Associate Director - Integration Value Realization

Job Title: Associate Director - Integration Value Realization

Career Level - F

Introduction to Role:

Join our dynamic IT team at AstraZeneca as an Associate Director - Integration Value Realization. In this role, you will be a part of the Integration & API Management (I&APIM) team, responsible for the build and delivery of enterprise integration services to support all AstraZeneca business domains. We are seeking an experienced Integration Value Realisation Lead, who will play a key role in driving the value realization of integration initiatives within our organization. This is your chance to be empowered to lead and take on more ownership, working in a self-starter environment where you're trusted to explore new solutions and innovate.

Accountabilities:

As an Integration Value Realisation Lead, you will oversee the implementation, optimization, and measurement of integration projects to ensure they align with strategic business objectives and deliver tangible benefits. You will collaborate with senior leadership, develop project charters, timelines, and resource plans, engage with stakeholders, define key performance indicators (KPIs), and lead the development of a value realization framework for integration activities. You will also drive a culture of continuous improvement and manage potential risks related to integration projects.

Essential Skills/Experience:

• Degree or relevant business qualification

• Strong experience from integration design, development, lifecycle management, and universal API management

• Hands-on experience of using Enterprise integration and API platforms such as API (MuleSoft, Apigee, AWS/Azure APIs, etc.), ETL/ELT (SnapLogic, Talend, Informatica, etc.), PubSub/Queue (Cloud AMQP, SQS, SNS, etc.), streaming (Kafka, etc.), data and warehouse (Snowflake, SAP, etc.)

• Proven experience in project management, preferably in integration or technology-related projects

• Strong understanding of integration technologies, architectures, and best practices

• Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills

• Demonstrated ability to drive value realization and deliver results in a fast-paced environment

• Having previously lead activities in the context of an integration centre of excellence or enablement

• Proven experience in a similar role, with a track record of driving value realization from complex integration activities

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Substantial experience in agile ways of working

• Experience of managing third party suppliers

• Agile development methodologies

• Demonstrable experience of working across a variety of stakeholders and geographies to successful outcome

• Experience of building high value business cases & mobilising high value investments

• Evidence of leading and developing innovative solutions

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, we dare to lead. We're a network of entrepreneurial self-starters who contribute to something far bigger. Our work has a direct impact on patients, transforming our ability to develop life-changing medicines. We empower the business to perform at its peak and lead a new way of working, combining cutting-edge science with leading digital technology platforms and data. Join us at a crucial stage of our journey in becoming a digital and data-led enterprise. Make the impossible possible by building partnerships and ecosystems, creating new ways of working and driving scale and speed to deliver exponential growth.

Ready to make a meaningful impact? Apply now and join us in our mission to disrupt an industry and change lives!

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AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity.  We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills.  We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.  We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics.  We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.