Senior IT Quality Manager

Job Title: Senior IT Quality Manager

Career Level - E

Introduction to Role:
Join us as an Senior IT Quality Manager, a role that is pivotal in protecting AstraZeneca's license to operate through the delivery and maintenance of compliant innovation, projects, and services. This role is part of a truly global team of Quality Management professionals who understand AstraZeneca's business processes and are experts at integrating risk management techniques. You will be empowered to lead and take on more ownership, constantly exploring and challenging the status quo. 

Accountabilities:
As an IT Exceptions Lead, you will be accountable for the application of Quality Management processes and services to assure that projects, systems, solutions, and services delivered by IT and their 3rd party suppliers meet AstraZeneca's internal and external regulatory requirements. You will act upon risks and issues to raise compliance and quality levels within IT and the business. You will also support the development and roll out of training, education, and awareness campaigns for quality and compliance. 

Essential Skills/Experience:
- BA, BSc in Computer or Life Sciences or equivalent, with 3-5 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry regulatory requirements
- Experience of providing regulatory support including validation of laboratory and business applications.
- Knowledge of industry good practice and standards such as ISO 9000, ISO 27002, CMMI, GAMP, GxP, ITIL, S404 Sarbanes-Oxley
- Experience of contributing to implementation of a Quality and/or Compliance strategy with the ability to prioritise and understand the impact of the decisions made
- Experience of operating across business functions and geographies in large, complex and sometimes uncertain IT environments
- Strong communication, influencing and relationship building skills, capable of discussing technical IT terms with a non-technical business audience
- Strong change leadership and team working skills
- Ability to make pragmatic decisions by analysing complex situations and assessing risks
- Concern for impact, analytically minded and able to prioritise and plan using initiative
- High levels of drive, energy, resilience and a desire for professional excellence
- Ability to hold self and others accountable for actions

Desirable Skills/Experience:
- Broad IT management experience including project or service management
- Familiarity with technical concepts in infrastructure or applications
- External qualifications such as ISPE PCC CPIP and ISACA CISM
- Understanding of Lean principles, tools and techniques

When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That’s why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we’re not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.

Why AstraZeneca?
At AstraZeneca, our work has a direct impact on patients. We're transforming our ability to develop life-changing medicines by combining cutting-edge science with leading digital technology platforms and data. We're investing in a bold digital strategy; to become a truly data-led enterprise that disrupts the entire industry. We're part of a global company that's driving cross-company change to disrupt the entire industry. We dare to lead, applying our problem-solving mindset to identify and tackle opportunities across the whole enterprise. Our spirit of experimentation is lived every day through our events like hackathons. We enable AstraZeneca to perform at its peak by delivering world-class technology and data solutions.

Are you ready to make a meaningful impact? Join us and be part of a team that has the backing to innovate, disrupt an industry, and change lives. Apply now!