Associate Director - Scientific Services

Do you have a genuine passion for Customer and Supplier relationship? Do you see continuous improvement and development of our delivery as meaningful possibilities? Then this is the role for you!

At AstraZeneca, we 're dedicated to being a Great Place to Work, where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and fuel 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. Always committed to lifelong learning, growth and development. Welcome to AstraZeneca's R&D site in Gothenburg, Sweden, where the role will be based.

Scientific Services, comprised within Facilities Management department, deliver support by LEAN principles to all laboratory and manufacturing facilities in Gothenburg within three key areas: Equipment Support, Lab Support and Dispatch Point.

We have an exciting opportunity for an Associate Director for Maintenance & Calibration to join our team.

What you'll do

Your main responsibility will be to develop, manage and maintain our technical support to our lab-based researchers. You will get the opportunity to develop your project management and governance excellence skills in an exciting and technically complex area where equipment support to our Early and Late R&D laboratories is performed by our contracted service provider. It is vital to be pro-active and creative in this position, adding new value by ensuring the team deliver the best possible services with the right priorities according to our customer´s needs.

You will govern and manage our scientific service support mainly towards the Pharmaceutical Technology & Development (PT&D) and Pharmaceutical Science (PS) functions and developing good working relationships across multiple customer levels. You will develop and improve current ways of tracking and reporting progress of our service delivery to customers. The role holder is responsible to provide tactical framework for the supplier(s), develop and steer operational delivery to set targets.

We will rely on you to:

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Lead tactical forums and provide information to strategic governance meetings.
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Proactively govern and monitor performance of a customer area and represent Scientific Services in governance forums at an operational and tactical level.
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Develop a good working relationship with different levels of Customers within the functions and be the escalation point for them.
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Create partnership with our contracted service providers to deliver the best possible services and ensuring that they have the right priorities, following our customer's needs.
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Be accountable for budget.
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Create business insight to drive service development and capability build.

Essential for the role

We believe that you have a broad experience from the pharmaceutical business, preferable with a lab equipment technical background. This is combined with knowledge in project and budget management. Your interpersonal skills are of great importance in this role in order to be the accelerator of our service delivery. Your service delivery attitude and a phenomenal ability to both challenge and manage multiple stakeholders of different levels are essential. You love interactions and are truly passionate about understanding your customers' views and needs.

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Excellent partnership and collaboration skills
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Experience of managing contracts with suppliers to support our delivery model.
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Strong knowledge of project and budget management
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Ability to work independently and as part of a team
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Excellent organizational and communication skills
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Knowledge of GLS and GMP work

We truly believe that everyone contributes with a unique set of competence. Your curiosity and passion for personal development combined with support from colleagues, mentors and leaders, will ensure you maximise your skills, abilities and contribution.

Why AstraZeneca?

This is the place to make an impact. Here we ensure everyone can reach their full potential, perform at their best and make a valued contribution to the enterprise.

Our spectacular campus in Gothenburg is one of AstraZeneca's three strategic science centers. The site is home to over 2,800 employees, from more than 50 different nationalities. And the site itself has been designed with collaboration in mind. From the Coffee Lab to exercise areas, we've built a series of environments where innovation can happen.

We offer competitive salaries and excellent benefits, such as extra paid Holiday, Private Medical Benefit, on-site Work Out and much, much more.

So, what's next!

If you're curious to know more, please connect with Lars Stålhult via +46 8 553 260 00.

We welcome your application, no later than November 25th, 2022.

We will be inviting relevant candidates for interviews continuously through the application time.

Where can I find out more?

Our Gothenburg site: https://careers.astrazeneca.com/sweden

Inclusion & Diversity at AstraZeneca: https://careers.astrazeneca.com/inclusion-diversity

Life at AstraZeneca: https://careers.astrazeneca.com/life-at-astrazeneca