Are you entrepreneurial and passionate about customer engagement and putting patients first? Do you pride yourself on your curiosity and your ability to deliver unique, creative, and valuable solutions to customers? Can you build value that goes beyond the brand using deep customer insights, and inspiring specialty care capabilities and science.

Position Type: Regular, Full-Time

Location: Mississauga, Head Office

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

• Building, leading and executing customer marketing activities to drive adoption and growth of LOKELMA and Roxadustat with key customers

• Staying ahead of the latest developments in the industry and market to apply a forward-thinking approach and understand how these environmental trends shape customer decision-making

• Demonstrating a deep understanding of the patient, customer and influencer dynamics that impact the patient journey, including underlying belief and attitudes that drive relevant customer behaviors

• Giving to building a clear strategic direction and tactical plan to drive portfolio success throughout brand lifecycles

• Developing and delivering brand presentations to the field teams, local and global brand teams, and executive team to ensure clear understanding of brand strategy, activities and performance

• Successfully lead brand promotional materials development with agency partners

• Supporting brand digital reach by innovatively and successfully evolving existing digital strategy, capabilities & channels

• Supporting training and development to build enhanced cross-functional capabilities for our sales team

• Establishing open and positive dialogue with all field team roles to identify emerging needs and successfully implement commercial resources and campaigns

• Building a value proposition with the internal and field cross-functional teams to develop solutions that drive a Win/Win/Win for patients and HCP’s to improve earlier brand adoption for AZ

• Successfully influence brand performance and profitability by supporting management of commercial brand budgets

• Working with other brand team functional partners to support a patient centric approach that will differentiate the AZ renal franchise

Essential for the role

• University degree or equivalent in science and/or business

• Have a minimum of 5 years in the pharmaceutical industry with demonstrated results

• Have previous experience in roles such as marketing, professional education, sales training, analytics and/or insights

• Previous renal related experience is an asset

• Effectively manage multiple projects to meet target timelines and budgets

• A critical and innovative thinker aligned to brand strategic direction with a strong patient centric approach

• Positively impact and influence others and quickly establish credibility while building strong internal and external business relationships

• Have strong communication skills: writing and presentation and you are people focused in discussions

• Have strong experience with digital and virtual platforms/channels

• Committed to a developing a cohesive, entrepreneurial and dynamic team environment

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!

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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.