AstraZeneca Careers

What you’ll do?

• As MSL in SSA Respiratory team, you will be presented with a canvas on which to draw your Picasso of a revolutionized healthcare system that is centered around the patients to ensure the best possible outcomes.
• This is a field based role that provides medical and clinical expertise in priority therapeutic areas and builds AZ scientific leadership. The role focuses on the development of professional relationships with Key External Experts (KEEs), building deep scientific understanding of AZ compounds by engaging KEEs in clinical research, ESRs, scientific exchange meetings and advisory board meetings.
• In addition, the MSL will input into Brand Strategy and Life Cycle Management (LCM) and implementation of medical activities aligned with brand strategy. Further accountabilities include delivery of medical education and clinical support to Health Care Professionals (HCPs) and training of sales teams.

Typical accountabilities will include:

• External Medical & Scientific Engagement

Build, enhance and maintain the engagement with scientific leaders (KEEs)

• 75% of time in field engaging HCPs and external stakeholders across territory and brands.
• Proactively identify HCPs with high levels of scientific expertise in local treatment practice to collaborate on specific medico-marketing activities.
• Develop and implement Key External Expert (KEE) engagement plan in collaboration with TA lead.
• Develop KEE database, provide recommendations for advisory board participation & potential speakers and train speakers as appropriate.
• Develop own scientific knowledge and share emerging data with HCPs, discussing all aspects of the data in a scientific, objective, and balanced way.
• Communicate results of studies completed to HCPs by translating their clinical value and ensure proper incorporation into business strategies.
• Respond to unsolicited requests for information about unapproved AZ products or unapproved uses of approved products by presenting such information in an objective, scientifically balanced, substantiated manner.

Develop or initiate scientific programs to explore unmet medical needs in priority disease areas

• Interact in the field with KEEs on clinical trials, ESRs and discuss potential involvement in ESR and RWEs
• Take an active role during the implementation of clinical research activities, selection of investigators and maintain relations with them, coordinated by the TA lead / Medical Manager, within the framework of clinical study plans (Investigator meetings, initiation visits and protocol training)
• Coordinate the submission to journals of clinical research results to be published as posters, abstracts, full text or manuscripts and the review of the results by the global review board.
• Medical & Scientific Support for Internal Stakeholders

Establish AstraZeneca as a scientific leader through proactive, updated, and effective medical input

• Provide AZ internal stakeholders with an understanding of the local medical community, clinical practice, trends and real or perceived gaps in current scientific knowledge and medical treatment, competitive intelligence
• Provide medical input for development of brand plans
• Develop and implement the local medical plan to address unmet medical needs and ensure alignment with the brand plan
• Develop and implement pre-launch medical plan & activities for new products at least 2 years prior to the planned launch to address key clinical and scientific challenges
• Provide medical leadership on faculty and content development for medical programmes including national congresses, advisory boards, scientific exchange meetings, publications, CMEs to meet identified needs.
• Supports the Training MSL lead in the Annual training plan, priorities for general group and individual program.
• As the Medical Market Access (MA) Lead to provide MA team with insights from the KEEs, and support for dossier preparation and any other activities that support the Market Access function.

Governance and ensuring overall adherence to processes and regulation [include but not limited to patient safety, clinical trials, promotional activities]

• Ensure compliance with AZ code of conduct, Corporate Governance, Audit requirement, guidelines, codes, policies, and procedures.
• Provide medical input to the creation, development and agreement of promotional material and ensure all material is in line with internal SOPs.
• Ensure confidentiality is maintained (i.e., intellectual property, product, strategy, and salary information).
• Disclose potential breach of codes or conducts.
• Plan actions to be taken regarding drug safety notices and quality issues raised by the local headquarters or AZ global, prepare communication documents and follow up & document related trainings.
• Convey feedback obtained from physicians regarding drug safety to Drug Safety Manager and conduct necessary follow-up.
• Development

Continuously demonstrates development of scientific expertise in disease area(s) and personal skills

• Actively participates in AZ trainings, projects and meetings depending on development needs
• Shows positive engagement and response to coaching and feedback received from line manager
• In daily work takes time to reflect on customer interactions and works on priorities for development as agreed with line manager
• Develops behaviors and skills leading to enhanced effectiveness as outlined in competency definitions
• Proactively demonstrates the AZ Values

If this sounds appealing, please read on to understand the experience and skills we’re looking for…
ESSENTIAL SKILLS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED?
Essential:

• Bachelor's Degree in Science.
• Qualified Medical Doctor.
• Medical/Scientific knowledge in the responsible disease area.
• Experience in relationship and stakeholder management.
• Project management experience.

