Market Business Partner, EMEA

Market Business Partner, EMEA

Location: Lisbon, Portugal

Competitive salary and benefits apply

Join AstraZeneca, a global, science-led, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company where we champion knowledge-sharing, ambitious thinking, and innovation. We offer a collaborative culture that provides employees with the opportunity to work across teams, functions, and even the globe. Our dedication to sustainability is central to our culture and part of what makes AstraZeneca a great place to work. We are a diverse, inclusive, and innovative group who identify, build and deliver excellent shared services to enable AstraZeneca to grow and change at speed.

Accountabilities:

As the Market Business Partner, you will oversee planning processes for the EMEA Markets: UK, Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Poland and Egypt. You will foster meaningful connections and collaborative partnerships with market stakeholders and the GME solutions and operations teams to drive innovation, address customer needs, and improve engagement outcomes. You will build these key relationships to build an in-depth understanding of priorities, gaining early insight into changing market needs to ensure stakeholders gain appropriate value from GME services, capabilities, and innovation.

Essential Skills/Experience:

• Proven ability to act independently and be resourceful in your approach to problem-solving

• Strong communications, negotiation and influencing skills; ability to lead to desired outcomes

• Proficiency in MS Office tools (Word, PowerPoint and Excel) 

• Exceptional communication and presentation skills, including oral & written

• Demonstrable knowledge of global and corporate business context

• Problem-solving approach

• Experience in the Meetings and Events Industry 

• Experience using Cvent

• Have a compliance mindset with strong focus on adherence to industry guidelines, company, and market policies. 

• Fluent in English

• Ability to travel internationally by airplane, rail, and/or car, when required 5%

Desirable Skills/Experience:

• Cross-functional, Matrix organizational experience

• Experience in Pharmaceutical Industry

• Experience in training or change management

• Experience in project management, strategic planning processes and tools, change management, or training

• Fluent in English

• Conversational in Spanish and/or French, German, Italian, Polish not required but preferred

When we put diverse 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. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.

At AstraZeneca, we’re dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science, challenge convention and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. To embrace differences and take bold actions to drive the change needed to meet global healthcare and sustainability challenges.

There is no better place to make a difference in medicine, patients, and society. An inclusive culture where you will connect different thinking to generate new and valuable opportunities. Where you will find a commitment to lifelong learning, growth and development for all.

Are you ready to make a powerful difference – to patients, society and our company? Join us today and become part of our fast-growing multinational. With our ground-breaking pipeline comes a bright future – exciting opportunities and varied work. We’re on an exciting journey to pioneer the future of healthcare and reach more patients worldwide.

Apply now and unlock your potential with AstraZeneca!

AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorisation and employment eligibility verification requirements.