Project Support Officer at AstraZeneca

Future of Work program - Project Support Officer (FoW PSO) R&D IT at AstraZeneca in Gothenburg.

R&D IT is seeking an experienced Project Support Officer to join our Future of Work program at AstraZeneca in Gothenburg. You will help our IT project managers to plan, mobilize, manage, and deliver this transformational initiative.

The PSO role will work collaboratively across a global IT team, business stakeholders, functional subject matter experts, technical developers, partners, and vendors to help successfully coordinate and facilitate Onboarding / Offboarding, Order Management and Financial Management processes.

Purpose, Offer and Benefits

This is a 12-month consulting assignment starting immediately. You will be employed by TNG during this time.

At AstraZeneca, we are proud to have a unique workplace culture that inspires innovation and collaboration. Here, employees are empowered to express diverse perspectives and are made to feel valued, energized and rewarded for their ideas and creativity.

Your Responsibilities

Onboarding / Offboarding management

• Tracking onboarding requests through to fulfilment
• Ensure the hiring manager has completed the development of job description for project resources.
• Engaging with OSP (Outsourced Service Provider) vendors, TAQ (Talent Acquisition) or other relevant stakeholders to manage recruitment including the posting or advertisement of roles.
• Scheduling interviews
• Post resource decision, complete remaining onboarding tasks
• PO creation for external resources
• Background checks, PRID creation, laptop ordering. Etc.
• New joiner induction including Cornerstone training, managing distribution lists, site induction, etc.
• Resource offboarding management

The Bigger Picture

The role is hands-on, requiring the individual to manage the administration of a large pool of resources to ensure the full programme is well supported and the candidate constantly looks for innovative means to deliver high value results in the fastest, most efficient manner. Ideally, the candidate will have broad experience supporting IT projects in Research & Development programs for a global biopharma company.

Our Expectations

• Min 5+ years project co-ordination experience (working within a PMO or similar).
• The ability to work as a flexible, pro-active team member and to liaise with staff at all levels.
• Ability to prioritise own workload, self-motivating and able to work without close supervision.
• Excellent time management skills.
• Strong attention to detail
• Good writing, verbal, communication, and people skills
• Excellent working knowledge of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PowerBI
• Experience of working with 3rd party suppliers
• Experience of working in a global organization with complex/geographical context