Desirable:

• Understanding of multiple aspects of Medical Affairs.
• Knowledge of the latest technical and regulatory developments.

• The SSA commercial team includes sales and marketing only but may have responsibility for other functions, such as regulatory, medical across Sub Saharan Africa markets namely Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania.

What you’ll do?

• You will be part of the leadership team who will transform healthcare in Africa, and play a role in realizing our full potential in our Sub Saharan markets.  Our vision is to sustainably unlock the opportunities within our region, making it a reality through strong focus, expansion and transformation.  The role reports to the Country President, African Cluster and is on the Senior Leadership Team of the African Cluster.

Typical accountabilities will include:

• Transformation and executional excellence of channel management (distribution, HCP prescription and retail).
• Develop a robust demand generation workforce across sales leadership and representatives with clear ownership on in-market targets and deliverables thereof.
• Develops and delivers business plans and performance targets based on trends analysis.
• Identify, evaluate, and deliver on growth opportunities within the cluster.
• Provides coaching and leadership to the commercial organization to create an inclusive performance culture.
• Monitors and achieves targeted objectives for market performance, efficiency, and financial performance.
• Closely managing sales teams.
• Monitors all commercial activities and performance such as long-range planning, pricing, promotions, etc.
• Develops and manages distributor strategies/partnerships while driving demand generation to deliver sustainable business performance.
• Ensures compliance with all local regulations per market.

If this sounds appealing, please read on to understand the experience and skills we’re looking for…

ESSENTIAL SKILLS and EXPERIENCE REQUIRED?

• Bachelor's degree in Science or equivalent.
• MBA qualification.
• 10+ years pharmaceutical marketing and commercial experience.
• Strong expertise in market analysis, deep market research insights mining, forecast analysis and business case development with scenario planning.
• Detailed understanding of the development process and necessary commercial touchpoints.
• Sufficient understanding of technical risks & implications for the commercial aspects to future brands.
• Deep knowledge on market-shaping solutions using innovative & disruptive models.
• Experience of developing compelling business cases (in-country / above-country).
• Experience of working with medical affairs, Pricing / Market access as a commercial lead.
• Experience of working with external customers including patients, prescribers, payers, providers, and partners.

Desirable

• Specialty medicines with complex ecosystems (patients, healthcare providers, systems, payer).
• Relevant Therapeutic Area experience.
• Inline Brand Marketing Company experience (or external equivalent).
• Market development and expansion work (Pre-launch and/or Post-launch).
• Exposure to and a track record of effective management of decision-making bodies.

What you’ll do?

As the successful candidate, you will have an opportunity to work with a passionate team of individuals dedicated to accelerating access to life-changing & innovative medicines for our patients. In addition, gain exposure and network to Health Authority regulatory framework across the various SSA countries within the African Cluster. Prepare regulatory submissions for allocated products according to the agreed regulatory strategy to develop and maintain products. You will provide scientifically related guidance to cross functional teams on aspects of regulatory affairs. Use knowledge and experience in the regulatory field to influence functional objectives.

Typical accountabilities will include:

• Provide regular feedback to senior regulatory affairs manager SSA, marketing, and sales teams on the regulatory submission progress of specific products and ensure that all teams have up to date regulatory information and support needed to drive performance in their respective departments.
• Submit Marketing Authorization: applications to Health Authorities according to SSA HA guidelines and GRP, in the shortest possible time based on business priorities.
• Ensure all post approval product maintenance activities including CMC variations, package insert safety updates, new indications, technical changes to the label or the packs, PBRERs, and post approval commitments are submitted and approved.
• Ensure all License Renewals are submitted on time, prior to license expiry or in accordance with the planned submission date.
• Participates as a member of the drug project team to assist in the delivery of timely approvals and advantageous product information in keeping with the needs identified by the business and markets and in compliance with relevant AstraZeneca procedures.
• Contributes to the planning, preparation (including authoring) and delivery of simple submissions and contribute to more complex ones, from either a global and or regional perspective throughout the product’s life cycle.
• Liaises proactively with the functions and participate as a member of cross-functional delivery teams, providing regulatory advice on simple regulatory issues.
• Contributes, where appropriate, to the review of cross-functional contributions and collate regulatory comments to ensure quality of documentation for submission.
• Provides local regulatory authority contact or support for such.
• Ensures that appropriate, up-to-date records are maintained for compliance.
• Has personal responsibility for creating a culture of courageous leadership, creativity, and collaboration.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED?

