Marketing Excellence Director

Location – Wilmington, DE

AstraZeneca is a global, innovation-driven BioPharmaceutical business that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialisation of prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious disease. But we’re 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 and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. There’s 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.

Team overview

Within the Global Commercial Excellence (GCE) team, the Marketing Excellence Director develops and delivers world class Marketing Capabilities and business processes across the top AZ markets with a priority focus on the US alongside the Global functions. Working and liaising with key stakeholders across the business to ensure that the capabilities drive the success of AZ’s business and key brands.

Ensuring and embedding an ‘AZ Way of marketing”, centered around the patient and aligning marketing initiatives with other functions such as therapy area leads, Global and US Insights & Analytics, Global Commercial Operations, Launch Excellence, Global Commercial Digital and Innovation, Sales Excellence, Key Account Excellence, Medical Affairs, Market Access and others. Equipping AZ to win by providing innovative and future facing Marketing capabilities grounded in patient understanding in a rapidly changing healthcare environment.

What you'll do

• Develop, design and deliver a world class Customer Excellence Capability Plan, in conjunction with major markets, in particular the US, regions and global stakeholders, to address key strategic needs, capability gaps and business priorities
• ‘Future proofs’ the Customer Experience agenda by ensuring all external changes and factors are considered with a priority focus on Health Disparities and go to market models
• Leverage deep expertise in understanding patient & stakeholder dynamics, behaviors and regulation, to drive the overall capabilities on all aspects of patient & stakeholder engagement across multiple channels
• Partner with Marketing Excellence Director, to ensure seamless integration of Customer Experience into the Core Marketing Frameworks to ensure agile global and local implementation
• Collaborate with other GCE team members and stakeholders to ensure alignment and consistency of Customer Excellence frameworks, processes and terminology across all other commercial functions
• Ensure the Patient and Customer Experience is at the heart of Brand Planning

Essential for the role

• Bachelors Degree in Marketing or Life Sciences
• US Marketing Experience (within and outside Pharma)
• US healthcare knowledge and experience
• Recent experience managing P&Ls
• Ability to work across geographies and create learning systems with worldwide compatibility
• Ability to lead the development, design and delivery of training
• Proven project management skills and agency management
• Ability to work in a multiple stakeholder environment and provide clear strategic direction and plans

Desirable

• 10+ years pharma marketing experience
• Global or Regional Marketing, Product Management or Sales background

Why AstraZeneca?

At AstraZeneca when we see an opportunity for change, we seize it and make it happen, because any opportunity no matter how small, can be the start of something big. Delivering life-changing medicines is about being entrepreneurial - finding those moments and recognizing their potential. Join us on our journey of building a new kind of organization to reset expectations of what a bio-pharmaceutical company can be. This means we’re opening new ways to work, pioneering cutting edge methods and bringing unexpected teams together.

So, what’s next!

Are you already imagining yourself joining our team? Good, because we can’t wait to hear from you.

Where can I find out more?

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Date Posted

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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.