enterprise. With a passion for innovation, we drive cross-company change to disrupt the entire industry. Here you can explore new technologies, experiment with innovative solutions, and shape your own path with support all the way.

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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.