US Associate Director, Marketing Capabilities

Do you have expertise in, and passion for Learning Trainingand Marketing? Would you like to apply your expertise to impact how we onboard, develop  and embed marketing principles in a company that follows the science and turns ideas into life changing medicines? 

At AstraZeneca, we turn ideas into life changing medicines. Working here means being entrepreneurial, thinking big and working together to make the impossible a reality. We’re focused on the potential of science to address the unmet needs of patients around the world. We commit to those areas where we think we can really change the course of medicine and bring big new ideas to life. As the USA Associate Director of Oncology Marketing Capability  Training, you’ll play a pivotal role in channelling our marketing capabilities to make a positive impact on changing patients’ lives while aspiring to eliminate cancer as a cause of death. in the country. 

Candidates must be able to be in the Gaithersburg office a minimum of 3 days per week.  20% travel in the United States is expected of this role. 

What you’ll do

The USA Associate Director of Marketing  Capability Training is responsible for the development and deployment of a learning training and development programme  to support the principles critical for marketing. The incumbent will collaborate closely with his/her counterparts across a variety of functions within the  USAOncology Business Unit to align learning training programmes with the strategic direction of the business unit . The role is intended to embed marketing principles across both new hire and continuous learning points of time in USA marketing functions.  The Associate Director is expected to develop a consistent service delivery that is evident in all learning and development assets identified and created. 

As the Associate Director of Marketing Capability Training, you’ll be joining a high performing, intensely collaborative and award winning team.  The Oncology Learning & Capability Development (OL&CD) team is responsible forall commercial clinical, sales, marketing, specialized role and leadership learning globally.  We believe learning is a lifelong practice, striving for sustainable skill & capability development instead of one time events.  Joining OL&CD will give you exposure to all aspects of the commercial business and the partners with whom we work.  We believe in not only supporting the development goals of our learners, but of ourselves.  We commit to upskilling our team and supporting the career growth of all OL&CD colleagues.

This role will report to the Head of Management Development (based in Gaithersburg) with a dotted line to the Head of Capability Development (based in the UK).  

Core Responsibilities:

• Collaborates with the global marketing capability team to embed global marketing capability framework 

• Collaborates with internal leaders to understand current and future learning needs in order to develop short and longer terms specialized training programmes for Marketing personnel 

• Develop a scalable training programme that meets both onboarding and continuous learning training to support key marketing principles 

• Leads the identification, deployment, and promotion of the most effective and innovative practices connected with marketing principles and practice

• Ensures  evaluationof  program metrics as a means of determininglearning training impact in areas for growth and of success 

• Drives  a customer-focused and performance-driven culture that supports innovation, simplification, measurement, and excellence in learning development and delivery 

• Creates synergies between teams to create cost savings collaboration and to avoid duplication of efforts.   

HIGHLIGHT THE SKILLS AND CAPABILITIES NEEDED

Essential for the role

• Minimum of 5 years of Pharmaceutical Marketing Experience 

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent required

• Experience working in global markets, pharmaceutical product launch and strategic marketing 

• Current digital experience and digital trends knowledge

• Skilled in facilitation.  Comfortable on stage as well as on camera during virtual engagements 

• Ability to effectively lead in a cross-functional and virtual team environment, providing direction and guidance to team members with varied and complementary responsibilities

• Skilled in stakeholder management, demonstrating a consultative approach when partnering with decision makers

• Dedicated to creating a positive, collaborative culture

Desirable for the role

• 3 years of Oncology experience

• Minimum of 3 years of corporate Learning & Development Training Experience, consulting and/or other specialized role preferred

• Knowledge of instructional systems design

Why AstraZeneca?

At AstraZeneca when we see an opportunity for change, we seize it and make it happen, because any opportunity no matter how small, can be the start of something big. Delivering life-changing medicines is about being entrepreneurial - finding those moments and recognising their potential. Join us on our journey of building a new kind of organisation to reset expectations of what a bio-pharmaceutical company can be. This means we’re opening new ways to work, pioneering cutting edge methods and bringing unexpected teams together. Interested? Come and join our journey. 

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