Management Development Manager jobs in Massachusetts

Management Development Manager leads and directs the creation of a leadership development strategy and programs that align with strategic business imperatives and develop management capabilities throughout the workforce. Identifies, designs, and develops frameworks that represent skills and leadership capabilities critical to long-term and short-term objectives. Being a Management Development Manager aligns training, coaching, professional development, and experiential assignments to the leadership development strategy. Develops approaches to engage individuals in well-defined and ongoing career development. Additionally, Management Development Manager define career paths and supporting training and development programs. Fosters a culture of informal knowledge exchange, coaching, and training to engage and develop the workforce. Conducts periodic succession planning and talent assessments to ensure critical roles are defined. Creates slates of individuals identified for leadership development activities. Requires a bachelor's degree. Typically reports to a head of a unit/department. The Management Development Manager manages subordinate staff in the day-to-day performance of their jobs. True first level manager. Ensures that project/department milestones/goals are met and adhering to approved budgets. Has full authority for personnel actions. To be a Management Development Manager typically requires 5 years experience in the related area as an individual contributor. 1 - 3 years supervisory experience may be required. Extensive knowledge of the function and department processes. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)

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Director, Site Strategy and Development
  • 10000467 - Lead Project Manager
  • Waltham, MA FULL_TIME
  • Director, Site Strategy and Development

    Location: Waltham, MA

    This key role reports to the Head of Site Operations, Boston R&D and partners with the wider Leadership team to maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of the delivery of the teams’ objectives and vision, by establishing a strategy and roadmap that translates goals into tactical plans, strengthening the culture of the organization while driving growth through digital excellence and data-driven innovation. This role must be able to effectively navigate multiple diverse stakeholders, think strategically about key issues affecting R&D Operations, as well as demonstrate organizational savvy in dealing with senior executives and understanding how to get things done. Critically, this role requires a high degree of influencing skills and independent thinking. The Director, Business Planning and Operations will coordinate the budget activities for the department ensuring MTP/LTP timelines are met.

    What you will do:

    • Partner with the Boston R&D leadership team to develop the Site Operations Vision, 3 to 5 year Strategy, and scorecard goals.  Track delivery, produces performance updates and reports on / communicates the scorecard, ensuring Scorecard reporting is accurate and timely, and department is on track to meet or exceed performance targets – performing data collation and reporting.
    • Coordination and facilitation of Operations Leadership Team’s calendar to ensure effective meetings and tracking of required actions to ensure overall delivery of departmental goals. Prepare presentations and content.
    • Foster Close collaboration and cross functional partnerships to monitor projects they perform and identify any potential areas for improvement.
    • Strategically partner with the Communication Lead to identify & deliver key functional engagements and information sharing to share key achievements, new hires, key events, etc through appropriate channels.  
    • Budgeting and Financial Management for the Boston R&D team – monitor expenditure against agreed budgets, identifying variances and implementing corrective action if necessary.
    • Liaise with Finance in compilation of monthly, quarterly, and annual reports, collect financial and operational data. Engage and lead strategic discussions focused on Financial Planning, Budgeting, Resource Planning, and other business operations. Work closely with partners in Procurement, Legal, Finance and other internal and external stakeholders to ensure budget targets and cost-reduction goals are achieved.
    • Plan, develop, and adjust work methods and procedures to optimize use of Coupa, SAP, ePay, and Contracts applications. 
    • Resource Planning – ensure open roles are tracked and actioned in a timely manner – working with hiring manager, TA and HR. Coordinate on boarding activities to ensure new hire is orientated efficiently. New Talent Training is correctly built, assigned.
    • Lead Transformational change, translates project vision into practical project plans that ensure impactful solutions in a timely and efficient manner. Identifies and engages with key stakeholders, providing project status as appropriate ensuring timelines, deliverables, risks &  dependencies, budgets requirements and other success criteria are met.
    • Cultivate a broad network of relationships throughout Astra Zeneca, with affiliates and external partners, in the industry and area of expertise. In particular, liaise across the COO network to ensure sharing of best practices and alignment.
    • Investigate current and future Operation’s needs, communicating them appropriately and translating them into specific requirements.
    • Manage and monitor the performance of each functional area in Operations, pro-actively identifying any barriers to delivery or performance issues and taking action to address these challenges with LT
    • Demonstrate a Continuous Improvement mindset, influencing and guiding peer leadership and teams to adopt lean principles, and problem-solving methodologies.

    Basic Qualifications:

    • BA in business administration, business management, or another applicable major
    • Minimum of 5 years experience in similar role
    • Prior experience in pharmaceutical industry 
    • Proven track record of leading and driving business process transformation and organizational culture change as well as delivering on programs with complex business deliverables.
    • Project-management expertise, demonstrated ability to lead multiple, complex projects from inception to close-out
    • Process Improvement expertise and experience (Six sigma, LEAN, and/or PMP certification or equivalent desirable)
    • Demonstrated ability to work across functions, regions and cultures.
    • Ability to influence, inspire, motivate and drive results without direct authority.
    • Outstanding communicator, able to persuasively convey both ideas and data, verbally and in writing.
    • Proven skills as an effective team player who can engender credibility and confidence within and outside the company
    • Ability to distil complex issues and ideas down to simple comprehensible terms
    • Leadership presence and confidence.
    • Ability to embrace and demonstrate a diversity and inclusion mindset and role models these behaviors for the organization
    • Proven track record of leading and driving business process transformation and organizational culture change as well as delivering on programs with complex business deliverables.