Essential

• Bachelor’s Degree in Pharmacy. Advanced degree a plus.
• Valid and available Annual Practice License for the Pharmacist.
• Registered with Pharmacy and Poisons Board.
• Significant experience of working in one or more areas in regulatory affairs in the pharmaceutical or related industry, or in regulatory drug development, product approval/launch, line extension and license maintenance, or experience at a health authority.
• Project and process management.

Desirable

• Experience of working on cross-functional teams.
• Knowledge of the drug development processes.

What you’ll do?

• You will support the timely, high quality in-market companion diagnostics / testing solutions to enable optimal patient access and treatment throughout the lifecycle of oncology products. Develop and implement tactical plans with an understanding of clinical and diagnostic operational issues in the testing pathway thereby ensuring tailored testing solutions and appropriate access support.
• You will work collaboratively with the medical scientific liaisons, local sales teams and market access colleagues and execute on tactical plans with a good understanding of the medical and clinical operational issues on the interface between the Oncologists, Geneticists, Pathologists and Molecular Pathologist and the testing pathway, helping to deliver appropriate information, insights, and solutions. Gather insights and deliver education as appropriate to internal and external stakeholders.

Some areas of focus for this role will include:

• Identify and develop needs-based relationships with pathologists, molecular pathologists, molecular diagnostics kit suppliers, scientific experts, laboratory decision makers, thought-leaders, and scientific organizations.
• Identify barriers to testing through partnerships with diagnostic companies, lab networks, and Health Care Professionals (HCPs). Execution of tactical plans locally to support and educate on appropriate testing.
• Help develop robust testing facilities in strategic centers, including protocol support, working on identification and removing bottlenecks in testing through education, awareness, and advocacy.
• Help to deliver appropriate, approved, educational information on disease, pathology and diagnostics to internal and external stakeholders. Deliver highly technical and medical data presentations to Pathologists, HCPs and multidisciplinary teams.
• Support externally sponsored research as appropriate
• Share diagnostic quality data with laboratory staff.
• Encourage multi-disciplinary diagnostic quality assurance programs at Institutions.
• Understand the current and emerging diagnostic testing environment.
• Share internally approved, educational information on diagnostics to the heads of clinical/pathology Laboratories and their staff.
• Support strategy roll out and educate on need for testing.
• Enforce the AZ Code of Conduct, SOPs as well as align with all regulatory and compliance requirements for the role.

If this sounds appealing, please read on to understand the experience and skills we’re looking for…

ESSENTIAL SKILLS and EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• Bachelor's Degree in Health Science.
• Strategic thinking and influencing skills, i.e., cooperating with own internal teams and external collaborators to ensure strong diagnostic focus with excellent execution.
• People Management.
• Coaching & Feedback – Leadership skills.
• Strong self-leadership attributes to set direction, generate commitment, balance short- and long-term needs, constructively resolve issues.
• Good understanding of the healthcare system, clinical trial methodology, statistics and regulatory environment.
• Very good command of English.

Desirable

• MSc/PhD  in a scientific discipline.
• Proven experience in either the molecular diagnostic market/clinical testing market (field position) OR as a lab personnel in the molecular pathology oncology space. 
• Experience and knowledge of a broad range of oncology diagnostic biomarkers.
• Knowledge of legislation relevant to the industry and diagnostics.
• Excellent project management ability.

What you’ll do?

• The successful candidate will be in charge of developing and implementation of an integrated strategy for obtaining and maximizing market access and reimbursement for AstraZeneca Medicines in the Oncology therapeutic area in line with company's goals & objectives. Development of medium to long-term access strategies for new therapies to maximize the value of the offering for payers and patients throughout their life cycle.
• You will create an outstanding local company image aligned to AstraZeneca’s African Cluster Goal to work with local partners in Africa to make healthcare systems more resilient, effective, and sustainable, advocating for reform and building capabilities to address unmet medical need, improve access to quality healthcare and provide solutions along a continuum of care – from prevention, awareness, diagnosis and treatment to post-treatment and wellness.

