Senior Project Manager Evinova

AstraZeneca; Uttoxeter; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing health tech company is seeking a Senior Project Manager to manage diverse projects and deliver innovative digital solutions in healthcare. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in project management, clinical operations, and stakeholder engagement, along with a passion for leveraging technology to enhance patient outcomes. This position is field-based in the UK and offers a competitive salary and benefits.

Benefits

Competitive Salary

Excellent Company Benefits

Qualifications

• Proven understanding of clinical trial operations and regulatory requirements.
• Extensive project management experience in digital or technology roles.
• Strong stakeholder management skills across diverse global teams.

Responsibilities

• Deliver multiple concurrent projects within time, scope, and budget.
• Develop detailed project plans and manage stakeholder relations.
• Provide clear, timely updates and manage project risks.

Skills

Project management expertise

Clinical trial operations understanding

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Commercial acumen

Tech-savviness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Health Sciences, Business Administration, or related discipline

PMP certification or equivalent

Job description

Position: Senior Project Manager, Evinova

Location: Field-based in the UK

Competitive Salary & Excellent Company Benefits

Are you ready to be part of the future of healthcare? Can you think big, be bold, and harness the power of digital and AI to tackle longstanding life sciences challenges? Then Evinova, a new health tech business part of the AstraZeneca Group might be for you!

Transform billions of patients’ lives through technology, data, and innovative ways of working. You’re disruptive, decisive, and transformative. Someone excited to use technology to improve patients’ health. We’re building a new Health-tech business – Evinova, a fully-owned subsidiary of AstraZeneca Group.

Evinova delivers market-leading digital health solutions that are science-based, evidence-led, and human experience-driven. Thoughtful risks and quick decisions come together to accelerate innovation across the life sciences sector. Be part of a diverse team that pushes the boundaries of science by digitally empowering a deeper understanding of the patients we’re helping. Launch pioneering digital solutions that improve the patients’ experience and deliver better health outcomes. Together, we have the opportunity to combine deep scientific expertise with digital and artificial intelligence to serve the wider healthcare community and create new standards across the sector.

About the Role

As a Senior Project Manager at Evinova, you will directly manage projects of all complexity levels, ensuring successful delivery through project planning, stakeholder collaboration, and agile execution. This role will suit someone who thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, can navigate complex clinical operations and development landscapes, and isn’t afraid to roll up their sleeves to ensure successful project delivery.

The ideal candidate combines project management expertise with an understanding of digital health ecosystems. The role requires someone who can effectively manage projects by coordinating teams, resolving dependencies and issues, communicating clearly with stakeholders, and driving progress to keep delivery on track. You will look for practical, win-win solutions and motivate teams to achieve project goals in line with agreed plans.

What You'll Do

• Deliver multiple concurrent projects, ensuring they are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget.
• Develop detailed project plans, ensuring clear accountability, dependencies, and milestones.
• Act as the primary operational point of contact for internal and customer stakeholders on assigned projects.
• Build and maintain strong, trust-based relationships with customer project stakeholders, proactively managing expectations and communication.
• Own reporting and risk tracking for your project, providing clear, accurate, and timely updates to internal leadership and customer stakeholders.
• Be the face of your project; willing to pick up the phone, deliver tough messages with empathy, and win customer confidence through credibility, clarity, and consistency.
• Operate within the bounds of relevant regulatory frameworks (e.g., GxP, 21 CFR Part 11), with a strong understanding of Clinical Operations and Development.
• Maintain a commercial mindset, ensuring your projects deliver value for both Evinova and customers.
• Capture lessons learned and implement continuous improvements across the project management function.
• Champion change initiatives by following change management best practices and aligning project outcomes with strategic objectives, product releases and cross-functional teams through complex transitions

About You

You are highly organized, solution-oriented, and tech-savvy. You have experience in managing projects for enterprise customers and a foundational understanding of clinical operations. You thrive in customer-facing roles and are passionate about improving healthcare through technology.

Essential for this role

• Proven understanding of clinical trial operations and regulatory requirements, including SaaS implementations and delivery.
• Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Health Sciences, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
• PMP certification, and/or equivalent project management accreditation preferred.
• Extensive project management experience, with considerable experience in digital or technology project leadership roles.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build credibility and trust across diverse global teams.
• Excellent communication skills, with the confidence to deliver tough messages empathetically and maintain positive relationships.
• Demonstrated commercial acumen with experience managing project scope, contracts, and budgets.

Equal Opportunities

We want people to feel they belong at AstraZeneca, starting with our recruitment process. We welcome and consider applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of characteristics. We offer reasonable adjustments/accommodations to help all candidates to perform at their best.