Media Relations & External Communications Manager Sweden

Are you longing for the chance to make a real difference? Are you also ambitious, curious and interested in taking the next step in your media relations and external communications career? Then your future starts with us!



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.



This role can be based either at our Södertälje site, which is one of the world's largest pharmaceutical manufacturing units or at our Gothenburg Research & Development site, one of AstraZeneca's three strategical R&D hubs. At either location, you would enjoy a vibrant workplace surrounded by outstanding life science expertise and fantastic virtual solutions to support work from home when needed during the pandemic. All in an international environment with encouraging leadership.



The Team

You would join the Global Corporate Affairs team reporting to the Director Corporate External Communications in Sweden. The team is working closely together with a wide range of colleagues across Sweden and internationally. This is a critical corporate communications role that would suit a results-oriented candidate who enjoys a fast-paced, dynamic environment, and who has proven experience in corporate media relations and corporate communications or equivalent media background.



Main Duties and Responsibilities

The Media Relations and External Communications Manager will mainly collaborate closely with Swedish media, but will also support our Nordic team.



Working cross-functionally, you will take part in identifying media opportunities and spokespersons on all levels of the company, develop relevant background and briefing materials, as well as handling reactive media inquiries. Responsibilities also consist of developing content for social media and web, external presentation material and include monitoring Swedish and Nordic media and social media, preparing coverage reports and translations.



An important aspect of the job is to manage a large volume of corporate news announcements that are the result of AstraZeneca's significant progress in rebuilding its pipeline and continuing our growth journey.



Essential Requirements

You must have a University degree or similar, preferably within journalism, communication and/or business administration or equivalent. Ideally, you have also worked in a newsroom for some time. You have complete professional proficiency in Swedish and English, any additional languages will be considered an asset, as well as your sharp writing skills will be essential for succeeding in this role.



The ideal candidate must be able to gain the trust and respect of journalists and among colleagues at AstraZeneca - including with senior leaders, who will rely on you and the team's advice and guidance on media-related and external communications matters. The candidate should be equally at home in working on pro- and reactively stories, but also in finding new ways and channels of telling them in a constantly evolving media landscape.



In this is a collaborative role, we see a communicative and great teammate. To succeed and thrive in this position, specific knowledge about the media landscape and general knowledge of the Swedish business environment will be required.



We are looking for someone who has the ability to become even more focused and calm as tasks increase and time shrinks, and someone who enjoys an accelerated work tempo at times outside of normal working hours.



Desirable Requirements

At AstraZeneca, we are champions of diversity and inclusion and we are building a culture of life-long learning and development. As such, we are very curious about any skills and/or experiences you can bring to the table that we may not have thought about ourselves!



Why AstraZeneca

When we at AstraZeneca see the chance to change, we take this opportunity - because every opportunity, no matter how small, can be the beginning of something big. Delivering medicine that changes people's lives is about having an entrepreneurial spirit - finding moments and understanding its potential.



To get a feel for the great working environment at our Swedish sites, please watch the testimonials "A life-changing day" by following this link: https://bit.ly/2TioMxP



Are you ready to bring new ideas and fresh thinking to the table? Fantastic! We have one seat available and we hope it's yours.



If you are curious to learn more about the position, please contact Christina Malmberg Hägerstrand +46 (0)72 855 93 29.

Welcome with your application no later than March 14, 2021.