Associate Director, Immersive Technology & Intelligent Automation Delivery

Astrazeneca - Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Are you ready to lead the charge in transforming automation and immersive technology initiatives? As an Associate Director, Immersive Technology & Intelligent Automation Delivery, you'll manage day-to-day operations, ensuring AI proficiency is at the heart of our projects. Dive into a role where innovation meets execution! Accountabilities: - Manage day-to-day operations for automation and immersive technology initiatives, including design, production, stakeholder feedback, and implementation. - Collaborate closely with the product lead to execute technology roadmap deliverables and provide input with technical expertise. - Oversee project portfolio governance: intake, prioritization, resource tracking, and risk flagging. - Manage vendor and supplier relationships, including onboarding, coordination, and performance oversight. - Champion technology-driven productivity, including developing and sharing reusable assets or operational templates to scale existing solutions across business units. - Drive process improvement and enable automation and AI literacy across the organization. - Ensure all delivery activities meet compliance, regulatory, and quality standards. Essential Skills/Experience: - Practical background designing and delivering immersive technology projects (e.g., Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality). - Proficiency with low-code/no-code platforms (e.g., Power Platforms), workflow automation, or process improvement initiatives. Capable of building and guiding others to build citizen-level applications. - Excellent organization, prioritization, and communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. - Expertise in leveraging AI to build immersive experiences, and in optimizing AI models for real-time interactions. - Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP), especially for deploying AI and automation workloads. - Curiosity and willingness to quickly learn new technologies and adapt in a fast-changing business setting. - Strong problem-solving skills and attention to operational detail. - Demonstrated ability to innovate and foster a culture of continuous improvement. - Knowledge of security, compliance, and data privacy requirements in enterprise settings. Experience in the pharmaceutical industry or a closely related field is a plus.