About AstraZeneca

Here you’ll have the opportunity to make a meaningful difference to patients’ lives. With science at its heart, this is the place where breakthroughs born in the lab become transformative medicines – for the world’s most complex diseases. Answer unmet medical needs by pioneering the next wave of science, focusing on outcomes and shaping the patient ecosystem.

With our ground-breaking pipeline, the outlook is bright. Be proud to be part of a place that has achieved so much, yet is still moving forward. There’s no better time to join our global, growing enterprise as we lead the way for healthcare and society.

AstraZeneca in Canada

Headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario, we’ve been recognized as one of Greater Toronto Area’s Top Employers for 7 straight years. Our collaborative work environment cultivates knowledge-sharing, decision-making, and entrepreneurial thinking. Our employees have the opportunity to work across teams, functions, and even the globe. With a commitment to sustainability, we’re working towards making our head office and internal and external meetings green.

Business area

Taking a forward-looking approach we look at the world through a different lens. We go above and beyond to find solutions that impact patients – harnessing science with technology and connecting the entire healthcare ecosystem. It’s our patients that come first, every decision we make and action we take is centered around how we can better serve them. It’s why we are shaping patient care for the future, working along the whole experience to give hope to billions of lives across the world.

What you’ll do

Reporting to the Senior Marketing Manager, Inhaled, you will work with a diverse and energetic team of marketers, a large sales team and a skilled group of cross-functional partners to move the business forward. Through genuine curiosity, problem solving, and collaboration you will ensure the development and effective implementation of brand tactics and strategies to positively impact the value AstraZeneca’s respiratory portfolio delivers to patients, healthcare providers and AstraZeneca.

Your responsibilities include:

• Build, lead and execute traditional and digital customer marketing activities to promote AZ respiratory products with key customers to build a highly respected and differentiated respiratory franchise.

• Contribute to fostering an inclusive and highly collaborative team environment, and fully embrace a ‘speak-up culture’ where diversity of thought is critical for shared success.

• Work effectively and dynamically with marketing, sales and other cross-functional teams to ensure executional excellence, capture new insights, and find solutions to difficult problems.

• Ensure the perspectives of others are fully heard and understood when collaborating with internal teams and external customer during development and implementation of marketing activities.

• Positively influence brand performance and profitability while controlling and managing promotional expenses.

• Build partnerships and mutual trust with the respiratory sales team, and first line sales managers to create alignment across teams.

• Contribute to strategic and tactical planning for key brands in the respiratory portfolio to drive success over the short and longer-term.

• Responsible for collecting and reporting Adverse Events in accordance with AstraZeneca policies and procedures

Desired skillset:

• Ability to be comfortable working through ambiguity with an openness to exploring new ideas through experimentation and iteration, while also completing critical tasks based on priority.

• Demonstrated evidence of continuous personal growth and commitment to development

• Strong written and oral communication and presentation skills, with the ability to clearly communicate complex ideas to various audiences

• Strong strategic analysis/planning skills

• Demonstrated leadership abilities

• Ability to think creatively to approach problems from new perspectives to find novel solutions

• Successful history of positive team collaborations, with demonstrated ability to understand the perspective of others

• Demonstrated ability to react swiftly to change and remain agile to a changing environment

Your qualifications include:

• Minimum of 5 years of demonstrated, successful pharmaceutical experience.
• University degree or equivalent in science and/or business
• Previous marketing, professional education/CHE or sales management experience a definite asset

About AstraZeneca

Here you’ll have the opportunity to make a meaningful difference to patients’ lives. With science at its heart, this is the place where breakthroughs born in the lab become transformative medicines – for the world’s most complex diseases. Answer unmet medical needs by pioneering the next wave of science, focusing on outcomes and shaping the patient ecosystem.

With our ground-breaking pipeline, the outlook is bright. Be proud to be part of a place that has achieved so much, yet is still moving forward. There’s no better time to join our global, growing enterprise as we lead the way for healthcare and society.

Why AstraZeneca?

This is the place to make a meaningful impact – on patients’ lives and your personal growth. It’s both rewarding and inspiring, and it’s what keeps us motivated every day.

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

• GTAA Top Employer Award for 7 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/

• Browse AstraZeneca's YouTube channel to find out more about us:https://www.youtube.com/user/astrazeneca

Are you interested in working at AZ, apply today!

AstraZeneca is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion and providing a workplace that is free from discrimination. AstraZeneca is committed to accommodating persons with disabilities. Such accommodation is available on request in respect of all aspects of the recruitment, assessment and selection process and may be requested by emailing AZCHumanResources@astrazeneca.com.

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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.