Job Title: Documentation Manager -18 months Fixed Term Contract. Location: Macclesfield Introduction to role: Are you ready to turn complex, cross-border processes into clear, compliant ways of working at global scale? This 18-month contract will place you at the heart of a company wide ERP transformation, partnering with Global SOP Leads to build and deploy the standards that help our people deliver with confidence. Based in Macclesfield , you will drive the creation and implementation of SOPs and Work Instructions across Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Finance accelerating delivery through established AstraZeneca tools and new AI capabilities while safeguarding GxP and SOx compliance. Do you see yourself shaping a single, trusted set of operating documents that supports faster, safer decisions from shop floor to financial close? Accountabilities: SOP and WI (Work Instruction) Development (GxP): Contribute to the creation, review and revision of GxP-compliant SOPs and Work Instructions for Manufacturing and Supply Chain, ensuring clarity, accuracy and audit readiness. Finance SOP and WI Development (SOx): Support the development and maintenance of SOx-compliant SOPs and Work Instructions for Finance, enabling consistent controls and timely financial close. Central Repository Management: Establish and maintain a central documentation repository with robust version control, metadata, and access governance to manage the full document lifecycle. Documentation Status Tracking: Build and run mechanisms to track document progress and readiness, surfacing risks early and driving on-time approvals. AI-Assisted Authoring: Use AI tools to accelerate drafting of global SOPs aligned to the programme’s strategic plan, increasing speed without compromising quality. Manual Compliance Verification: Verify AI-generated content against regulated processes, confirming GxP/SOx compliance and alignment to standards before stakeholder review. ECMS Ownership: Operate controlled document workflows in ECMS, own Document Change Control (DCC), coordinate reviews and approvals, and ensure process adherence and metadata accuracy. Enablement and Upskilling: Provide guidance and occasional training to promote consistent tool adoption, documentation quality and efficient ways of working. Ad Hoc Support: Respond to evolving programme needs with pragmatic solutions that maintain delivery pace and quality. Essential Skills/

Experience

Experience

with process standardization and ensuring that processes comply with regulatory guidelines, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices in both SOx and GxP. Strong organizational and project coordination skills to assist in the timely development and implementation of SOPs across the programme.

Experience

with document management systems and tools to track and maintain SOPs, ensuring version control, accessibility and GxP compliance. Background understanding of GxP controlled environments and the importance of compliance, document accuracy, and adherence to established regulated processes proven track record of stakeholder management skills including examples of building effective cross functional relations (e.g. finance, operation, manufacturing, supply chain)

Experience

in delivering solution to challenges to maintain delivery against timelines and quality standards. Ability to manage competing demands, re-prioritise work at short notice, and adapt to changing plans while maintaining quality and delivery timelines. Ability to interpret AI tool outputs, identify inaccuracies or gaps, and ensure document content is accurate, complete, and ready before stakeholder review Desirable Skills/

Experience

Ability to collaborate effectively with multiple teams, including manufacturing, supply chain, IT, Finance and procurement, ensuring alignment and coordination across departments. Supports documentation delivery across both project and BAU activity, adapting to shifting priorities and ensuring continuity of service. When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That's why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we're not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world. Why AstraZeneca: Here, scientific ambition meets practical delivery. You will help codify how a global biopharma operates—bringing standardized processes, common data, and real-time insight to thousands of colleagues so they can move from bench to patient with greater speed and certainty. We put unexpected teams together to solve real problems, use cutting-edge technology to modernize end-to-end operations, and value kindness alongside ambition so you can do bold work with the right support. Your contribution will ripple from the factory floor and finance close to the medicines that change patients’ lives. What is next: We are looking forward to receiving your application not later than 23rd August. Date Posted 14-Aug-2026 Closing Date 23-Aug-2026 Our mission is to build an inclusive and equitable environment. We want people to feel they belong at AstraZeneca and Alexion, starting with our recruitment process. We welcome and consider applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of characteristics. We offer reasonable adjustments/accommodations to help all candidates to perform at their best. If you have a need for any adjustments/accommodations, please complete the section in the application form. AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company. We focus on discovering, developing and commercialising prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious diseases. But we are more than one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies. At AstraZeneca, we’re dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science, challenge convention and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. To embrace differences and take bold actions to drive the change needed to meet global healthcare and sustainability challenges. There is no better place to make a difference in medicine, patients, and society. An inclusive culture where you will connect different thinking to generate new and valuable opportunities. Where you will find a commitment to lifelong learning, growth and development for all. Our Inclusion & Diversity (I&D) mission is to create an inclusive and equitable environment where people belong, using the power of our diversity to push the boundaries of science to deliver life-changing medicines to patients. Inclusion and diversity are fundamental to the success of our company, because innovation requires breakthrough ideas that only come from a diverse workforce empowered to challenge conventional thinking. We’re curious about science and the advancement of knowledge. We find creative ways to approach new challenges. We’re driven to make the right choices and be accountable for our actions. As an organisation centred around what makes us human, we put a big focus on people. Across our business, we want colleagues to wake up excited about their day at the office, in the field, or in the lab. Along with our purpose to bring life-changing medicines to people across the globe, we have a promise to you: to help you realise the full breadth of your potential. Here, you’ll do work that has the potential to change your life and improve countless others. And, together with your team, you’ll shape a culture that unites and inspires us every day. This is your life at AstraZeneca.