Associate Director, International Communications

Vor 3 Tagen


Baar, Schweiz AstraZeneca Vollzeit

**Associate Director, International Communications - Oncology**

Location: Cambridge, UK / Singapore / UAE / Zug, SWI

Competitive salary & benefits package

Relocation support available

At AstraZeneca, you'll have the chance to create a meaningful difference to patients’ lives. In Oncology, AstraZeneca is leading a revolution in oncology with the ambition to provide cures for cancer in every form, following the science to understand cancer and all its complexities to discover, develop and deliver life-changing medicines to patients. We are also partnering across the healthcare ecosystem to build health care systems that facilitate early diagnosis, access to care, and equitable access.

We are looking for an exceptional communications leader to take spearhead the communications strategy for AstraZeneca’s International region (spanning Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America). If you are a seasoned health communications specialist with a passion for working at the centre of world’s most pressing healthcare challenges and opportunities, we would love to hear from you.

**Purpose of the Role**:
To work as part of a cross-functional leadership team with responsibility for shaping and delivering the future of our Oncology contribution to people and societies across our International region.

**Role description**:
The role is a dynamic and exciting one, with responsibility for driving high profile business priorities and significantly contributing to the enhancement of AstraZeneca’s patient-centric reputation.

The International region is AstraZeneca’s fastest growing area and a highly innovative contributor to the Company’s global ambitions and achievements.

**Key responsibilities**:

- Drive strategic International-level communications planning that ensures industry-leading policy shaping and related outcomes that are consistently well integrated with evolving government affairs, commercial and medical priorities.
- Lead product and corporate level Oncology communication initiatives that are expertly integrated with the company’s policy objectives, with a particular focus on lung cancer.
- Provide International region-specific communications counsel to International and Global leadership, to help inform cross-functional strategy and key business decisions.
- Ensure effective hands-on implementation of communications plans, and cross-functional initiatives as appropriate, working in close partnership with local marketing company teams and communications agencies.
- Continuously engage country communications teams to understand their local environments and inspire and support the effective implementation of International Oncology communications priorities.
- Build and maintain relationships with international third-party organisations that work to achieve improved viral disease outcomes across the region.
- Manage the development and execution of an Oncology internal communications strategy, that unites all International employees in the celebration and prioritisation of AstraZeneca’s patient-centric impact.
- Play a significant role as a senior member of the International communications function, working with other senior communicators to support the function’s evolution and impact across the organisation.

There may be a need for occasional international travel to fulfil business responsibilities.

**Essential requirements**:

- Effective communicator and storyteller, both written and verbal, with English fluency.
- Strong multi-market healthcare communications experience
- Demonstrated experience in delivering strategic, content rich, outcomes focused and well measured communications programmes.
- Creativity and confidence to challenge colleagues and leaders to always ensure best-practice communications principles for optimal results.
- Ability to think strategically and work hands-on with agility and resilience.

**The following are desirable**:

- Experience of working in a highly matrixed organisation.
- Experience of living and working in a market outside of the United States or Europe.

**So, what’s next?**
- Are you ready to bring new ideas and fresh thinking to the table? Brilliant We have one seat available and we hope it’s yours._

**Where can I find out more?**

**Additional information**

Our Company Values & behaviours underpin everything we do so please take a moment to familiarize yourself with them. You may also want to check out our new R&D Video showing how we turn Science into Medicines.
- Cambridge, UK

Job open date: 05/07/2021

Job close date: 26/07/2021



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