Astra Zeneca Pharmaceuticals Work Values

Daily Duties at Astra Zeneca Pharmaceuticals:

Perform system administration, business analyst / project management and continuous improvement activities for a global department. • System “Area” / Family Owner responsible for administration, management, and continuous improvement activities for all (~125) Discovery applications used by the Drug Metabolism & Pharmacokinetics (DMPK) department at all research sites. Was the system owner for 6 of 8 LIMS systems containing between $800M and $1.4B USD of primary R&D information assets. • Coordinated system and data retention activities for Wilmington (Delaware), Montreal (Canada), Sodertalje and Lund (Sweden) and Bangalore (India) research sites when these were closed. Secured/Managed/Owned the Primary R&D data stores on these sites. • Identified, managed and/or assisted with strategic initiatives - System support externalization, Sharepoint 2010 Migration, testing externalization (ordering and data return/capture systems), new in silico prediction modeling capabilities and cherry-picking systems for compound management. These allowed for maintaining productivity while migrating from local to globally supported solutions and saved $666,666 each year in software license costs. • Designed, implemented and maintained a HR system to track retirement, severance, and relocation packages for thousands people impacted by four major change initiatives (2008-2012).

What they like about Astra Zeneca Pharmaceuticals:

Working for a company with an emphasis on social values and helping society is a clear and important priority for you - a critical factor in who you choose to work for. In contrast to other factors, you place an organization's reputation for fairness and concern for the community above most other aspects of the company. As you search for a new job opportunity, it is usually possible to find out if the company is involved in the community and/or if it is addressing problems and issues in society. Pay special attention to non-profit organizations and those specifically involved in social action. Moreover, speaking with current and former employees should enlighten you to perceptions of the fairness of the company's leaders and the treatment of employees.

Tags

Research, Robotics, Management, Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications, Structured Query Language, Budgeting, Capital Budgeting, Data Quality, Quality, Quality Assurance, sql, agile, software

Skills

Research, Robotics, Management, Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications, Structured Query Language, Budgeting, Capital Budgeting, Data Quality, Quality, Quality Assurance, Problem Solving

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