Associate Director, US Business Strategy, RDU

AstraZeneca•Boston, MA

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Are you ready to turn complex market signals into decisive actions that accelerate launches for patients with rare diseases? Do you thrive at the intersection of strategy, execution, and influence—bringing clarity, pace, and measurable impact across a dynamic portfolio? As Associate Director, US Business Strategy, you will shape how we plan, prioritize, and launch multiple products and indications in an increasingly complex US marketplace. Reporting to the Head of Business Strategy & Governance, US Commercial, you will drive the build-out of new capabilities, scalable processes, and governance that enable faster, better decisions. Your work will directly connect strategic ambition to operational excellence—so our teams can deliver meaningful outcomes for under-served patients and sustainable growth for the business.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required in a relevant field
5+ years of commercial experience in the healthcare industry that may include Marketing, Project Management, Business Analytics, Business Development, Corporate Strategy and/or Financial Analysis, Consulting
Demonstrated strong project management & communication skills
Proficiency in Microsoft Office particularly in Excel and PPT

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree (Ph.D. or MBA or Masters)
Business background or advanced quantitative discipline degree preferred
3+ years of healthcare consulting experience with a top-tier firm focused on strategy, operations and transformation topics for pharmaceutical companies
Prior experience in rare diseases
Experience with launching products
Proficiency with Smartsheet

Responsibilities

Lead key elements of annual planning cycles—including brand strategy, one-year and three-year plans—translating insights into clear choices and resource allocations that advance our portfolio.
Coordinate and track strategic initiatives end-to-end, ensuring disciplined implementation, risk management, and course-correction to deliver results on time and at quality.
Craft concise, data-driven updates and recommendations for senior forums; represent the team with the right balance of detail and decision-oriented clarity.
Build senior-level relationships across functions to align priorities, remove obstacles, and hardwire accountability for outcomes.
Diagnose opportunities to improve effectiveness and efficiency across critical processes; partner with leaders to define and develop the capabilities required to deliver the long-term plan.
Serve as US launch project manager for multiple products/indications; create and coordinate integrated launch plans; partner across US and global teams to align on strategy; codify and apply lessons learned and best practices to raise the bar on launch excellence.
Create consolidated dashboards, KPIs, and portfolio-level reports on launch planning; provide actionable insights and recommendations to achieve launch readiness at key milestones.
Act as system administrator for the launch planning tool (Smartsheet), manage ad hoc support, and deliver onboarding and training to accelerate adoption.
Support and, when required, lead competitive readiness projects; drive adoption of best practices across the US organization; facilitate key workstreams and workshops that prepare teams to win.
Prioritize ongoing and planned activities across a dynamic pipeline; represent Business Strategy & Governance in senior meetings to enable fast, informed decisions.
Play a key role in building out the US Business Strategy & Governance team, establishing ways of working and standards that scale with our growth.