Regional Business Manager – Respiratory - North East

Regional Business Manager – North East

Respiratory & Immunology

Competitive Salary & Benefits

Are you ready to make a significant impact in the healthcare ecosystem?

As a Regional Business Manager, you’ll play a pivotal role in channelling our scientific capabilities to make a positive impact on changing patients’ lives. Collaborating with the Regional Business Director and Regional Healthcare Manager, you'll define the optimal resource mix to achieve business goals and ensure operational excellence in implementing regional and local health economy account plans. Your role will also involve supporting the development and implementation of regional access and driving clinical practice change programs, ensuring their impact on AstraZeneca and the healthcare system.

Key Accountabilities

• Delivery of regional sales targets
• Accountable regional budget management, leading the effective deployment of resources
• Coaches and develops team through setting high-performance culture
• Pro-actively shares relevant local insight within the Regional Business Directorate, shaping local solutions
• Develops their own and the teams KEE’s relationships and establishes strong prescribing advocacy
• Champions, builds & demonstrates outstanding selling and account management skills at all levels in the AZ X-F team
• Finds opportunities for B2B selling and practice change at scale
• Ensure team’s compliance of AZ governance framework and ABPI Code of Practice

Essential Skills/Experience:

• Able to demonstrate effective leadership and cross functional coordination to implement overall brand strategies at an account level
• Previous performance management experience and evidence of coaching impact
• Accountable for your own actions and results as well as your team’s
• Will bring pace, energy and an outcome and solutions focused mindset in driving objectives and team activities
• Proven ability to build effective partnerships that drive business outcomes through expert understanding & experience of engaging with the NHS
• Business qualification or educated to degree level
• ABPI qualified
• Full driving license

Desirable Skills/Experience:

• Experience of working in the respiratory therapy area
• Cross functional leadership experience
• Experience of working in the North East of England

Why AstraZeneca?

At AstraZeneca, we are driven by our mission to bring life-saving medicines to patients worldwide. Our dedication to decreasing global mortality rates is unwavering, as we continuously spot scientifically led commercial opportunities and act swiftly to operationalize and scale them. We thrive on energy and pace, fostering an environment where innovation and experimentation are encouraged. With a fusion of scientific knowledge and commercial acumen, we see opportunities to make a meaningful impact at every step of the patient journey. Join us in shaping the future of BioPharmaceuticals, where your contributions will help redefine healthcare solutions for patients.

At AstraZeneca UK, we are committed to delivering against three missions:

• Accelerating the position of the UK as a global centre of excellence in life sciences
• Redefining healthcare through fast and equitable access to the most effective medicines, high quality care
• Delivering sustainable leadership that prioritises healthy people, society and planet

Our head office in Pancras Square offers us the strongest possible platform to transform the lives of patients, as the country’s leading biopharmaceutical company. It brings AstraZeneca UK closer to our customers, partners and collaborators in the UK’s healthcare environment, as well as develop greater collaboration with the wider AstraZeneca footprint.

Ready to make your mark? Apply now!

Where can I find out more?

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Date Posted

23-Jun-2026

Closing Date

30-Jun-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.

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.