Alliance Manager, CPSS China

Job Description / Capsule Leads AstraZeneca's Alliance Management activities for CPSS outsourcing in China, establishing and managing a locally enabled, globally aligned model for CRO partnerships. Acts as the single point of coordination for all outsourced toxicology, bioanalytical, and emerging modality work across China, ensuring delivery against quality, timelines, cost, and compliance expectations. Builds and develops strategic and operational relationships with China-based CROs, academic institutions, and innovation partners, translating global AstraZeneca standards into locally effective practices while maintaining the highest standards of ethics, regulatory compliance, and scientific integrity. Operates at the interface of global CPSS strategy and China execution, strengthening vendor capabilities, enabling innovation, and supporting AstraZeneca's long-term externalisation and "China as an innovation engine" ambitions. Works independently with limited supervision, confidently navigating ambiguous, evolving, or to be defined processes and proactively shaping practical ways of working to deliver outcomes. Typical Accountabilities Acts as the single point of contact for all CPSS CRO partnerships in China across Safety Sciences and Bioanalysis Establishes and maintains culturally aligned, high-performing partnerships with CROs, embedding AZ standards for quality, delivery, cost, sustainability, and ethics Leads