Release Manager – ELN and Digital Lab

Are you ready to power the business to have a bigger impact on patients' lives?

Embrace the novel opportunity to work at a business that puts patients first. In Early Science, we have highly skilled scientists in our labs who experiment and support complex drug projects. The environment is driven by scientific and technical innovation with a high level of diversity in workflows, data, and vendors. The Digital Lab platform works to create an IT environment that digitizes the experimental process across R&D labs globally and makes experiment data more available and re-usable. 

About the role:

We are seeking a detail-oriented Release Manager to join our team in Gothenburg, Sweden. You will initially be focused on establishing good release management process for our new SaaS-based Electronic Laboratory Notebook (ELN) product. This role is pivotal in managing the coordination and communication of configuration changes within our software applications. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in project management and stakeholder engagement, with the ability to ensure smooth releases in a dynamic environment. 

Scope and Deliverables:

• Release Coordination: Oversee the planning, scheduling, and execution of software releases (including both internally developed components and SaaS components), ensuring that all activities are synchronized across delivery teams and stakeholders. 

• Communication Management: Serve as the primary liaison between development, operations, business teams, and external partners. Facilitate clear and effective communication to ensure that all parties are informed of release activities, changes, and impact. 

• Change Management: Collaborate with teams to understand configuration changes and their implications. Ensure all changes are documented, reviewed, and approved before implementation. 

• Stakeholder Engagement: Work closely with business stakeholders to align release schedules with strategic goals and objectives. Gather and incorporate feedback to continually improve the release process. 

• Process Improvement: Identify and implement best practices and process improvements to streamline release management activities, enhancing efficiency and minimizing risk. 

• Risk Management: Assess and manage risks associated with release activities. Develop contingency plans to address potential issues without disrupting operations. 

• Performance Tracking: Monitor and report on release performance metrics. Use insights to drive process enhancements and increase effectiveness. 

What we are looking for: 

• Release management is your passion and your career.  While a SaaS platform may not have the level of automation required by bespoke software, it still has the constant change from multiple directions that keep you learning and the complexity of internally built integrations. 

• You understand that details matter.  IT teams need to be coordinated, change management needs to be done, rollback plans need to be in place.  Business teams need to know what they will see different, when they will see their requests implemented, and need to have confidence that it will be right the first time. 

• You are a constant communicator.  Communication is the foundation for a solid release process. 

• You’d rather fix a problem than point a finger.  Vendor, configuration people, integration teams, and stakeholders might need to be pulled together into a single conversation that can just makes things work. 

• Growth is important to you.  You have the capacity to extend yourself from the ELN product and support good practice in the entire Digital Lab platform. 

Are you ready to rise to the challenge of shaping the future of an evolving business in the technology space?

Apply now but not later than March 9 and join us in our mission to improve lives across the world! 

When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That’s why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we’re not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world. 

Why AstraZeneca? 

AstraZeneca is a place where innovation meets large-scale impact. We are dedicated to combining science with our knowledge, to deliver greater value for patients every day. We take data seriously, turning complex information into life-changing and practical insights. Here we are putting data at the heart of our processes at AstraZeneca. We work on everything from building data solutions, modelling and structuring, to exploring and innovating with data. Lead the way as AstraZeneca works towards becoming a digital and data-led enterprise.