Project Technical Manager – Global Operations

Use your technical and leadership skills to shape and deliver the future for AstraZeneca Operations assets.

As part of our Global Engineering function, you will be responsible for leading a team of technical SMEs to deliver the most appropriate engineering solution to meet AZ’s key stakeholder expectations from an operational performance, safety, and sustainable viewpoint for the lifetime of the facility.

At AstraZeneca, we turn ideas into life changing medicines. We champion trying new things, and we nurture a test and learn culture that means we are always progressing close to our goals.

Global Engineering & Real Estate (GERE) play a fundamental role in supporting AstraZeneca’s strong medicines pipeline, by delivering facilities and technology which meet the Enterprise needs and realize business benefits across the small molecule and biologics product portfolio. GERE has expertise in Project Management, Technical Solutions, Project Control, Built Environment, Compliance, Construction Management, Process Governance and Corporate Real Estate.

Global Engineering delivers major capital projects across the AstraZeneca network, we are currently spending around $900m every year to shape the AZ business for the future, provides exciting developmental and experiential opportunities for the successful candidate.

Your assigned geographical area is the China region, but as a part of the Global Engineering Technical Solutions team, you will also collaborate, share and learn from your ETS peers across the globe.

Location: Shanghai or Wuxi, China

What you’ll do

As the Project Technical Manager, you will

• Establish our project’s technical direction.
• Ensure the technical scope is aligned with AZ business and project needs.
• Take accountability for the delivery of the GMP compliant, functionality and robust performance of the technical packages (e.g. process, packing, automation, critical utilities, HVAC).
•  Ensure the projects’ alignment to AstraZeneca’s Safety, Health and Environment (SHE) requirements.
• Evaluate the technical competence of Design Contractors and the proposed external team members qualifications.
• Define and secure the necessary GERE Subject Matter Experts (SME) and the required support from global technical functions or local site technical support
• Act as the Technical ‘conscience’ for the project throughout its lifetime
• Lead and task manage the SME team.

• Work multi-functionally across the project to create a complete, integrated, compliant process design, influencing partners as needed and highlighting any impact of decisions on budget and schedule
• Ensure relevant standards are applied (methodologies, tools, concepts, specifications, guidelines and technical solutions)
• Develop technical performance criteria together with the Client team, ensure these are met during start-up and early operation
• Post-project completion ensure that the technical learning is collected and documented.
• Establish effective collaboration and ways of working with relevant partners.

Essentials

• 5-10 years relevant project experience, preferably within the pharmaceutical industry and capital investment
• Experience of working in a global organization and you are aware of how "engineering delivery" needs to be adapted to take account local differences.
• Excellent communication, customer & partner management, enabling and influencing skills
• Degree in an Engineering or Science discipline with of experience of project management and/or project delivery
• Strong leadership qualities with motivational ability to motivate and direct others in a dynamic and complex environment through change.
• Self-motivated and able to act on their initiative, highly organized with proven time-management and structured prioritization skills.
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills, be a good communicator (written and verbal), have excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to quickly build rapport with others.
• Strong collaborator with ability to create and maintain effective working relationships and willing to challenge behaviors and actions.
• Detail focused completer/finisher with a results-orientated mindset

Collaboration is how we do things, though the role is to be based in China you will still be an active part in our broader international technical team, your expertise may be needed for technical assessments at other Projects or sites in the AZ network, and so you will need to be able to travel internationally, with adequate notice.

Depending on your experience this could be either an E or an F-level role.

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 authorisation and employment eligibility verification requirements.