    Site Description

    Our Waltham, MA facility builds life-changing medicines for people around the world. The modern, vibrant scientific campus employs more than 800 experts in our field, and it is only a short drive from Boston, MA. With a shuttle bus to and from Alewife station, the location provides you the ability to work in the heart of one of the world’s most vibrant research centers. It is filled with innovative technology. Our work areas were built to facilitate teamwork, interaction and cross functional science. We believe employees benefit from being challenged and inspired at work.

    Our Waltham site offers a variety of amenities to help book productivity and help keep our employees happy and engaged. This includes a fitness center, employee healthcare clinic, electric vehicle charging stations, full-service cafeteria and copy center. This is where you’ll find newly-designed, activity-based work spaces to suit a variety of working styles while increasing collaboration between teams and the greater research community.

    As AstraZeneca continues to put patients at the forefront of our mission, we are excited for our move to Kendall Square/Cambridge in 2026. 

    Find out more information here:    

    Kendall Square Press Release

    Why AstraZeneca?

    At AstraZeneca, we are dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. A place where employees are empowered to push the boundaries of science and unleash their entrepreneurial spirit. There is 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.

    So, what is next?

    A place built on courage, curiosity, and collaboration – we make bold decisions driven by patient outcomes. Empowered to lead at every level, free to ask questions and take calculated risks that write the next chapter for our pipeline. If you are swift to action, confident to lead, willing to collaborate, and passionate about the possibilities, then we want to hear from you!

    AstraZeneca 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.

    AstraZeneca requires all US employees to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 but will consider requests for reasonable accommodations as required by applicable law.

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Senior Manager, Clinical Data Management
  • Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc
  • Lexington, MA FULL_TIME
  • Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc. is seeking a Senior Manager, Clinical Data Management in Lexington, MA to lead data management activities for in-house and outsourced studies. Up to 20% travel...
  • 3 Days Ago

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Senior Business Development Manager
  • Education Development Center
  • Waltham, MA FULL_TIME
  • Company DescriptionEDC is one of the world’s leading nonprofit research and development firms. EDC designs, implements, and evaluates programs to improve education, health, and economic opportunity wo...
  • 8 Days Ago

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Senior Business Development Manager (Associate)
  • Education Development Center
  • Waltham, MA FULL_TIME
  • Company DescriptionEDC is one of the world’s leading nonprofit research and development firms. EDC designs, implements, and evaluates programs to improve education, health, and economic opportunity wo...
  • 2 Days Ago

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Commerical Construction Job Supervisor
  • Walker Development & Construction Management
  • Marlborough, MA FULL_TIME
  • Job Description Job Description Commercial Construction Job Super - 5 Plus Years Experience as a Commercial Construction Supervisor Walker Development & Construction Management is looking for an exper...
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Development associate
  • Megalodon Management
  • Boston, MA FULL_TIME
  • Our high-profile partnerships put us at the forefront of accelerated growth within the industry as the essential need for telecommunications increases. With demands at an all-time high, our next candi...
  • 19 Days Ago

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Senior Development Manager
  • Experis
  • Avon, CT
  • JOB DESCRIPTION: Our client, a Fortune 100 telecommunications company, is seeking a Sr. Software Development Manager to ...
  • 3/28/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Business Development Manager
  • Koch Davis
  • Evans, CO
  • As a Business Development Manager, candidate will be liable for promoting the organization's products and services major...
  • 3/27/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Business Development Manager
  • BluSky
  • Phoenixville, PA
  • BRIEF DESCRIPTION: The Business Development Manager is responsible for generating new business opportunities by developi...
  • 3/27/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Environmental Project Manager & Business Development Manager
  • Pinyon Environmental, Inc.
  • Tempe, AZ
  • Environmental consulting firm is seeking an experienced Business Development and Project Manager to join their team! WHA...
  • 3/26/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Development Manager
  • Hays Recruitment
  • Chicago, IL
  • Hays Investor Work for Hays About Us Find Us US EN For Job Seekers For Organizations Australia Austria Belgium Brazil Ca...
  • 3/25/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Business Development Manager
  • BluSky
  • State College, PA
  • BRIEF DESCRIPTION: The Business Development Manager is responsible for generating new business opportunities by developi...
  • 3/24/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Business Development Manager
  • Cencora
  • Our team members are at the heart of everything we do. At Cencora, we are united in our responsibility to create healthi...
  • 3/18/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Business Development Manager
  • Cencora
  • Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur
  • Our team members are at the heart of everything we do. At Cencora, we are united in our responsibility to create healthi...
  • 2/27/2024 12:00:00 AM

Massachusetts is the 7th-smallest state in the United States. It is located in the New England region of the northeastern United States and has an area of 10,555 square miles (27,340 km2), 25.7% of which is water. Several large bays distinctly shape its coast. Boston is the largest city, at the inmost point of Massachusetts Bay, and the mouth of the Charles River. Despite its small size, Massachusetts features numerous topographically distinctive regions. The large coastal plain of the Atlantic Ocean in the eastern section of the state contains Greater Boston, along with most of the state's po...
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