Commercial, Marketing & Market Access, Graduate Programme

It's time to be more. 

You'll get to do things differently with us. Nothing will stand in your way in challenging science to do more. You'll discover your determination to deliver cutting edge-technology to the world and get more medicines to more patients more quickly. Disruption is seen as a positive here - your courage and curiosity, your entrepreneurial spirit and fearless creativity will have the freedom to achieve more than you ever thought possible. 

And you'll feel unashamedly proud of the part you play in making life more bearable for patients with chronic illness and more hopeful for those fighting aggressive cancers. 

We play to win. Against cancer, diabetes, heart disease, asthma and more. You'll be blown away by the difference you can make to millions.

This is a 2-year programme during which you'll have the opportunity to rotate into at least threedifferent AstraZeneca UK functions (Marketing, Market Access, Business Innovation, Sales, or External Engagement). Each placement is designed to give you extraordinary insight into our business, and you could be working on:

Marketing

• Build and develop multi-format, engaging content in line with the brand plan strategy using key insights from customers

• Work cross functionally to execute a brand plan and monitor impact of the campaign through insights

• Build customer personas and their experience maps to develop an engagement strategy and plan

Market Access

• Supporting with a Health Technology Appraisals to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) or Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) to help secure patient access to and funding of medicines by the NHS

• Planning and execution of market access strategies to help drive appropriate use of approved to medicines and maximise patient benefit

• Independent research on topics such as the impact of COVID and Brexit on patient access to medicines

• Health economic / budget impact modelling to quantify the financial implications of introducing medicines into the NHS

Business Innovation

• Sourcing and working with data to derive, analytics and insights that help to direct AstraZeneca UK strategies and activities

• Supporting Digital and Innovation projects to enhance customer engagement in AstraZeneca UK

• Supporting capability building and training to ensure launch readiness

• Working with Business Planning to coordinate AstraZeneca UK programmes

Sales

• Form relationships with customer base to increase prescribing of AstraZeneca brands through impactful clinical selling and influencing

• Use detailed analysis to identify and evaluate opportunities to drive practice change

• Work as a member of the account team to develop and implement effective account plans, achieve account objectives and important metrics through effective project management and collaboration

External Engagement

• Work as a member of the account team to develop and implement effective account plans, achieve account objectives and important metrics through effective project management and collaboration

• Delivery of AstraZeneca UK’s alignment with external stakeholders

• Gathering business insights, creating relationships, developing negotiation skills, and working on sponsorship opportunities

• Understanding and learning about compliance and process delivery

• Project management and the opportunity to help to stage AstraZeneca UK’s presence at major medical congresses

• Develop digital content to support brand strategic plan delivery

As a member of the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI), all of our sales, marketing and communications activities are subject to the ABPI Code of Practice, and you will start on your ABPI qualification as soon as you join us. Meanwhile our programme will provide you with the breadth of experience within the commercial business of a biopharmaceutical organisation to set you up for success in your career.

Essential Requirements

• A degree (minimum 2.1) in a scientific (e.g. medical science) or business/economic subject area (e.g. health economics), either at an undergraduate (BSc) or postgraduate (Masters) level

• Strong verbal and written communication skills to effectively communicate material through presentations and reports

• Ability to work independently but also establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers

• Basic skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

• Eager to learn more about the pharmaceutical environment in the UK