Manager, Business Planning

AstraZeneca•Mississauga, ON

3d•CA$94,821 - CA$124,452•Hybrid

About The Position

As Manager, Business Planning, you will enable our Development, Regulatory & Safety (DRS) teams to make faster, smarter decisions by bringing precision to resourcing and carbon management, and by ensuring strategic workforce initiatives deliver real, quantified benefits. In this role you will partner closely with R&D leaders to keep our carbon utilization within globally allocated targets while building clear, reliable mechanisms to track and measure Strategic Workforce Planning (SWP) initiatives. Your work will sharpen visibility, close gaps, and keep critical projects on pace. You will thrive in a fast-paced, matrixed environment where priorities shift, deadlines are tight, and operational rigor matters. By establishing strong stakeholder relationships and introducing automation where it counts, you will create durable systems that scale and improve how our teams plan, execute, and deliver.

Requirements

Experience working with Smartsheet and PowerBI
Good level of multi-tasking ability; able to learn quickly in a fast paced, matrixed environment
Strong customer service skills!
Ability to solve problems and follow-up on urgent matters in a timely manner
Ability to organize data into accessible reports and perform several types of analysis using key metrics
The duties of this role are generally conducted in an office environment. As is typical of an office-based role, employees must be able, with or without an accommodation to: use a computer; engage in communications via phone, video, and electronic messaging; engage in problem solving and non-linear thought, analysis, and dialogue; collaborate with others; maintain general availability during standard business hours.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
High level of business and organizational skills
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Ability to effectively present information and assist others

Responsibilities

Own the headcount management process for DRS by proactively tracking headcount requests against budget and forecasts, analyzing headount development, location , grade and manpower cost development against target.
Own the carbon management agenda for DRS by proactively tracking actuals against targets, analyzing utilization trends, and proposing target allocations to close gaps.
Coordinate and submit conference attendee requests to secure timely approvals that keep projects and engagements on track.
Maintain and improve the DRS carbon management system and processes to ensure accuracy, transparency, and audit-ready records.
Design and implement a system and process to track SWP initiatives with expected benefits, timelines, and responsible owners, ensuring outcomes are visible and actionable.
Partner with DRS functions to measure real-world implementation and quantify actual benefits versus plan, driving course corrections where needed.
Identify and deliver automation opportunities that streamline repetitive steps, reduce cycle time, and improve data quality.
Develop and implement clear, engaging training materials to embed new processes and knowledge at scale.
Build trusted relationships across functions, balancing urgency with service, and ensuring leaders have the insights they need to act.