Director, Culture and Capability

WHY JOIN US?
 

At AstraZeneca, we are dedicated to being a Great Place to Work, where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. With an ambitious goal of delivering 20 new medicines by 2030, there is no better place to make a difference in medicine, for patients, and in society.

Why AstraZeneca #EAI

At AstraZeneca, we're driven by purpose — becoming digitally-enabled to drive better outcomes for patients. In this role, you'll be the one making that change happen, partnering across functions to ensure our people and organisation successfully adopt new ways of working. You'll join a truly enterprise-wide effort that breaks down silos and unites diverse teams, with the freedom to take smart risks and shape how transformation lands across the business.

Recognizing the importance of individualized flexibility, our ways of working allow employees to balance personal and work commitments while ensuring we continue to create a strong culture of collaboration and teamwork by engaging face-to-face in our offices 3 days a week. Our head office is purposely designed with collaboration in mind, providing space where teams can come together to strategize, brainstorm and connect on key projects.

Enterprise AI Transformation Office

Our team is a critical pillar of the new Enterprise AI (EAI) strategic business unit, ensuring we are set-up for success to deliver business impact through AI, by identifying and driving transformative opportunities and shaping and delivering the AI transformation across the enterprise. We set the EAI strategic and operational direction and lead cross-functional and enterprise-wide AI initiatives to deliver transformative value and ensure we are at our best in delivering life-saving medicines to patients.

What You’ll Do:

In this role, you will report to the Senior Director, Culture & Capability as part of the AI Transformation Office (AITO) within Enterprise AI (EAI) and be accountable for EAI-wide capability building and change management programs, as well as EAI internal communication and engagement.

Responsibilities Include:

Co-own the development and delivery of EAI capability building initiatives: Contribute to the design and execution of EAI learning and enablement activities, helping translate AI transformation objectives into practical capability-building programs that support mindset shift, skill development, and behavioral change.

• Design and deliver targeted learning journeys for selected EAI teams and cross-EAI upskilling programs, with a focus on EAI internal team development

• Develop and continuously evolve the AI capability framework (skills, roles, proficiency levels).

• Collaborate with AITO L&D on broader enterprise-wide AI learning programs.

• Partner with technical leads to translate EAI use cases into scalable training modules.

Lead change management and stakeholder engagement activities: Support the delivery of change initiatives by helping manage stakeholder engagement, communication, and adoption of AI solutions.

• Build trust by listening to concerns, aligning diverse perspectives, and guiding people through uncertainty using structured change management approaches

• Engage with stakeholders to gather feedback, understand concerns, and support alignment

• Help track adoption metrics, KPIs, and feedback loops to monitor progress

• Coach leaders and product owners on change leadership and adoption tactics

Shape and oversee EAI communication and engagement: Craft and communicate AI transformation narratives and orchestrate moments of connectivity that build clarity, trust, and momentum across the EAI organization and within specific EAI teams.

• Help develop and ensure consistent, transparent, and inspiring communication that aligns stakeholders around the “why,” “what,” and “how” of AI transformation.

• Assist in implementing EAI-wide communication and engagement plans aligned with the AITO delivery roadmap

• Partner with EAI Leadership Team members to orchestrate communication and engagement strategy within their respective teams, building on the EAI-wide plans

• Partner with Global Corporate Affairs to create and disseminate Enterprise-wide AI communication plans (town halls, digital, leadership toolkits).

• Tailor communication to different audiences, from senior leaders to frontline teams.

Shape the culture and mindsets in line with the EAI transformation: Drive long-term behavioral shifts that foster the new EAI operating model and normalize AI as a core capability rather than a technical initiative