AstraZeneca is a global, innovation-driven biopharmaceutical business that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialization of prescription medicines for some of the world's most serious diseases. AstraZeneca is one of only a handful of pure-play biopharmaceutical companies to span the entire value chain of a medicine from discovery, early- and late-stage development to manufacturing and distribution, and the global commercialization of primary care, specialty care-led and specialty care medicines that transform lives. At AstraZeneca, we're proud to have an extraordinary workplace culture that drives innovation and teamwork. Here, we encourage our teams to express diverse perspectives - making you feel valued, energized and rewarded for your ideas and creativity.
AstraZeneca is currently looking for a Release Manager to join our R&D IT Product Design & Delivery Team to manage delivery excellence for Analysis & Reporting Product, part of Operational Clinical Development Platform, that is used by late science teams across all therapeutic areas. You will be a part of our core BizDevOps team therefore will be responsible to work cross-functionally with other team members such as IT Platform & Product Leads, Business Analysts, DevOps Engineers and key business stakeholders such as BPO, Product Owners and Quality Managers.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Oversee the SDLC and end-to-end Release Management process in Analysis & Reporting multicomponent product (incl. EntimICE, SAS Grid and LSAF). This encompasses enablement and ownership of processes, tooling, engineering standards, value stream, documentation artefacts and metrics.
Proactively identify process optimization and improvements ensuring delivery excellence, maximising productivity both in functional and integration components of the product. Applying Product Design & Delivery best practices to enable common platform ways of working.
Report on process compliance, KPI's and any process performance trends.
Schedule releases across Scrum Teams and OCD Platform Modules.
Provide Release Notes to the appropriate stakeholders and ensure deployments are planned well and executed efficiently taking into consideration business study submission calendar and their priorities.
Manage release dependencies between upstream and downstream systems.
Plan deployments, implementations and help optimize JIRA workflows with responsible teams.
Lead SAFe ceremonies such as PI Planning, Product SCRUM, Sprint Plannings, Sprint Retrospectives.
Ensure Change & Configuration Management compliance across GxP environment for system inspection readiness.
Manage release capacity and provide deployment forecast with the delivery team, based on a consolidated backlog.
Identify opportunities for automation uplift, including implementing CI/CD tooling, testing automation, and process improvements.
Liaise with Business Teams and BAs on backlog priorities to achieve sprint goals.
Manage product risks and issues that affect agreed release scope, schedule, and quality.
Help influence the decision making among Product Owners and Platform/DevOps Leads to prioritize change requests during planning and/or execution.
Produce required documentation for the releases (e.g. Master Validation Plan, Master Test Approach, Validation Reports, Change & Configuration Management SOPs).
MANDATORY SKILLS:
5 years of experience within relevant IT areas.
Deep knowledge and understanding of Release Management practices and principles.
Proficiency in planning, change management, and problem-solving and ability to resolve issues of a complex and strategic nature.
Familiarity with tools such as Jira, ServiceNow, Miro, Airfocus.
Experience in managing and delivering business change through IT projects.
Ability to interpret and communicate technical information into business language.
Ability to manage negotiations, expectations, and solutions across complex groups.
Experience in managing and sustaining diverse stakeholder relationships in a multi-vendor environment.
Quality mindset is a must.
PREFERRED SKILLS:
Experience with regulated (GxP) systems and processes + knowledge of biopharma industry.
Strong understanding of SDLC practices, including Git, CI/CD, and infrastructure as code (IaC).
Hands-on experience with SAFe Lean-Agile methodologies.
Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.
Excellent relationship management and conflict resolution skills, with the ability to influence others.
Proven ability to operate across multiple domains and geographies.
EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Business or related field. We will hire self-taught engineers without a formal education given that you have evidence of rich history in IT.
ITIL V4, Agile, DevOps and other technical/quality certifications are a plus.
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