AstraZeneca Looking for Project Support Analyst at Bengaluru East, Karnataka, India Full Time

Career Level – D1

About Astrazeneca

AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialization 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.

Who we are:

The Global Business Service (GBS) team sits within Finance at AstraZeneca and is a dynamic and results-oriented environment and provides a range of enterprise-wide services. We dare to change the way we work by freeing up the business to push the boundaries of science to deliver life-changing medicines. We aim to do this by freeing up time, freeing up money, protecting AZ’s value and providing new capabilities.

What we do:

A trusted partner to the business, we’re on a mission to make AstraZeneca more agile, efficient and effective. Through our hybrid model of in-house delivery centers and service towers across the globe, we’re reimagining how we work. Here we drive new ways of working and operating models, process simplification and innovative solutions, whilst ensuring that automation and data is at the heart of everything.

How we do it:

Be part of a team building a community. We interact with diverse cultures and perspectives and are united by our sense of belonging. This is the place to learn and grow together.

Why we love it:

• As a growing multi-national company, there’s so much potential to develop. Embrace opportunities at a global business that’s facing new and varied challenges. This is the place to build an exemplary, international CV.
• A fun place to be, we’re creating community hubs that build partnerships, not just working relationships.
• We’re on an exciting journey to take our team to the next stage. This is the place to leave a legacy behind.
• We are a diverse, inclusive and innovative group who identify, build and deliver excellent shared services (which everyone can leverage) to enable AstraZeneca to grow and change at speed. We are passionate about simple process – making it easier to get vital repeatable services done – for our patients, for our customers, for our teams.
• We focus on providing exceptional value that contributes to our company’s success and future by freeing up the business (our customers) to push the boundaries of science to deliver life-changing medicines for patients.  With the accomplishments, commitment and passion that you bring, I’m excited about what we will achieve together towards realizing AstraZeneca’s bold ambition.

About The Role

Our position:

Do you want to be part of a high-performing team that can make a real difference at one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies? We have an exciting opportunity for you. AstraZeneca is building an internal capability in our Global Business Services (GBS) group focused on delivering high-quality project management services to our enterprise organization.

Our vision is to build and deliver a global, enterprise project management service that delivers business outcomes by responding to the ongoing internal business demand for strong project management skillsets and capabilities across the company. We will set the highest quality standard, collaborate, and work hard to achieve critical goals and successful outcomes, all while delighting our customers.

As a key member of the GBS Project Services delivery team, the Project Support Analyst provides critical support services that ensures our project managers are performing at the highest level and our customers are receiving the highest quality deliverables and service.

If you are interested in being part of a large and dynamic project management community, this role can provide you with a meaningful and motivating experience in a diverse, global organization.

In GBS Productivity and Project Services, we support this ambition by being trusted partners for delivery excellence and building long-term capabilities to efficiently drive internal business projects. This is where you could come in. Working in Productivity and Project Services is fast-paced, dynamic and challenging. We are looking for people who want to seize the opportunity to take an exciting step in their personal development journey, leverage their own experience as a thought leader in project management, and play a fundamental part of delivering a world-class organisation.

Should we mention GBS only or do we need to include PMO as well? What will work best for India market?

In Canada it seemed to work better when we had PMO included in the title

Typical Accountabilities

Project Documentation and Reporting:

• Maintain comprehensive project documentation, including plans, reports, and presentations.
• Prepare and distribute project status reports to stakeholders and team members.
• Assist with the preparation of project updates for executive briefings.

Administrative Support:

• Schedule and coordinate meetings, appointments, and project-related events.
• Take detailed meeting minutes and track action items for follow-up.

Data Management and Analysis:

• Collect and analyze project data to support decision-making.
• Monitor project progress and identify any issues that need attention.

Technology and Tools:

• Utilize project management software and tools to track project progress.
• Ensure that all project information is up-to-date and accessible to the project team.

Essential

Education, Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting/Finance, Business, or Healthcare-related major
• 3+ years of previous experience working in project support, coordination, or administration
• Advanced Excel, Power BI, PPT skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a high attention to detail
• Strong organisational and multi-tasking skills
• Ability to interpret unstructured information into clear business statements or requirements

Desirable

• Experience working in a global team
• Pharmaceutical experience

WHY JOIN US?

We’re a network of high-reaching self-starters who contribute to something far bigger. We enable AstraZeneca to perform at its peak by delivering premier technology and data solutions.

We’re not afraid to take ownership and run with it. Empowered with unrivalled freedom. Put simply, it’s because we make a significant impact. Everything we do matters.

SO, WHAT’S NEXT?

Are you already envisioning yourself joining our team? Good, because we’d love to hear from you! Click the link to apply and we’ll be in touch as soon as we can.

WHERE CAN I FIND OUT MORE?

Our Social Media, Follow AstraZeneca on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/1603/

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.