AstraZeneca

Director, Hematology Marketing

AstraZeneca Gaithersburg, MD

Join us at AstraZeneca as the Director of Hematology Marketing, a key role in our Oncology Business Unit. You will be responsible for the HCP marketing of CALQUENCE, a cornerstone brand in our Hematology Franchise. This role is based at our Gaithersburg, MD campus and offers the opportunity to transform the lives of people living with cancer by leading in patient experience and care.

About Gaithersburg

Our Gaithersburg, Maryland facility crafts life-changing medicines for people around the world. This campus employs more than 3,500 specialists in our field and is only a short drive from Washington, DC. This modern and vibrant scientific campus is the home of R&D and Oncology in the US. Here, we play host to some of the most groundbreaking technology and lab spaces, all crafted to encourage collaboration and cross-functional science. We believe employees benefit from being challenged and encouraged at work. We are dedicated to encouraging a culture of inclusion and collaboration.

The Gaithersburg site offers various amenities to help boost efficiency and help keep our employees happy and healthy. This includes a fitness center, employee healthcare clinic, electric vehicle charging stations, dry cleaning, full-service cafeteria, and copy center. This is where you’ll find newly-designed, activity-based workspaces to suit a variety of working styles while strengthening collaboration between teams.

Accountabilities:

As the Director, you will develop and implement a robust commercial strategy for CALQUENCE in CLL and MCL. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional groups for the development and implementation of strategic and execution plans. You will also represent the brand at a national and regional level in key field force interactions. Your role will involve optimizing marketing DBE spending across indications and leading partnership efforts with Global leaders to define life-cycle priorities.

Essential Skills/Experience:


  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field
  • A minimum of 8 years of experience in brand strategy with a minimum of 3 years in oncology brand management
  • A minimum of 3 years of experience in a US Market
  • A minimum of 3 years of experience in one or more of the following: managed markets, brand marketing, brand strategy, and/or oncology sales
  • Experience with marketing in the pharmaceutical and/or healthcare industry
  • Validated ability to lead sophisticated projects in a matrixed environment with a global team
  • Strong business acumen
  • Prior in-line HCP marketing experience
  • Launch Experience
  • AOR Management


Preferred Experience:


  • Hematology U.S. Oncology experience is highly preferred
  • Understanding of landscape including Community oncology and Hospital oncology dynamics
  • Knowledgeable of customer segments and impact on the Oncology Ecosystem including but not limited to GPOs, Payer landscape, Specialty Pharmacy partners
  • In-depth Marketing experience
  • Experience across multiple promotional channels
  • Exhibit a high degree of clinical competence and some financial competence


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.

At AstraZeneca, we are driven by an entrepreneurial spirit, enabling us to proactively take initiatives, speak up and see first-hand the difference we've made. We are trusted and empowered to be creative, solving problems by taking risks with science as our guardrail. We embrace continuous change and improvement, encouraged to think differently and develop game changing ideas. We believe in co-creation, harnessing our diverse strengths and sharing best practice to build the future of our business and industry, together.

Ready to make your mark? Apply today and join us in transforming the lives of patients living with cancer across the world!
  • Seniority level

    Mid-Senior level
  • Employment type

    Full-time
  • Job function

    Marketing and Sales
  • Industries

    Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

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