.GBS Project Services – Senior Project ManagerLisboaLisboa, Lisboa, PortugalJob Description:GBS Project Services – Senior Project ManagerCompetitive salary and benefits applyLocation: Lisbon, PortugalAt AstraZeneca, we pride ourselves on crafting a collaborative culture that champions sharing, ambitious thinking, and innovation – ultimately providing employees with the opportunity to work across teams, functions, and even the globe. Recognizing the importance of individualized flexibility, our ways of working allow employees to balance personal and work commitments while ensuring we continue to build a strong culture of collaboration and teamwork by engaging face-to-face in our offices 3 days a week. Our head office is purposely crafted with collaboration in mind, providing space where teams can come together to strategize, brainstorm, and connect on key projects.Introduction to role:We have an exciting opportunity for you. AstraZeneca is building an internal consulting capability in our Global Business Services (GBS) group focused on delivering quality project management services to our enterprise organization. We are bringing together a team of experienced project managers who go beyond just "managing the plan" and provide project leadership and insights to the business customers.Our vision is to build a global, enterprise project management service that delivers business outcomes by responding to the ongoing internal business demand for strong project management skills and capabilities across the company. You will work closely with our businesses as a project expert and trusted advisor. We will set the highest quality standard, collaborate, and work hard to achieve critical goals on time and within budget, delivering value across the organization and delighting our customers.Accountabilities of the role:You will manage functional projects that are of medium complexity and risk and have a mature and supportive partner organization.You will be accountable for managing projects that deliver > $500k of benefits and task managing a project team of typically no more than 10-20 customers.You will take a customer-centric approach to your work and be accountable for iterating the service within your team, encouraging teamwork and collaboration.You will participate in Communities of Practice with the other Project Managers and Leads within your wider team and take a coaching mentality to each other in sharing knowledge to bring the team to an agreed standard of quality; holding each other to account where quality falls short.You will define, implement, and drive project governance across a mature and supportive partner landscape.You will ensure change management is considered from the outset of the project and work closely with team members as they design the solution; you will lead the conversations and ask the right questions to ensure the best strategic decisions are made for the organization
