Director, Operations IT - Program Manager

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The Director, Operations IT - Program Manager is responsible for steering projects and/or programs to success in a fast-paced and complex environment. As leader, coordinator and facilitator, you will be accountable for end-to-end delivery of projects and/or programs within allocated budget and timeline, ensuring the use of adequate project management methodologies, tools and techniques that will ensure business value delivery in each phase of the project.

• Managing medium to large-scale programs and projects with budgets exceeding USD 5 million.
• Strategically overseeing all facets of the project, including scope, schedule, budget, and resources, while actively identifying and mitigating risks.
• Ensuring that all activities align with organizational goals and values, and providing regular updates and reports to senior leadership and key partners.
• Identifying dependencies that may affect the project adversely and implementing measures to mitigate these impacts.
• Managing and reporting on finances accurately, including timely accruals and forecasting, while creating program roadmaps that outline business benefits.
• Managing third party statements of work, deliverables, acceptance criteria, and costs.
• Adhering to AstraZeneca's established project management standards and leading the continuous improvement of the project management practice.
• Effective coordination with internal teams and external vendors to ensure seamless execution of project phases within a complex matrix environment.
• Establishing and enforcing project governance while ensuring adherence to good practices and applicable regulations.
• Using verification techniques for managing changes and overseeing project plan updates, ensuring that stakeholders are adequately informed.
• Continuous monitoring and re-assessment of stakeholder engagement, risks, and dependencies, coupled with the implementation of best practices.
• Coaching and mentoring Technical Project Managers or Technical Leads when applicable.
• Effective communication and team management.

• Bachelor’s degree (technical or business) or equivalent experience.
• Formal certification on project management methodologies.
• Proficient at strategically managing each of the project typical areas: scope, budget, risk, resources and quality.
• Strategic approach for planning and decision making.
• Extensive experience working in global organizations, leading globally dispersed teams and stakeholders.
• Broad experience managing end-to-end medium to large projects (from 5 USD M or project teams bigger than 15 people).
• Proven experience managing demanding deadlines and business goals.
• Experience leading IT projects (platform integrations, infrastructure, IT/OT, etc.).
• Prior experience working in manufacturing, supply chain and quality domains as an SME.
• Superb communication skills, including experience dealing with diverse teams.
• Conflict management and negotiation skills.
• High flexibility and resilient style of leadership, prior experience acting as people manager.
• Comfortable working with ambiguity.
• Experience leading teams through change.
• Experience leading the technical teams in their way to shaping immature demands into structured or introducing new technologies or scaling existing solutions.
• Proficiency in managing relationships with third-party vendors, ensuring deliverables meet requirements and expectations.

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