Senior Manager, R&D and Early Pipeline Communications

Senior Manager, R&D and Early Pipeline Communications

Boston, MA

Global Corporate Affairs

Hybrid Work- on average 3 days a week from office

At AstraZeneca (AZ), we have three therapy-focused R&D organisations who lead all our work, from discovery through to late-stage development: Oncology R&D is focused on cancer; BioPharmaceuticals R&D on Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolism (CVRM), Respiratory and Immunology, Vaccines and Immune Therapies, and opportunistically, Neuroscience; Rare Disease focused on rare diseases across multiple therapy areas. 

Our R&D groups are unified in their approach, and united in their purpose working both independently and together, with shared functions specialising in key scientific capabilities from medicinal chemistry to biometrics, patient safety to data science and artificial intelligence (AI), and clinical innovation to device technology. All of this helps us accelerate discovery and development in our efforts to bring new medicines to patients. 

The R&D Communications Senior Communications Manager will support Global Corporate Affairs to help tell the R&D story externally, uncovering, developing and delivering opportunities to showcase the great science and outstanding people we have in our teams, whilst also support key areas of the early pipeline. This will help position AstraZeneca as the best science-led organisation in the industry, building confidence in our science and pipeline, and as the partner and employer of choice. 

You will work closely with R&D scientists and Therapy Area Leads – from discovery to development, as well as Global Corporate Affairs colleagues, supporting campaigns across digital, social and traditional media to bring the science of drug discovery and development to life. The content and stories you support must resonate with a wide range of primarily external audience groups including collaborators, recruits and media.    

What you'll do

• Support planning and content development for integrated external communications plans to strengthen AstraZeneca’s reputation as a scientific leader in science, Disease Areas and technology platforms 

• Support the development of impactful and accessible scientific messaging enabling leaders and employees to communicate the impacts of our R&D clearly, consistently and comprehensively 

• Deliver global communications plans from Phase IIb through launch, including milestones, data readouts, regulatory events, congress presence, partnerships and competitive responses. 

• Support creation of compelling disease and asset narratives with clear messages and proof points; produce press releases, Q&As and materials for global and local use. 

• Identify proactive comms opportunities based on the overall R&D strategy and devise tactics that showcase the broad-reaching impacts of our science  

• Showcase and amplify scientific publications relating to R&D science and tech, and highlight and support scientists across our digital platforms 

• Develop a strong digital and social media strategy for strategic R&D priorities, finding opportunities and leading on content development optimised for use across AstraZeneca channels 

• Closely partner with teams across global corporate affairs including the global media relations and digital communications teams on relevant communications activities and find opportunities for engagement and colla