Business Planning Manager
Listed on 2026-09-04
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Marketing / Advertising / PR
Marketing Communications, Marketing Management, Brand Ambassadors & Brand Management -
Management
Job Description
At AstraZeneca, we turn ideas into life changing medicines. Working here means being entrepreneurial, thinkingbigand partnering with colleagues and customers to make theseemingly impossiblea reality.We'refocused on the potential of science to address the unmet needs of patients around the world!
The GCS MLR Planning Manager leads coordination ofthe Medical, Legal, and Regulatory(MLR) review process for promotionaland disease state awarenessmaterials, ensuring timely, compliant, and strategically aligned asset approval. This role fosters strong collaboration among
Marketing, Agency, Regulatory, Medical and Content Deliverypartners, oversees criticalMLRplanning for launch, congressand campaign activities, manages a team to prioritize assets and streamline review workflows, and serves as a subject matter expert on approval processes and compliance guidelines.
Core
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Leads collaborator engagement to enable effective and timely end-to-end MLR material review and approval of promotional and disease awareness assets to ensure medical accuracy and regulatory compliance
- Builds strong cross-functional relationships with key Marketing,Commercial,MLR, Agencyand Content Deliverypartners
- Champions adherence to and serves as a subject matter expertforthe
Marketing Guidethat dictates MLRapprovalprocessstandards and operating procedures - Leads Day 0
MLR Planningstrategic approach for new product andindicationlaunches,data releases and/or label updates to enablethetimelyrelease ofassetsupon label approvalaligned to the Brand strategy - Leads MLR Planning strategy approach for all other major Brand activities
- LeadsournearshoreMLRPlanning
Associateteamaligned to business-as-usualactivity, responsible for: - Leading the prioritization of assets within theMLRreview process to effectively manage reviewer capacity and align withkeybusinessobjectives
- Facilitatingthe process for managing consults,which allow those involved incontent/ asset development,to align on the Medical, Legal and Regulatoryguidancepriortosubmissionfor MLR Review and Approval
- Accomplishing the asset plan for Brand market events, e.g. congresses, data releases and label updates
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree
- 5 – 7 years of relevant professional experience, with a focus on pharmaceutical marketing operations or healthcare related agency roles
- Demonstrated success in People leadership
- Experience with managing supplier partners
- Independent self-starter withdemonstratedprogram management skillset
- Demonstrated strong oral and written communications
- Ability toeffectivelyworkin across-functional team environment
- Experience usingvariousPM platforms to plan,manageand communicate project risks /progress
- Ability to lead andinfluencewithoutformalauthority
- Demonstrated successleadingprogram management of strategic and/or business critical initiativeswithoutformalauthority
Preferred Background:
- Knowledge of theMLRprocess that ensurestimelyreviews and approval of assets that areaccurateand compliant
- Experience with Digital and Omnichannel campaigns
- Understanding of scientific and/or commercial marketplace respective tobiopharmaceuticaltherapeutic area(s)
Date Posted
01-Sep-2026
Closing Date
07-Sep-2026
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