Axial Project Manager

Would you like to apply your project management expertise to support an ambitious transformation programme that is helping AstraZeneca deliver its 2030 Bold Ambition ? If so, this could be the opportunity for you. AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company dedicated to discovering, developing, and commercialising prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious diseases. Our Technology team plays a critical role in enabling colleagues across the organisation to make better decisions, work more effectively, and deliver life-changing medicines to patients. About the role Axial is a strategic, multi-year business transformation programme that will deliver a new backbone for AstraZeneca’s innovation, growth, and performance. The technology underpinning Axial includes SAP S/4HANA and the SAP Business Technology Platform . We are looking for a skilled and experienced Testing Project Manager to support the coordination, planning, and tracking of key testing phases across multiple deployments, often running in parallel. You will work within the Axial Technology Testing workstream , helping to ensure that test phases are well planned, effectively coordinated, and delivered on time. This is a highly collaborative role involving global, cross-functional teams across business areas including Operations, Finance, Research and Development, and Commercial . Key responsibilities In this role, you will: • Coordinate testing plans : Support the development and maintenance of plans for Axial Technology testing phases, including activities, resources, costs, roles, responsibilities, dependencies, and quality requirements. • Support project delivery : Assist deployment testing leads with managing schedules, tasks, forecasts, budgets, risks, issues, organisational change, and status reporting. • Manage dependencies : Coordinate complex and interdependent test phases across Axial teams to support effective delivery of simultaneous testing activities. • Support financial management : Assist with the management, control, and reporting of project budgets and forecasts, including oversight of external suppliers where required. • Manage risks and issues : Coordinate the identification, assessment, mitigation, escalation, and reporting of risks and issues on behalf of the Technology Testing workstream. • Engage stakeholders : Build effective relationships with global teams, business partners, technology teams, external partners, and senior stakeholders. • Communicate progress : Prepare and communicate clear updates on project status, milestones, risks, issues, dependencies, and required decisions. • Coordinate governance : Support stage gates and phase transition processes on behalf of the Technology Testing workstream. • Manage change : Support changes to scope for testing phases, ensuring impacts are assessed, approvals are obtained, and changes are communicated effectively. • Maintain compliance : Ensure that testing activities follow AstraZeneca standards, methodologies, quality requirements, and applicable validation and compliance processes, including ADF, GxP, and SOX expectations. • Promote collaboration : Help create a positive, inclusive, and collaborative team environment that encourages knowledge sharing and effective teamwork. You will work comfortably across both Agile and waterfall delivery environments , helping teams maintain focus and momentum in a complex and constantly evolving programme. Essential experience and qualifications • Proven project or programme management experience, typically two to four years as a Project Manager or PMO professional across the IT project lifecycle. • Experience in project planning, scheduling, dependency management, and delivery tracking. • A