Senior Manager, Account Management - R&D

.Senior Manager, Account Management - R&D Lisboa Job Title: Senior Manager, Account Management - R&DLocation: LisbonGrade: EAt AstraZeneca (AZ), 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 are our kind of person.In Global Business Services (GBS) we are a diverse, inclusive, and innovative group who identify, build, and deliver excellent shared services to enable AstraZeneca to grow and change at speed. We are passionate about simple process – making it easier to get vital repeatable services done for our patients, our customers, and our teams. We focus on providing exceptional value that contributes to our company's success and future by freeing up the business to push the boundaries of science to deliver changing medicines for patients.Account Management is a new tower within AstraZeneca's GBS Process Solutions organization focused on business development for process optimization initiatives. Account Management will leverage an agile Pod model that will include a rich set of optimization capabilities such as Process Mining, Process Re-Engineering, Robotics Process Automation, BPM, Digital Adoption Platforms, and others.Introduction to role:As a Senior Manager, you will be directly involved in conceptualizing, scoping, and selling end-to-end process optimization initiatives to one or more of our dedicated customer groups: R&D, Operations, Commercial, and Enabling Units.Accountabilities:As a Senior Manager, you will build and maintain sustainable, trusted relationships with senior business stakeholders and capability leaders. You will collaborate with relevant business unit leaders to uncover potential process optimization opportunities. You will establish and lead a delivery Pod aligned to respective business units that will deliver end-to-end services through defined roles and operating models. You will also manage senior stakeholder expectations against agreed business outcomes and delivery roadmap