.Location: BarcelonaJoin us as a Director of Study Operations in our Biopharmaceuticals R&D department. In this role, you will be responsible for leading, developing, supporting, and providing direction to Study Management personnel to enable the delivery of drug projects and non-drug projects. You will be accountable for resourcing Study Management members on study teams to support the delivery of clinical programs. This role is an opportunity to embed consistent ways of working across locations and build Study Management capabilities.Typical Accountabilities:1- Line management of Study Management Late staffRecruit, Retain & Develop personnelDemonstrate AZ valuesProvide skills and capability training to personnel to support their developmentEnsure personnel have been trained and work within compliance of ethics, company policies and standard proceduresRole model and embed a performance driven culture and coach staff for optimum performanceDevelop and cultivate capabilities of our present and future AZ leadersHandle performance including feedback and rewardsProvide expertise and direction to support direct reports with proactive problem/risk identification, solution building and issue resolution to facilitate achievement of objectives on time and to appropriate qualityTimely assignment of capable Study Management resources to meet the clinical study team demands, in collaboration with other members of Study Management Leadership team, and the Capacity Management Team2- Study ManagementParticipate in setting, and responsible for implementing, the vision & strategy for the Study Management, aligned with BioPharmaceuticals ClinicalVision & StrategyContribute to business strategy and streamline processes for drug/non-drug projects or departmental activitiesLead and support change by encouraging diversity of solutions and implementing process changes consistently across Study ManagementAct as a change Agent, with local and global impact, to ensure adoption of global initiativesPromote and encourage innovation and creativityWork within Study Management to achieve accurate resource forecasting and develop solutions to efficiently and flexibly resource study teamsPromote and encourage communication within and across Study Management and BioPharmaceuticals ClinicalEnsure quality and compliance to External Regulations and AZ StandardsWork across the locations to develop global efficient ways-of-workingProvide guide into functional and cross-functional global processesFoster the sharing of study delivery knowledge, information, and best practiceEssential requirements:Bachelor's degree required, preferably in medical or biological science, or related subject or equivalent qualification or experience
