We are curious, creative, and open to new ideas and ways of working. Above all, we are passionate about science and driven to always put patients first. Join AstraZeneca and apply your expertise in a company that follows the science and turns ideas into life‑changing medicines.

Pharmaceutical Technology and Development (PT&D) is the organization that turns brilliant science into actual medicines that help millions of people. We work across the entire value chain, designing and delivering active ingredients, formulations and devices for new medicines and providing expert technical support to all AstraZeneca’s commercial drug substances and products to ensure we successfully supply medicines to patients.

Drug Product Delivery (DPD) within Clinical Manufacturing & Supply sits in the PT&D organisation and is the only AstraZeneca site that packs, labels, and distributes investigational medicinal products to clinical trial patients worldwide. We support launched, pre‑launch, and pipeline products across all therapeutic areas, with a focus on early‑phase studies. DPD comprises three teams: Pack & Label, Delivery Lead, and Material Management & Distribution.

We are seeking a Team Manager to lead our Pack & Label (P&L) team and take on departmental Quality responsibility including Head of Production. The P&L team consists of approximately 10–15 colleagues with strong pharmacy and GMP backgrounds performing primary and secondary packaging and labelling of clinical trial materials for global early‑phase studies.

What you’ll do

• Team leadership: Leading, coaching and developing a high‑performing team. Setting objectives, managing performance, building capability, and ensuring training and qualification compliance. 
• Operational excellence (P&L): Overseeing day‑to‑day packaging and labelling operations, securing safety, right‑first‑time execution, productivity and on‑time delivery to study plans. There is an expectation to build matching capabilities and capacities and develop P&L to a production driven asset.
• Quality ownership (departmental):
  • Leading Quality governance and KPIs (e.g., deviations, CAPA, right‑first‑time, OTIF); chair Quality meetings and drive continuous improvement.
  • Acting as inspection/audit host; coordinating internal audits and supporting external audits/inspections; maintaining inspection readiness.
  • Ensuring GMP compliance across procedures, batch documentation, change control, and training; upholding AstraZeneca Policies and Standards and securing License to Operate.

• Head of Production:
  • Ultimately accountable for GMP in DPD production areas, ensuring products are produced and stored per approved documentation and that instructions are approved and implemented.
  • Ensuring production records are evaluated and signed by an authorized person; securing qualification and maintenance of premises/equipment and completion of required validations and training.
  • Sharing responsibility with EPDM Head of Production, Head of QC, and (as relevant) Head of QA/Quality Unit for the QMS: design, implementation, and monitoring; GMP compliance oversight; management reviews and continual improvement; timely communication/escalation of quality issues; and reporting License to Operate metrics in Management Review.

• Cross‑functional collaboration: Working closely with Delivery Leads, Material Management & Distribution, Quality Assurance, Clinical Supply colleagues, and external partners.
• Projects, Lean and CI: Leading or contributing to continuous improvement, digitalization/automation initiatives, and resource planning.
• SHE stewardship: Upholding SHE standards and leading a proactive safety culture; ensuring policies, risk assessments, and safe systems of work are understood and followed.

Essential requirements

• Education: MSc/BSc in Supply Chain Management, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Engineering, Life Sciences, or equivalent experience.
• Regulated industry background: Proven extensive experience in GMP or other highly regulated environments (pharma/biotech/med‑tech).
• Leadership: a few years of people management in operations/production/clinical supply with demonstrated team development and performance management.
• Proven ability to work with teams in a culturally diverse, complex and changing environment.
• Quality systems: Hands‑on experience with leading deviations, CAPA, change control, batch records, data integrity, training and qualification; experience hosting or participating in audits and inspections.
• Experience working in an automated production environment or similar.
• Validation experience. 
• Strong problem solving, prioritization, and project management skills
• Excellent communication and influencing across functions and cultures
• Being comfortable in a fast paced environment and resilient to change.
• Work mode: On‑site presence in Gothenburg is mandatory. 

At AstraZeneca we’re dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. There’s no better place to make a difference to medicine, patients and society. An inclusive culture that champions diversity and collaboration. Always committed to lifelong learning, growth and development.

We welcome your application (CV and cover letter clearly stating how your experience is relevant to our role) no later than April 3rd 2026!