Senior RDU IT Finance Business Relationship Manager

AstraZeneca • Boston, MA

2d • $122,770 - $184,156 • Hybrid

About The Position

Business Partner, Finance IT Do you have expertise in, and passion for, Business Partnering? Would you like to apply your expertise to impact a company that follows the science and turns ideas into life changing medicines? If so, AstraZeneca might be the one for you! ABOUT ASTRAZENECA AstraZeneca is a global, innovation-driven BioPharmaceutical business that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialisation of prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious disease. But we’re more than one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies. At AstraZeneca, we’re dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. There’s no better place to make a difference to medicine, patients and society. An inclusive culture that champions diversity and collaboration. Always committed to lifelong learning, growth and development. ABOUT OUR IT TEAM: Here 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 pioneering science with leading digital technology platforms and data. All with a passion to impact lives through data, analytics, AI, machine learning and more. 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. Focused and committed, and backed with the investment to succeed, we’re driving cross-company change to disrupt the entire industry. Ours is a place to innovate, take ownership and run with it. You’re trusted to explore and to find new solutions, experimenting with groundbreaking technology and grappling with challenges in a modern technology environment that might never have been tackled before. It’s a dynamic and challenging environment to work in – but that’s why we like it. There are countless opportunities to learn and grow, whether that’s exploring new technologies in hackathons, or transforming the roles and work of colleagues, forever. Shape your own path, with support all the way. A diverse set of minds that work cross-functionally and inclusively together. Be part of a team that has the backing to innovate, disrupt an industry and change lives. ABOUT THE ROLE? You will work closely with the RDU (Rare Diseases Unit) Finance organization and other Senior Finance partners and IT Business Technology Groups, bringing industry knowledge, business understanding and strong digital/technology competence to support in shaping new projects and guiding in-flight work. This role requires a hybrid set of technical, business domain, and leadership skills. You are expected to perform as a leader-doer with the ability to inspire and motivate an agile and diverse team of professionals in a complex matrix organization and lead a cross functional project team(s). The role is expected to partner with other IT functions across AZ in the delivery of programs. This role is a mix of delivering ‘Best in Class’ IT and building a relationship of trust with our partners, anchored by strong technical and domain expertise and continuous learning and development. THE TEAM: Enabling Units IT strives to deliver phenomenal solutions and services to multiple business functions including HR, Finance, Business Development/Mergers-and-Acquisitions. The team is comprised of over 330 team members located in 9 locations across Europe, North America and Asia.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Minimum 6+ years of relevant experience
• Deep knowledge and understanding of the Finance business domains
• Proven ability to interpret and communicate technical and scientific information
• Strong verbal and written communication / facilitation skills with the ability to work collaboratively with others to achieve objectives
• Strong influencing, networking and team working skills
• Ability to work well in and across diverse global teams
• Ability to partner and work in a matrix organization
• Substantial experience in managing and delivering business change through IT projects and delivering results
• Project Management experience, ideally in a Bio-Pharma IT environment
• Experience of building strong cases & mobilizing high value investments

Responsibilities

• Build strong strategic relationships with complex customer groups and senior collaborators, develop a deep understanding of the short-term and long-term business direction.
• Develop and maintain a partner management plan, conduct continuous collaborator analysis, and work cross-functionally to align on strategy and plans
• Assess and prioritize business strategic priorities in line with IT strategy, and influencing IT strategy where appropriate
• Drive Finance IT project/program (s) with potential to lead cross-functional IT teams
• Facilitate accurate IT demand forecasting, planning, and delivery collaboratively with other supporting IT team roles
• Lead business impact assessments, identifying risks and issues that may affect current and future business units and roles, and create business readiness plan
• Lead high-level investigations on requirements specifications and feasibility studies, developing a range of options aligned to business and IT strategy
• Partner with key collaborators on the development of detailed cases for new IT solutions
• Proactively see opportunities for IT to deliver innovative technology solutions to provide competitive advantage
• Present and gain agreement from senior leaders for IT initiatives, demonstrating domain knowledge to gain credibility, trust, and commitment
• Work collaboratively across AZ: Finance business partners Enabling Units IT Leadership Team Business Analysts IT Architecture Service Management teams

Benefits

• qualified retirement program [401(k) plan]
• paid vacation and holidays
• paid leaves
• health benefits including medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees