Process Optimisation Senior Analyst
AstraZeneca
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Upgrade to Pro — $25/moAre you ready to turn complex, cross-functional processes into streamlined, scalable solutions that free our business to focus on delivering life-changing medicines? In this permanent role based in Chennai, you will shape an impactful pipeline of process re-engineering initiatives that unlock measurable value. You will work at the intersection of operations, data, and technology, helping teams simplify how work gets done and driving faster improvements for patients and customers!
You will partner closely with leaders across functions, applying process mining, automation, and low-code platforms as tools to diagnose difficulties and implement pragmatic improvements. By building trusted relationships and challenging the status quo, you will translate business challenges into practical solutions that deliver at pace. Can you see yourself leading end-to-end simplification efforts and bringing clarity to complex operating environments?
Collaborator Partnership: Build positive relationships with senior and operational partners, acting as a trusted thought partner who challenges current methods and aligns teams around clear improvement goals.
Opportunity Shaping: Generate, assess, and prioritise a pipeline of process optimisation and analytics opportunities across diverse customer groups, ensuring focus on initiatives with the highest business impact.
End-to-End Re-engineering: Lead discovery, diagnosis, and redesign of complex, multi-function processes, applying Lean and Six Sigma methods to simplify workflows and improve outcomes.
Automation and Process Mining Assessment: Evaluate and define the scope for automation and process mining, selecting appropriate technologies such as AI, intelligent automation, RPA, and low-code platforms to solve real business problems.
Case and Value Realisation: Quantify benefits, costs, and risks; build robust cases; and ensure benefits are tracked, reported, and sustained post-implementation.
Change Leadership: Orchestrate change management activities that prepare teams for transition to launch, drive adoption, and embed new ways of working across functions.
Workshop Facilitation: Design and run process discovery workshops with team members at all levels, creating shared understanding and momentum for change.
Project Delivery at Pace: Lead medium to large projects independently or in collaboration with peer experts, balancing multiple initiatives and delivering to agreed timelines and quality.
Standards and Compliance: Apply BPMN 2.0 for process mapping; ensure solutions follow internal standards, governance, and ethical practices while supporting virtual, global collaboration.
Ways of Working: Contribute to an energised, in-person culture by engaging on site on average at least three days per week, employing face-to-face collaboration to accelerate decisions and outcomes.
Desirable Skills/Experience:
Join a high-performing, digitally savvy team where ambitious thinking is encouraged and supported. We bring unexpected teams into the same room to fuel bold ideas, use ground breaking technologies to modernise how work happens, and connect daily effort to real outcomes for patients. Here, you will influence how a global enterprise operates, run fast on agile projects, and take balanced risks with the backing of collaborative colleagues. We value patience alongside ambition, pairing curiosity with rigor so that smart ideas turn into scalable, ethical solutions that move the business forward.
If you’re ready to simplify the complex, elevate performance, and see your ideas make a tangible difference, step forward and shape what’s next!
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
Date Posted
08-Sept-2026Closing Date
27-Sept-2026AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.
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