Change and Readiness Manager

Are you ready to drive transformative change in a fast-paced, dynamic environment? Join our HR Project and Portfolio Management team, where you'll be at the forefront of pivotal transformations across AstraZeneca. From mergers and acquisitions to the adoption of pioneering digital and AI technologies, you'll play a crucial role in shaping the future of our business. This is an opportunity to work with a versatile global team that powers AstraZeneca to better serve patients every day. Are you up for the challenge?

Accountabilities

- Change Identification & Impact Assessment: Analyze project scope to identify key changes and assess their impact on processes, roles, and behaviors. Document current versus future states.
- Stakeholder Mapping & Engagement: Identify impacted stakeholder groups, assign engagement ownership, and define tailored engagement plans to build alignment and promote adoption.
- Change Strategy & Planning: Develop and maintain structured change and readiness strategies using frameworks such as the AZ Change Framework, ADKAR, or Prosci. Align these plans with project goals and delivery milestones.
- Communication Delivery: Create and execute change communications using multichannel approaches. Tailor messaging to stakeholder groups, ensuring clarity, consistency, and timely updates.
- Behavior Change & Readiness: Develop and embed strategies to drive behavior change. Design readiness assessments, create feedback channels, and partner with leaders to champion new ways of working.
- Training & Readiness Coordination: Collaborate with SMEs and other stakeholders to identify learning needs, coordinate training activities, and monitor completion and effectiveness to ensure readiness objectives are met.
- Deployment Support: Partner with Project Leads to ensure a smooth transition during launch by coordinating readiness activities, stakeholder communications, and post-implementation support.
- Measurement & Feedback Loops: Use tools such as pulse surveys, feedback forms, and adoption indicators to evaluate change effectiveness and recommend adjustments based on insights at project closure.

Essential Skills/Experience

- 5+ years of experience in a change management role within a global organization
- Proven track record to manage change initiatives of varying complexity and risk
- Extensive experience developing and implementing senior-level communication strategies
- Skilled at operating in complex, matrixed organizations across diverse global teams
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
- Proficiency in one or more change management methodologies
- Strong experience presenting to senior management through both written and verbal channels
- Demonstrated ability to build relationships and collaborate effectively across teams

Desirable Skills/Experience

- Change Management Certification
- Communications Certification
- Management Consulting experience
- Experience in the pharmaceutical industry

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.

AstraZeneca is a place where diversity fuels growth. We are driven by learning without egos; an open-minded team willing to share and listen. Our seamless collaboration across functions thrives on diverse perspectives that fuel our passion for lifelong learning. Here, you will find countless opportunities to build an unrivaled reputation while contributing to something bigger—making a difference in patients' lives.

Ready to take on this exciting challenge? Apply now to join our dynamic team!

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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.