.GBS Project Services – Project Director Competitive salary and benefits applyLocation: Lisbon, PortugalAre you ready to make a real difference at one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies? We are assembling a team of experienced project managers who go beyond just "managing the plan" and provide project leadership and insights to the business. AstraZeneca is building an internal consulting capability in our Global Business Services (GBS) group focused on delivering high-quality project management capabilities to our enterprise organization.Recognizing the importance of individualized flexibility, our ways of working allow employees to balance personal and work commitments while ensuring we continue to create a strong culture of collaboration and teamwork by engaging face-to-face in our offices 3 days a week. Our offices are purposely designed with collaboration in mind, providing space where teams can come together to strategize, brainstorm and connect on important work.AstraZeneca believes in a culture of lifelong learning. To support your professional growth, we offer wide-ranging opportunities for learning and development.Our position:Be a part of a high-performing team that can make a real difference at one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies. Our vision is to build a global, enterprise project services team that delivers business outcomes across the company by responding to the ongoing internal business demand for strong project management capabilities and a consulting mindset. As Project Director, you will be a leader on our teams and work closely with our businesses as a project expert and trusted advisor. We set the highest quality standards, collaborate, and work hard to support our business partners and each other.About Global Business Services:In Global Business Services (GBS) we dare to change the way we work – we are brave, resilient and take smart risks with a focus on simplifying the way we work. Through our global scale and diverse services, we look to drive value through our innovation and expertise. This requires a team who see no boundaries, can collaborate, challenges the norm, feels empowered, and stays motivated and engaged.Typical Accountabilities:Project leadership - manage cross-functional, complex projects that often carry high risk and experience some ambiguity in mobilising. Maintain focus on outcomes and benefits.Project governance – define, implement and drive project governance across a complex stakeholder landscape.Customer engagement – deliver excellent customer service, effective communication, professionalism and a commitment to exceeding expectations.External insight – stay up to date with industry trends, best practices and emerging technologies to bring value to internal customers.Coaching and mentoring – provide coaching and mentoring to other team members.Essential requirements:Bachelor's DegreeProven track record of managing large, high complexity projects in a global organization
