Senior Marketing Manager - GI Cancers - 16 month contract

AstraZeneca•Mississauga, ON

1d•CA$136,830 - CA$179,589•Hybrid

About The Position

At AstraZeneca, we pride ourselves on crafting a collaborative culture that champions knowledge-sharing, ambitious thinking and innovation – ultimately providing employees with the opportunity to work across teams, functions and even the globe. Recognizing the importance of individualized flexibility, our ways of working allow employees to balance personal and work commitments while ensuring we continue to create a strong culture of collaboration and teamwork by engaging face-to-face in our offices 3 days a week. Our head office and BlueSky Hub in downtown Toronto are purposely designed with collaboration in mind, providing space where teams can come together to strategize, brainstorm and connect on key projects. Our dedication to sustainability is also central to our culture and part of what makes AstraZeneca a great place to work. We know the health of people, the planet and our business are interconnected which is why we’re taking ambitious action to tackle some of the biggest challenges of our time, from climate change to access to healthcare and disease prevention. Reporting to the Franchise Head for Gastrointestinal (GI) Cancers , the Senior Marketing Manager (SMM) – GI Cancers will be a key leader in helping to build our GI cancer portfolio of indications and products into the standard of care for patients. The successful candidate for this role will be a strategic leader with a passion for customer engagement and putting patients first. You play to win but do the right thing and act with integrity, even when it is difficult. You are joining a team of ambitious individuals driven to build a culture that is science and patient-focused, agile and high-performing. Your role within this Oncology team will be to work collaboratively with the other Oncology SMMs and MMs to improve work and seek opportunities for learning and sharing new insights and doing things differently.

Requirements

University degree in science and/or business
Minimum of 5 years related pharmaceutical industry experience including marketing and sales and experience successfully leading a cross-functional team.
Exceptional Business acumen: strong strategic thinking and planning skills with ability to implement plans with excellence.
Embraces an agile mindset to develop necessary processes to ensure consistent deliverables. Knows how to mobilize people and activities effectively to achieve impactful outcomes.
Experienced collaborator with inclusive leadership style and proven ability to work successfully within a diverse team.
You have strong learning agility and can adapt quickly in a fast paced environment.
Proven strong influencing skills and communication skills.
Financial acumen: capable of driving and managing budget responsibilities including spend optimization and trade-off decisions and inputting on forecast assumptions.
High self-awareness with the ability to build positive relationships using your strong people skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience working in an Alliance is an asset.

Responsibilities

Lead the growth trajectory of indications within your tumour area(s) including developing and implementing brand strategies and fostering collaboration across functional areas (organizing individuals, activities, communications, and resources) to achieve business objectives in a timely manner for current and launch products.
Prepare and implement relevant customer activities and sales force content deployment, implementing campaigns with a consistent voice across channels.
Build professional relationships with KEEs and establish strong brand endorsement and advocacy among related therapy area.
Develop strong relationships with counterparts across global markets to identify and leverage standard processes.
Conduct robust budget planning and operational financial management.
Monitor sales and business trends to spot potential opportunities and challenges and recommending strategies and tactics to address.
Lead and complete annual business strategic and execution plans as well as other business reviews.
Uphold a best-in-class commercial mindset to establish AstraZeneca as leaders in the GI cancer therapeutic area while cultivating an inclusive high-performance environment that values and leverages diversity.
Managing an intern direct report.