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In this role, you connect science to market by ensuring every promotional and disease awareness asset is accurate, compliant and on time-so healthcare professionals and patients receive the right information at the right moment.\nYou will join a global team that powers launches and major brand landmarks by simplifying processes, using data to guide decisions and bringing diverse experts together to move fast without compromising standards. Can you align brand priorities with reviewer capacity to hit critical dates without sacrificing compliance or quality?\nYour impact will be visible from day one: you will lead Day 0 planning for new products and indications, shape the MLR strategy for congresses and campaigns, and coach a team that keeps reviews flowing smoothly. Ultimately, your leadership will help transform innovative science into clear, compliant communications that advance patient care and build our brands.\nAccountabilities:\nEnd-to-End MLR Orchestration: Lead and coordinate timely review and approval of promotional and disease awareness materials, ensuring medical accuracy and regulatory compliance that enables assets to launch on schedule.\nStakeholder Leadership: Build strong, proactive partnerships across Marketing, Medical, Legal, Regulatory, Agency and Content Delivery teams to align on brand priorities, resolve issues early and maintain momentum.\nStandards and Governance: Champion adherence to our Marketing Guide, acting as a subject matter expert on approval processes and compliance guidelines; coach teams on what “good” looks like to reduce rework and cycle time.\nDay 0 Launch Readiness: Define and implement the MLR planning strategy for new product and indication launches, data releases and label updates to ensure assets are ready for immediate deployment upon approval, aligned to brand strategy.\nCampaigns and Events: Set the MLR planning approach for congresses and other major brand activities; translate event objectives into a prioritized asset plan that manages reviewer capacity and protects critical path timelines.\nTeam Leadership and Capacity Management: Lead an MLR Planning Associate team responsible for prioritizing assets, balancing reviewer workload, and maintaining visibility of progress and risks across portfolios.\nConsult Process Enablement: Facilitate pre-MLR consults so content owners and reviewers align on guidance upfront, decreasing late-stage changes and improving first-pass approval rates.\nRisk Management and Communication: Use PM platforms to track achievements, surface risks and communicate status clearly to partners; drive decisions that safeguard timelines and compliance.\nContinuous Improvement: Analyze review cycle data to identify bottlenecks, refine operating mechanisms and scale best practices that make the process more efficient and predictable across brands.\nEssential Skills/Experience\nBachelor's degree\n5 - 7 years of relevant professional experience, with a focus on pharmaceutical marketing operations or healthcare related agency roles\nDemonstrated success in People leadership\nExperience with managing supplier partners\nIndependent self-starter with demonstrated program management skillset\nDemonstrated strong oral and written communications\nAbility to effectively work in a cross-functional team environment\nExperience using various PM platforms to plan, manage and communicate project risks / progress\nAbility to lead and influence without formal authority\nDemonstrated success leading program management of strategic and/or business critical initiatives without formal authority\nDesirable Skills/Experience:\nKnowledge of the MLR process that ensures timely reviews and approval of assets that are accurate and compliant\nExperience with Digital and Omnichannel campaigns\nUnderstanding of scientific and/or commercial marketplace respective to biopharmaceutical therapeutic area(s)\nThe annual base pay for this position ranges from $151,081 to $226,662. Our positions offer eligibility for various incentives-an opportunity to receive short-term incentive bonuses, equity-based awards for salaried roles and commissions for sales roles. Benefits offered include qualified retirement programs, paid time off (i.e., vacation, holiday, and leaves), as well as health, dental, and vision coverage in accordance with the terms of the applicable plans.\nWhen 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.\nWhy AstraZeneca\nHere, your expertise turns transformative science into market-ready communications that benefit patients worldwide. You will work with talented colleagues across disciplines, using modern tools, automation and data to simplify processes and speed decisions. We bring diverse perspectives together to solve tough problems, value kindness alongside ambition, and back bold ideas with practical support-so you can lead complex launches, refine how we work and see the real-world impact of your decisions.\nStep into this pivotal role and lead the engine that converts science into timely, compliant communications that shape brands and improve patient outcomes!\nDate Posted\n09-Nov-2026Closing Date\n12-Nov-2026Our mission is to build an inclusive environment where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and employees. 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