Senior Manager, CVRM Communications

Senior Manager, CVRM Communications

Boston, MA

Global Corporate Affairs

Hybrid Work- on average 3 days a week from office

Do you have a passion for science and healthcare, and a love of connecting with people to tell engaging stories about how science can be turned into medicines? Then AstraZeneca might be the one for you!

CVRM

As one of our key therapy areas within the Biopharmaceuticals Business Unit (BBU), we have a commitment to advancing cardiovascular, renal and metabolic (CVRM) treatment. The immense impacts of CVRM diseases on people, society and our planet are growing, yet these diseases remain under diagnosed, under treated and their interconnections under recognized.

Our ambition is to enhance care to improve outcomes for the millions of people who are living with the complexities of CVRM diseases, to intervene early to protect vital organs, slow or stop disease progression, and one day even cure these often debilitating, progressive and life-threatening conditions.

What you’ll do

The CVRM Communications Senior Manager will support Global Corporate Affairs to help tell the story of this therapy area internally and externally, uncovering, developing and delivering opportunities to showcase product and disease area information through milestones, events and campaigns.

The role will involve working closely with peer communicators within Global Corporate Affairs department and within regions and markets around the global, as well as leaders within the CVRM organization. You will support campaigns across digital, social and traditional media to bring the key disease area and scientific development to life. The role will importantly orchestrate or support the orchestration of our internal engagement approaches and external digital strategy.

Responsibilities

• Support planning and content development for integrated internal and external communications plans to strengthen AstraZeneca’s CVRM reputation

• Drive the team coordination around our comms for quarterly results

• Keep our CVRM communication platforms up to date, including .com refreshes and core materials, as well as cascading/utilization within markets

• Identify proactive comms opportunities based on the overall CVRM strategy

• Lead our CVRM medical meeting/congress strategies and planning for effective execution at meetings around the world

• Develop a strong digital and social media strategy for strategic CVRM priorities, finding opportunities and leading on content development optimized for use across AstraZeneca channels

• Closely partner with teams across global corporate affairs including the global media relations and digital communications teams on relevant communications activities and find opportunities for engagement and collaboration

• Support the markets to effectively communicate about CVRM’s initiatives, campaigns, milestones

• Establish measures of success and implement relevant evaluation tools for KPIs across communications activities

Essential for the role

• Bachelor's Degree

• Minimum 5 years' experience in a communications role

• Experience working directly in or with the pharmaceutical industry

• Established track record of supporting impactful, content rich communications across multiple channels and stakeholders with demonstrable measures of success

• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build collaborative relationships

• Possess a sense of urgency; is self-motivated, detail oriented, with a strong ability to multi-task

• Proactive approach in resolving problems and issues

• Ability to work in a global environment including understanding of cultural differences

• Exemplary English written and verbal communications skills

• Team worker with high level of personal accountability

Desirable for the role

• Experience of working in matrix organizations across multiple teams

• Experience working with senior leaders and external stakeholders

• Entrepreneurial approach and desire to challenge the status quo

• Strong channel management, digital skills and knowledge of technology options

• Able to develop and maintain networks across business and cultural boundaries

Office Working Requirements

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.

The annual base pay for this position ranges from $124,608.80 - 186,913.20 USD. Our positions offer eligibility for various incentives—an opportunity to receive short-term incentive bonuses, equity-based awards for salaried roles and commissions for sales roles. Benefits offered include qualified retirement programs, paid time off (i.e., vacation, holiday, and leaves), as well as health, dental, and vision coverage in accordance with the terms of the applicable plans. ​

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