Some areas of focus for this role will include:

Development and Implementation of the Market Access Strategic Plan

• Partnering with Government and Private Funders to ensure optimal funding, Guideline and/or Formulary Listings.
• Effective delivery of commercial input to market access process and team.
• Interpretation and the tailoring of available evidence to support market access for AZ brands in collaboration with the Medical division.
• Identify evidence gaps that may inhibit market access and develop plans to fill the gaps.
• Ability to establish measurement system to track progress and drive effective corrective action when needed.

Stakeholder Mapping

• Relationship building, Customer Engagements and Collaboration with Patient Advocacy Groups, NGO’s, Donor Funders, Mission Hospitals, Academia, and Research Organizations, amongst others.
• Build strategic partnerships with healthcare consulting companies to facilitate Patient Access Programs & Patient Support Programs i.e., win-win access solutions.
• Developing and Disseminating AstraZeneca Value Propositions for respective Promoted Products to differentiate and demonstrate value.

Policy Shaping

• Health Technology Assessment (Budget Impact Models, Cost effectiveness Models, Alternative Contracting Models, Innovative Value Solutions) where required; Develop or locally adapt Global Economics Models.
• Lead East Africa Pricing Strategy in line with local and regional Pricing Policies; Optimize pricing outcomes through timely and accurate data analysis and submission.

Cross Functional Project Management

• Manages cross functional teams optimally in order to achieve the brand objectives.
• Identifies and manages key interfaces with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the delivery according to agreed time lines.
• Effectively facilitates key meetings and issues.

Maintained Administrative Systems

• Report as required on strategy implementation and budget spend.
• Adhere to company policies and procedure.

If this sounds appealing, please read on to understand the experience and skills we’re looking for…

ESSENTIAL SKILLS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED?

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum 5 years Market Access experience.
• Understanding of East Africa Healthcare Market.
• Thorough understanding of AZ business model with specific knowledge of brand team operation, brand planning and sales model.
• Teamwork and leadership skills, including the ability to consult extensively with cross functional teams and act within a matrix organization.
• Strong pricing background for funder reimbursement purposes.
• Basic Knowledge of health economics, outcomes research and economic modelling is required.
• Strategic thinking, and flexibility to execute at an operational and strategic level.
• Demonstrable ability to communicate technical and economic concepts and approaches to non- technical stakeholders.
• Demonstrable excellent numeric and analytical skills.
• Strong team player who works effectively in cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrate Problem Solving Skills and Proactivity.
• Project Management Skills and Ability to meet tight deadlines.

What you’ll do?

• The Business Insights Manager will plan, direct, and oversee a wide range of analyses, related to the current and future business of the organization and proactively interact with senior commercial leaders to ensure sustainable performance over time. Through partnering within the commercial team, you will aid in managing risks and opportunities as well as strategic decisions through leveraging business insights and competitive / market intelligence.

Some areas of focus for this role will include:

• Proactively identify business information needs/issues.
• Provide brand / market evaluation and interpretation and provide business insights and competitive / market intelligence in aiding strategy decisions by using internal and external datasets.
• Leads the Operational Planning Process, providing analytical expertise to the commercial teams, driving strategic and operational excellence.
• Prepares outputs of the process and participates in presentations and recommendations to leadership through data interpretation, visualization, and insight generation to support business critical decisions.
• Leads the portfolio prioritization process within the brand team and in support of the TA.
• Support launch excellence processes for new products / indications from commercial perspective, managing forecasting models to support in-market cases / new product launch viability.
• Leads patient flow modelling and patient analytics. 
• Partner with the commercial team, producing brand volume forecasts, consulting with the team to manage risks and opportunities for the business, leading to objective and accurate forecasts supported by insight & analytics.
• Develop and maintain market research budgets for the brand team, also determining primary market research design and overseeing project / vendor management when needed.

If this sounds appealing, please read on to understand the experience and skills we’re looking for…

ESSENTIAL SKILLS and EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• Business Degree.
• Pharmaceutical marketing and/or sales experience.
• Thorough understanding of the pharmaceutical business (including commercial and development).
• Understanding of the drug development process.
• Comfort with ambiguity/uncertainty and ability to lead teams through situations by providing clarity, structure and focus.
• Knowledge of strategic planning processes and tools.
• Excellent strategic thinking & influencing skills, understanding of forecasts, budgets, financial processes and tools, project management skills and strong interpersonal, communication (written and oral), organizational, relationship building, and consulting skills.
• Cross-functional team experience.
• Strategic influencing skills Analytical thinking skills.

