Brand Manager Respiratory & Immunology

AstraZeneca Nordic Marketing Company

Hays Life Sciences is now looking to recruit a Brand Manager to focus on the Respiratory & Immunology within the AstraZeneca Nordic Marketing Company for an initial 4-month contract assignment working May-June and August to September at AstraZeneca in Södertälje.

Temporary position: May-June, Aug-Sep (4 months to begin with)

Respiratory & Immunology is a focus area for AstraZeneca with exciting career opportunities. To achieve our ambition, we are currently looking for a temporary Brand Manager within our Respiratory & Immunology franchise who will play an important role in the launch and execution of our respiratory and immunology product portfolio.

The role
As a Brand Manager, you will join the Respiratory & Immunology Franchise team. You will develop and implement the brand/franchise strategies based on insights into key partners' and patients' needs & perceptions. The position is based in Sweden.

What you will do

* Support launch and brand planning in collaboration with cross-functional colleagues & teams and ensure our strategy is built on robust and impactful insights
* Develop & implement Nordic and local communication campaigns and materials based on Global proposals and Nordic prioritizations, in partnership with external agencies
* Drive patient support projects and initiatives, based on strategies for the brand
* Develop omni-channel approach to ensure effective implementation of engagement and communication strategies
* Work closely with field team to gain customer insights and analyze performance data and market research to gain further insights to drive strategic and implementation activities
* Lead and plan internal events including training of customer facing teams on marketing strategy and materials
* Ensure tasks are of accurate quality and in accordance with written procedures, current legal and compliance requirements and internal standards

We are looking for you who holds a bachelor's degree or equivalent in Marketing/Finance/ Science or Pharmacy. Experience within respiratory and immunology is meriting but experience from other therapy areas such as gastroenterology and cardiovascular is also an advantage.

Essential requirements

* 3+ years of pharma marketing and sales experience in a Swedish or Nordic role
* Experience of Brand Management and Strategic Business planning
* Validated strong sense for strategic planning and execution including digital and omni-channel communication
* Commercial innovation mindset with an ability and track-record of developing, shaping and executing impactful partner focused activities
* Confirmed project leading skills and ability to coordinate, align and engage cross-functional team to drive activities
* Proven track record of critical thinking, judgment and generating value
* A strong patient-centric mentality
* Strong collaboration and mutual partnership capabilities
* Strong personal drive, quick learner and results oriented
* Good knowledge in market ethical rules as well as of local healthcare & payor systems
* Excellent communication and presentation skills, be fluent in both written and spoken Swedish as well as proficient in English

Why AstraZeneca
At AstraZeneca, we turn ideas into life changing medicines and strive to continuously meet the unmet needs of patients worldwide. Working here means being entrepreneurial, thinking big and working together to make the impossible a reality.

If you are swift to action, confident to lead, willing to collaborate, and curious about what science can do, then you're our kind of person. Join us on our journey of building a new kind of organization to reset expectations of what a bio-pharmaceutical company can be.

Are you ready to bring new ideas and fresh thinking to the table? Brilliant!