Location: Barcelona - Spain (3 days working from the office and 2 days working from home)

Introduction to the role

An exciting opportunity in Alliance Management (ClinOps) to take on a high-impact strategic leadership role shaping how we work with outsourced suppliers to deliver clinical studies across AstraZeneca.

We are seeking a Director, Strategic Projects to define and implement supplier strategies, align senior stakeholders, and establish effective approaches for monitoring supplier performance and identifying optimisation opportunities.

This role offers an opportunity to make a sustained impact within Alliance Management (ClinOps) and across Clinical Operations. The successful candidate will bring an enterprise-wide perspective, lead high-priority strategic initiatives, and build strong partnerships across Clinical Operations, Therapy Areas, and key enabling functions. They will help shape important business decisions, work closely with senior stakeholders,



and contribute to the long-term strategy and evolution of outsourced services used to deliver clinical studies across both BioPharma and Oncology.

The successful candidate will bring an enterprise-wide perspective, build strong partnerships across Clinical Operations, Therapy Areas, and key enabling functions, and contribute to the long-term evolution of outsourced services supporting clinical studies across BioPharma and Oncology.

Key Responsibilities
• Lead strategic initiatives within Alliance Management (ClinOps).

• Define and drive strategies that support consistent ways of working, effective supplier models, and business needs across Therapy Areas.

• Build alignment across senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams to support agreement, adoption, and execution.

• Lead implementation and support the adoption and sustained use of agreed strategies and ways of working.

• Establish an approach for supplier performance tracking to be able to identify where adjustments are needed over time.

📌 Director Strategic Projects (Barcelona)
🏢 AstraZeneca
📍 Barcelona