What you’ll do?

• You will have the opportunity to be at the  forefront of our ambition of strengthening sustainable health systems through partnerships and innovation. Through the CCA program, we aim to improve cancer care in Africa by working with our partners to enhance access to screening, diagnostics and innovative treatments including focus on capacity build and patient empowerment initiatives.

Some areas of focus for this role will include:

• Creates and executes project work plans and revises as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements to ensure deliverables are met effectively and efficiently.
• Mobilizes project resources for the program. 
• Manages large and complex projects, including the initiation and maintenance partnerships and supplier contracts.
• Identifies resources needed and assigns individual responsibilities.
• Manages relationships with key business stakeholders and ensures that program requirements are effectively captured and the impact of project/programmes are understood by the business and external community.
• Builds and leads project teams, communicating roles and responsibilities whilst encouraging teamwork and collaboration amongst the team and business stakeholders.
• Applies highly developed specialist knowledge and skills in project management, project planning, budgets and methodologies.
• Reviews deliverables prepared by team and provides sign-off prior to engaging business stakeholders
• Resolves complex quality and compliance risks and issues and ensure team adopts quality assurance policies and procedures.
• Drives collaboration and knowledge sharing amongst project teams
• Identifies and drives resolution of risks
• Undertakes engagement reviews and quality assurance and governance procedures
• Manages project budget and ensures escalation of cost changes
• Develops project planning and action logs, risks and issues reports
• Develop transition plans into business areas and ensure controlled hand-overs to users and business as usual processes

Education, Qualifications, Skills and Experience

Essential:

• Business Degree / Qualified Scientific background.
• Experience in program/project management.
• Experience working in pharmaceutical industry.
• Strong networking/consulting skills with good internal/external links.
• Demonstrate strong, communication and relationship building skills with experience of collaborating and sharing knowledge between teams.
• Evidence of shaping and developing innovative solutions that have a major impact within the business area and organization.
• Ability to interpret and communicate technical information into business language and in alignment with AZ business.
• Proven track record in delivering high risk programme/projects and decision making.
• Excellent business engagement and business acumen with sensitivity to political/economic environment.
• Experience of managing and controlling a budget.

Desired:

• Project Management qualification.
• Experience working in oncology therapy area and diagnostics.
• Experience of working in a global organization with complex/geographical context.

ABOUT OUR PRIMARY CARE TEAM 

Our Primary Care team is one of a kind. We have an unmatched winning mentality, with a determined drive to be number one. There’s a commitment to what we do that has to be seen to be believed. We know that we cannot fulfil our ambitions alone. We excel by interacting with other departments, markets and sectors to gain knowledge and truly understand emerging market models and mindsets. But it’s not just about having the right knowledge, we have the right attitude to go with it. A growth mindset – always challenging ourselves to be the best, we learn from others as we make our way to the top of the ladder. Action-oriented, we willingly take on many roles and take smart risks to make quick decisions and achieve our aims faster.

What you’ll do?

• The successful candidate will assist in managing all marketing activities of assigned products to support company objectives. Conduct analyses of the market segment, including identification of key growth drivers, opportunities, and risks. May include alternative channel such as (digital, social media, omnichannel).  Incorporates results of analysis into product strategy.
• You will work closely with business directors to ensure strategies are being supported. Provide insights into sales force effectiveness and marketing and act as liaison between sales force, sales operations and marketing. You will be responsible for performance and development of team members.

Some areas of focus for this role will include

Implementing marketing strategy according to marketing principles and provision of leadership

• Guide the development and execution of a consolidated marketing strategy, aligned to the global strategy and LEX (launch Excellence) principles, to optimize product performance and create long term competitive advantage for AstraZeneca.
• Guide and support Product Managers in the development and implementation of the product business operational plan, ensuring close collaboration with other departments and mobilization of resources across the business to deliver against the strategy.
• Work in close collaboration with sales team counterparts to ensure alignment of strategy and support for implementation.
• Ensure effective life cycle management.
• Ensure accurate forecasting of all products to ensure in market availability in SSA markets.
• Monitor implementation of all plans and ensure pro-active decision making based on clear customer insight and patient needs.
• Share learnings and best practice from other markets with marketing team and ensure that cross-market commonalities are captured.
• Deliver clear, concise, high quality IBR outputs based on defined input from finance and thorough understanding per product of the marketplace within specified timelines.
• Deliver full year sales and market share through on-going tracking of performance and fast intervention and optimization of opportunities.

