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Strategic Business Development and Launch Excellence Lead

AstraZeneca is hiring a Strategic Business Development and Launch Excellence Lead. Level rates it ; you can apply on AstraZeneca.

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  • Little AI ●○○○ is how Level rates this sales role: aI is not part of the work.
  • The posting mentions business development, project management and negotiation among its tools and skills.
  • Level classes it as a senior role.
  • AstraZeneca has 1,300+ other open roles on Level.
  • Posted within the past two weeks.

AI in this role

Leads end-to-end business development partnerships and strategic product launches in the pharmaceutical market.

business-developmentproject-managementnegotiationstrategic-planninglaunch-excellencemarket-intelligence

Typical Accountabilities

Strategic Business Development Partner

  • Lead end-to-end BD activities across public and private markets, from opportunity scouting and qualification to proposal development, negotiation, and partnership or licensing agreement formalization.
  • Build and prioritize a strong opportunity pipeline aligned with therapeutic, commercial, and long-term business goals, while generating market intelligence to support portfolio and partnering decisions.
  • Drive rigorous cross-functional execution by coordinating due diligence, financial assessment, governance, and stakeholder engagement to ensure compliant, high-quality deal delivery.

Launch Excellence

  • Lead strategic product launches by coordinating cross-functional teams across medical, regulatory, market access, commercial, communications, and operations to ensure integrated execution.
  • Drive disciplined launch planning through structured processes, clear milestones, defined ownership, progress tracking, and proactive risk mitigation to ensure organizational readiness.
  • Align local and global launch strategy by adapting regional/global guidance to the Malaysia market while capturing post-launch learnings to continuously improve future launches


Qualifications and Skills

Experience in:

  • Bachelor of degree, with at least 5 years’ experience in pharma marketing and sales management position

Possess:

  • Proficient in oral and written English communication. Strong in Strategic partnership and negotiation skills.
  • Demonstrated success in launch excellence, project management, collaboration, and stakeholder influence.
  • Proven track record of high performance in cross-functional engagement, and strong business acumen.
  • Strong organizational and analytical skills, with the ability to manage complexity and demonstrate a high degree of maturity.
  • Marketing capabilities, data analytics, insight mining, collaboration, organizational ability, strategic mindset, negotiation, and project management

Key Relationship to Reach Solutions
Internal: Business Heads, Business Leadership Team, Marketing Team, Commercial Excellence, Medical, Regulatory, