AstraZeneca

AstraZeneca

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Brand Manager – Breast Cancer Franchise

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Posted Oct 23, 2026

Role at a glance

Job function
Marketing & Communications Brand Marketing
Salary
Not Disclosed
Location
London, United Kingdom
Work arrangement
Hybrid
Employment
Full-time
Experience
Significant pharmaceutical commercial experience in Oncology, including successful product launches, with a strong performance track record.
Education
Degree-level qualification in a scientific, life-sciences, business, marketing, or related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.

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Role Summary

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Brand Manager role in the UK Oncology Business Unit Breast Cancer team, focused on small molecule in-line brands. The role develops localised brand plans and portfolio strategies, manages asset approval and compliance, and builds partnerships across Sales, Medical, and Diagnostics.

What You'll Do

  • Develop localised brand plans for in-market indications and portfolio synergies and strategies
  • Use insights to drive tactical ideation and deliver engaging, compliant tactics across channels
  • Manage the asset approval and compliance process with cross-functional partners
  • Engage externally with key stakeholders, influencers, and decision-makers
  • Use insights and performance data to optimise the impact of tactical execution
  • Build partnerships across Sales, Medical, Diagnostics, and other cross-functional teams

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Qualifications

Degree-level qualification or equivalent relevant experience, plus significant oncology pharmaceutical commercial experience and cross-functional leadership skills.

Required

  • Significant pharmaceutical commercial experience in Oncology, including successful product launches, with a strong performance track record
  • Proven ability to use customer and field insights to identify barriers and opportunities and develop integrated brand strategies and...
  • Strong marketing capabilities and commercial acumen, including developing and orchestrating integrated multichannel customer engagement...
  • Proven ability to lead and influence cross-functional teams in a complex matrix environment
  • Experience owning and managing brand budgets and agency partners, including resource allocation and return on investment
  • Degree-level qualification in a scientific, life-sciences, business, marketing, or related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience

Preferred

  • Strong knowledge of the UK market and the NHS environment
  • Breast cancer oncology experience
  • Good understanding of pharmaceutical governance and the ABPI Code of Practice, with experience delivering compliant omnichannel activities

Original job description

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Brand Manager – Breast Cancer Franchise

Location: St Pancras London UK

Salary: Competitive + Excellent Benefits

 

The UK Oncology Business Unit (OBU) Breast Cancer team is seeking a strategic, driven, and collaborative Brand Manager focused on small molecule in-line brands to play a key role in our portfolio. You will work cross‑functionally to develop data‑ and insight‑driven, prioritised brand strategies and deliver innovative operational plans that achieve business and patient outcomes. This role covers priority brands/indications within a highly competitive market. Our high‑performance, high‑energy culture enables agile, insight‑driven work and best‑in‑class customer engagement that makes a real difference for patients living with Breast cancer.

 

Accountabilities:

Your role will involve the development of localised brand plans for in-market indications, as well as thinking about portfolio synergies and strategies. You will use insights to drive tactical ideation to deliver engaging, compliant tactics across channels. You will manage the asset approval and compliance process with cross-functional partners and engage externally with key stakeholders, influencers, and decision-makers. You will use insights and performance data to optimise impact of tactical execution. You will build strong partnerships across Sales, Medical, Diagnostics, and other cross-functional teams to deliver integrated and customer-centric engagement strategies.

 

Essential Skills/Experience:

  • Significant pharmaceutical commercial experience in Oncology, including successful product launches, with a strong performance track record.
  • Proven ability to use customer, and field insights to identify barriers and opportunities, and leverage insights to develop integrated brand strategies and operation plans
  • Strong marketing capabilities and commercial acumen, with demonstrated experience in developing and orchestrating integrated multichannel customer engagement campaigns that translate brand strategy into measurable business outcomes.
  • Proven ability to lead and influence cross-functional teams, aligning diverse stakeholders behind shared priorities and delivering business results in a complex matrix environment.
  • Experience owning and managing brand budgets and agency partners, ensuring effective resource allocation, value for money and measurable return on investment.
  • Degree-level qualification in a scientific, life-sciences, business, marketing, or related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.

Desirable Skills/Experience:

  • Strong knowledge of the UK market and the NHS environment
  • Breast cancer Oncology experience
  • Good understanding of pharmaceutical governance and the ABPI Code of Practice, with experience delivering compliant omnichannel activities and engaging appropriately with healthcare professionals and other external stakeholders. 

 

 

Why AstraZeneca?

We’re all here to make an impact – to achieve our bold ambition of eliminating cancer as a cause of death. In the Oncology Business Unit (OBU), we relentlessly follow the science, challenging the status quo to deliver more effective treatments to patients in need. Our commitment means we purposefully push back the limits of knowledge to change the practice of medicine. To ensure no patient is left behind, no matter what stage of disease. We are brave disruptors – entrepreneurial, courageous and pioneering in our approach. Here you have the opportunity to step up, take personal accountability and lead changes in our ever-evolving environment.

 

At AstraZeneca we’re dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. There’s no better place to make a difference to medicine, patients and society. An inclusive culture that champions diversity and collaboration, and always committed to lifelong learning, growth and development. We’re on an exciting journey to pioneer the future of healthcare!

 

If you ready to transform the lives of people living with cancer by leading in patient experience and care join us now! Together we can make this the greatest decade ever in the fight against cancer.

 

Where can I find out more?

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 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.

 

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Date Posted

23-Oct-2026

Closing Date

06-Nov-2026

Our mission is to build an inclusive and equitable environment. We want people to feel they belong at AstraZeneca and Alexion, starting with our recruitment process. We welcome and consider applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of characteristics. We offer reasonable adjustments/accommodations to help all candidates to perform at their best. If you have a need for any adjustments/accommodations, please complete the section in the application form.
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About the company

AstraZeneca

Large Enterprise

AstraZeneca is a global biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the research, development, and commercialization of innovative medicines. Headquartered in Cambridge, UK, the company focuses on areas such as oncology, cardiovascular, renal, metabolism, and respiratory diseases, striving to deliver life-changing treatments to patients. With a strong commitment to scientific excellence and collaboration, AstraZeneca invests in cutting-edge technologies and partnerships to drive advancements in healthcare. The company is also committed to sustainability and corporate responsibility, aiming to make a positive impact on communities worldwide.