Team effectiveness and management

• Appoint, build, lead and maintain a first class effective and cohesive primary care marketing team and provide ongoing leadership and motivation to a diversely representative team of individuals.
• Agree SSA Product Manager roles, performance criteria, objectives and standards of work execution and monitor performance on an ongoing basis. Identify areas requiring development; and offer guidance and support as required.
• Foster the learning and development of direct report with the appropriate level of needs analysis, coaching and support; provide challenging and relevant opportunities for team members to develop their skills and abilities.
• Plan career and succession paths; formulate and action Individual Development Plans aligned to AstraZeneca’s Leadership Capabilities and people development policy.
• Facilitate departmental and interdepartmental participation, interaction, communication, and support.
• Anticipate and/or remove obstacles to team performance. Challenge and inspire team members to deliver marketing excellence and achieve results required to succeed.

Financial budgeting and control

• Entrench a cost-conscious mindset in the department and monitor and ensure that key activities are delivered within budget.
• Work with Product managers and Product Specialists to ensure proper management of resources with the aim of optimizing investment and creating maximum return.
• Consolidate feedback and forecasts from product managers and provide quarterly forecasts on the budget and projected year end spend, re-evaluating the budget in line with priorities, market conditions and a thorough understanding of products in the marketplace.
• Collate monthly feedback report for department on finance, strategy achievement and implementation issues.

Maximized Stakeholder relationships

• Develop and maintain relationships with key internal customers and maintain visibility and accessibility, working in close collaboration with them to realize AstraZeneca’s long-term objectives.
• Provide input into the development and co-ordination of an integrated customer relation management approach in close collaboration with other departments.
• Build relationships with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) to optimize current and future marketing initiatives and gain their support on overall strategy and positioning
• If this sounds appealing, please read on to understand the experience and skills we’re looking for…

ESSENTIAL SKILLS and EXPERIENCE REQUIRED?

• Bachelor’s Degree in Basic Sciences.
• MBA in Marketing or relevant stream.
• Experience of primary care portfolio.
• At least 2 years’ experience at Management level.
• Exposure to Sub-Saharan Africa markets and understanding the Healthcare environment.
• Experience developing a strategy and executing on that strategy.
• Experience managing complex projects.
• Understanding of the development and commercialization of pharmaceutical products in Africa.
• Ability to demonstrate good insight into the Pharma industry.
• Passion for customers.

Typical accountabilities will include:
Government Affairs

• Leads the government affairs strategy for the SSA and FSA markets.
• Establishes GA goals and objectives, tied to successful regulatory submissions and lobbying efforts.
• Engages with commercial leaders at SLT and in market regularly to ensure business and professional objectives are met.
• Identifies, analyses, and acts on legislative initiatives and emerging issues that could impact AstraZeneca, particularly it’s managed markets products and strategies.
• Owns the most senior relationships with government officials and lobbyists, and leverages these to influence regulatory and legislative developments in the most favorable manor.
• Serves as an internal thought leader on legislative and regulatory matters at the strategic level.
• Participates in local, national, or global cross-functional teams to address and support Government Affairs related key business objectives and strategies.

Market Access

• Leads the exploration for, and evaluation of, a pipeline of potential pricing and contracting strategies and their integration into AZ business
• Reviews contracting opportunities for risk and compliance, from a financial and legal perspective.
• Encourages exploration of leading edge & novel marketing approaches that provide enhanced competitiveness to current and future AZ brands
• Improves efficiency, effectiveness, profitability, and administration of contracting.
• Ensures engagement of key stakeholders and governance bodies including: Brand Management Team, brand teams, skill centre leads, Long-Term Incentives and non-commercial functions as appropriate; in supporting the direction of the New Practice organization.
• Builds and manages a flexible multi-skilled team capable of delivering group’s remit.
• Serves as a core member of the leadership team, representing emerging new practice issues and opportunities as well as contributing to overall Marketing Strategy purpose.

Essential

• Bachelors degree in relevant field (Marketing, Science, Economics or Finance).
• MBA qualification.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in Government Affairs roles.
• Experience in managing Government Affairs in SSA & FSA markets.
• Strategic project leadership experience.
• Multi industry marketing practice.
• Thorough understanding of AZ business model with specific knowledge of brand team operation, brand planning and sales model.