Position Title: Director, Marketing

Position Type: Permanent, Full-Time

Location: Mississauga

Reporting to the Vice President, RIA, the Director, Marketing leads the team across Respiratory Inhaled brands including oversight of the development of the brand plan, brand strategy, positioning, Strategic/Operational Planning and Execution and Lifecycle Planning.

You lead a brand team, ensuring your people are engaged and reaching their potential. You provide day- to- day mentoring to your direct reports to ensure that the brand-operating plan is successfully executed and that meetings with the Sales Organization are successful. You lead the Lifecycle Team and its mandate to improve the long-term potential of the portfolio through cross-functional planning.

Responsibilities

• Leads and develops the marketing teams including but not limited to performance management, talent management and career development
• Leads activities across brands, including the definition, design, execution and measurement of all marketing strategies and tactics to deliver on the brands’ objectives
• Leads the collaboration for the successful sales execution for the portfolio
• Collaborates with cross-functional teams both locally and globally to execute the strategic plan
• Accountable for the development and ownership of relevant commercial forecasts, high level P&L and budgetary compliance
• Works collaboratively with leaders across the business to share winning initiatives and improve opportunities to develop common tactical platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree of Science or Business is required
• Demonstrated ability to manage and lead large teams
• Demonstrated leadership of respiratory brands with market shaping and launch experience
• Has developed budget and resourcing plans to ensure effective operational delivery
• Experience attracting, assessing and developing talent and optimising team performance in direct and matrixed leadership roles
• Comprehensive understanding of the Canadian Healthcare environment

Capabilities

• Strong Scientific acumen with ability to assess and drive portfolio value.
• Exceptional strategic problem solving, judgement and influencing skills to ensure strong commercial focus and consistency
• Strong leader with General Manager mind-set - able to articulate a vision, set direction and encourage dedication for own organization, the interface and broader TA to get results and hold others accountable
• Seasoned marketer – in-depth understanding of competitive landscape, able to frame strategic implications and improve business outcomes
• Enterprise thinking and entrepreneurial leadership through leading change and transformation while having a broader perspective of brand, TA and organizational needs
• Able to express complex, results-oriented ideas and strategies in clear and compelling ways to multiple groups
• Strong financial knowledge can assess and improve portfolio value
• Through review of analytics, able to draw scalable solutions based on the insights

About AstraZeneca Canada

Our purpose is bold and so is our approach. Becoming a more agile and innovative company means creating a vibrant, dynamic culture where we celebrate entrepreneurial thinking and act with a sense of urgency. We are courageous, taking smart risks and learning from both success and failure. 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 us and be part of a great place to work; an environment that energizes and empowers each of us to achieve our goal to develop and deliver medicines.

Great People want to Work with us! Find out why:

• GTAA Top Employer Award for 6 years: https://reviews.canadastop100.com/top-employer-astrazeneca-canada
• Best Workplace Culture Award at the 2018 Canadian HR Awards: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/thriving-best-workplace-culture-gena-restivo/
• Learn more about our culture: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/genarestivo_greatpeople-greatplacetowork-topemployers2020-activity-6608742174811049985-N-8G

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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.