At AstraZeneca, we put patients first and strive to meet their unmet needs worldwide. Working here means being entrepreneurial, 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.

Our Global Portfolio and Project Management Organization (GPPM) has a meaningful role to play in advancing our pipeline and delivering Growth Through Innovation by closely partnering with Research & Development (R&D) and business leaders to support decision-making, prioritization, project management, and governance across our combined Oncology and BioPharmaceuticals portfolio.

Critical to the support of R&D and Governance leadership and decision making is having a clear, accurate, up-to-date understanding of the pipeline and upcoming events/changes. This position will be accountable for portfolio analytics with a particular focus on BioPharmaceuticals.

This position will support the delivery of analytics, reports, and support for the pipeline strategy of the BioPharmaceuticals Portfolio. These results will help support achievement of our business objectives and support planning and decision‐making by both project teams and BioPharmaceuticals Leadership Teams.

In this role you will apply your analytical skills, and high level of proficiency with Excel, critical thinking, and the ability to communicate complex ideas in a simple way. You will independently drive for results and bring ideas to action, track key metrics and find solutions to ‘hidden’ problems

In this role your responsibilities will include:

• Strategic thinking- Working on various projects that require through analysis and finding straight-forward ways to communicate the findings.

• Problem solving- Using structure and methodology to solve complex problems or questions

• Using Excel to track information, create visualizations and support decision making

• Data sets- Building and maintaining dataset or models for analysis of portfolio, ensuring data quality

• Collaboration- with Analytics team, GPPM Leadership team and Therapeutic Area Leadership teams to support business decisions.

• Improving processes across the Analytics team. Feedback best practices across the group and work to support improvement of our systems

• Ensuring all reporting and analysis adheres to high quality and consistency standards.

Essential skills and experience

• To succeed in this role, you will have a proven track record of proactive problem-solving skills and being able to present customers with well-constructed, useful solutions. In addition, you will have:

• Your essential skills:

• Significant experience in in a similar analytical role gained within a pharma/biotech or consulting, and/or strong academic record in courses requiring business analytics and research

• Pharmaceutical/Biotech industry experience in drug development related areas, gained either directly, or through consulting projects

• Experience in the BioPharmaceuticals therapeutic area

• BS or BA degree qualification in Business, Finance, Market Research, Engineering, Decision Sciences, or similar and relevant subject

• Strong analytical, organizational and communication skills

• Proven ability to work through complex problems and use analytical ability to interpret and communicate them effectively

• Advanced skills in Excel, and PowerPoint

Desirable skills and experience

• MBA degree

• Knowledge of portfolio and project management systems, and the ability to use data sets to solve problems within a Pharmaceutical/Biotech/Medical Device industry.

Date Posted

Closing Date

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.