Franchise Head, Oncology at AstraZeneca

Typical Accountabilities Include:

Shaping, developing & implementing Strategy across SA

• Influences AZ direction within Oncology ensuring that the critical success factors for the brand are supported.
• Develops and translates the Global, International & MEA strategic long-term vision into a highly effective Brand plan that defines and delivers ‘value’ at local level.
• Provides expert insight and direction to ensure that all launches and line extensions are expertly managed to deliver success.
• Create innovative and highly effective strategic brand plans across the tumour types.
• Ensures operational implementation of these plans, analysing, anticipating and, where possible, shaping marketplace changes whilst identifying and maximising new growth opportunities
• Determines, agrees, and delivers upon Growth, Sales and Operational metrics, Measurements and Targets for the Brand

Leadership and Capability Development

• Inspires and leads the capability development for Sales & Marketing teams and individuals within the franchise.
• Ensures an innovative and cross-function account planning and customer engagement strategy is implemented and monitored.
• Ensures effective talent management, recruitment & succession planning.

Stakeholders’ management

• Build relationships with key internal / external stakeholders.
• Leads Brand Team, developing and following on the implementing plans for KEE development & marketing strategy implementation.
• Monitor and assess the status of implementation of the Brand strategic plans.
• Establish and maintain strong customer relationships.

Corporate responsibility:

• Maintains highest ethical standards and work in a spirit of AstraZeneca Code of Ethics, following rules & norms set by corporate policies.
• Ensures that all conducted activities are done in accordance with local legislation and corporate standards.
• Timely reports (as per respective procedures): health/environment/wellbeing-related accidents; adverse events that you became aware about; change in status of your Conflict of Interest.

Essential Skills/Experience

• Completed Master’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., business or science/Pharma).
• Minimum 10 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical industry.
• Minimum of 3 plus years of people leadership experience.
• Minimum of 4 years of Sales or Marketing Management experience in Oncology.
• Previous Oncology or Specialty Therapy Area experience.
• For AstraZeneca internal applicants, at least one year in the most recent position.
• Strong performance track record.