Associate Director, Marketing - Calquence, HCP Marketing Job at AstraZeneca in G

Associate Director - Calquence, Hcp Oncology Marketing

The Associate Director - Calquence, HCP Oncology Marketing, will develop the core US marketing plans and drive a robust US commercial strategy in the wake of an active competitive landscape. These indications represent a significant opportunity in a complex and competitive environment. You will play a critical role in shaping and designing commercial activities and assets, long term strategic planning, key customer engagement. The role will require effective collaboration with the Sales, Field Marketing, Insights & Analytics, Medical Affairs, Sales Training, Nurse Education, and Market Access teams. The position reports directly into US Head of Marketing.

Accountabilities:

• Manages all marketing activities of assigned product to support company objectives. Conducts analyses of the market segment, including identification of key growth drivers, opportunities and risks. May include determination of distribution channel solutions (including digital, social media, inside sales). Incorporates results of analysis into product strategy.
• Assessing market potential, identifying risks and opportunities, outlining requirements for market success and prioritization of the launch plans.
• Lead and collaborate effectively with key cross-functional partners and manage both internal and external stakeholders to develop robust market-shaping activities for launch success.
• Identify new capabilities that will be essential for future success and develop a strategic plan to integrate these capabilities into the business.
• Lead execution of the US HCP strategy and collaborate in the development and implementation of the strategy and operational plans with cross-functional partners (e.g. Field Marketing, Insights and Analytics, Access, Medical, Sales, Training, Regulatory, Corporate Affairs)
• Identify new capabilities that will be required for launch success and build plans to integrate into the organization
• Engage with the Global marketing team to ensure alignment, influence and share findings across markets
• Collaborate with peers to ensure strategic alignment and execution across the brand
• Work with Insights and Analytics and Customer Disease Strategy teams to gather market insights, monitor competitive landscape, and provide input into forecasting
• Develop brand strategic plans and priorities for assigned indication(s) with key market shaping activities to ensure brand launch success
• Develops and delivers key brand presentations and provide input into business reviews to leadership
• Work with internal and external partners to define success metrics and analyze performance of marketing programs on an ongoing basis, ensure plans are optimized as needed to improve impact, and develop recommendations for future plans based on resulting measures
• Lead the annual operational planning process by shaping the tactical plan and budget required to achieve the brand's stated objectives
• Lead partner agency relationships, workflow, and related expense budgets

Essential Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in relevant field
• Experience building and integrating new capabilities that are relevant for launch success
• Available to travel up to 30%
• Effective communication and cross functional collaboration skills
• Driven to be proactive, strategic and innovative
• Ability to manage multiple complex projects
• Demonstrated ability to lead without authority
• Adapt to changing dynamics in a competitive marketplace with agility and effectiveness
• Comfort operating in a highly regulated environment and industry
• Possess strong business insight skills, as role is responsible for managing multiple program budgets, timelines, process and procedures
• High ethical standards and personal integrity

Preferred:

• MBA in relevant field
• Oncology experience highly preferred - Hematology, CAR-T, bispecifics
• 5+ years proven experience in pharmaceutical and/or healthcare industry with experience in one or more of the following: managed markets, brand marketing, sales, market research/analytics, strategic planning
• Understanding of U.S. Oncology landscape including Community oncology and Hospital oncology dynamics, GPOs, Payer landscape, Specialty Pharmacy stakeholders
• In-depth Marketing experience (developing brand strategy, performing positioning, messaging, segmentation, targeting, managing ad agency, providing direction on annual budget planning)
• Experience across multiple promotional channels (Personal, Non-Personal and Digital, Patient marketing)
• Launch, management, and customer-facing experience
• Experience working in commercial alliance/partnership environment.

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.

At AstraZeneca, we are driven by an entrepreneurial spirit, enabling us to proactively take initiatives, speak up and see first-hand the difference we've made. We are trusted and empowered to be creative, solving problems by taking risks with science as our guardrail. We embrace continuous change and improvement, encouraged to think differently and develop game changing ideas. We believe in co-creation, harnessing our diverse strengths and sharing best practice to build the future of our business and industry, together.

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