Graduate Trainee

**JOB TITLE: GRADUATE TRAINEE**:
**CAREER LEVEL: B3**

**Leverage technology to impact patients and ultimately save lives**:
**About astrazeneca**:
AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialisation 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.

**About our it team**:
It’s a dynamic and results-oriented environment to work in - but that’s why we like it. There are countless opportunities to learn and grow, whether that’s exploring new technologies in hackathons, or redefining the roles and work of colleagues, forever. Shape your own path, with support all the way. Diverse minds that work cross
- functionally and broadly together.

**About the role**

**Accountabilities / Responsibilities**
- Support initial implementation and next waves of market and regional deployment of the SMMP until globally deployed through close collaboration with IT, GME Regional Directors, GME Operations Team, and in-market stakeholders
- Responsible for ongoing system and user maintenance which includes workflow configuration, SOP updates, user/license access, template configuration, field values, data lists, sourcing settings, and all other configurations due to changing business needs
- Manage and prioritize issues, inquiries, and requests through ticket management system
- Serve as the SME for the Cvent platform providing guidance and recommendation for future changes
- Serve as AstraZeneca’s primary POC with the vendor on enterprise-related system usage and strategic oversight
- Collaborate with Training team to ensure all operational SOP’s are kept current; and with QA team to ensure data integrity is maintained
- Work closely with AstraZeneca IT and vendor to monitor and maintain overall system health, growth, and all integrations
- Provide recommendations to GME Service governance process for improvements and changes to the system
- All of the above should be managed with a concentration on consistency across geographical markets with an ability to accommodate regional variances when justified
- Lead the M&E technology governance process (with IT partnership) with an aim to drive the end to end quality, integration health and roadmap including prioritization of system improvements for AZ within Cvent
- Own the data strategy across M&E technology ecosystem to ensure the proper business insight is produced to support GME and served business areas objectives
- Manage the technology release plan and coordinate with the GME Training specialist to ensure changes to the GME Technology are delivered with mínimal impact on business operations

**Essential Requirements**
- Excellent communication and Interpersonal Skills.
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience with 0-2 years of overall experience
- Experience with the Cvent platform shall be preferred
- Previous experience working across a geographically diverse team
- Able to anticipate risks and devise solutions that are effectively communicated in a simple and clear way

**Education, Qualifications and Experience**:
**Essential**:

- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Excellent spoken and written English language skills.
- Proactive approach to problem-solving.
- Able to grasp and understand new technology and concepts
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.

**Desirable**
- Experience in working in Sales & Marketing portfolios preferably in the Life Sciences Industry.
- Experience in any product management, preferably in the Meetings & events space.
- Knowledge of Web Services & Service Oriented Architecture.
- Experience working in a shared service environment.
- Experience working with 3rd party providers.

**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?**

**WHERE CAN I FIND OUT MORE?**

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.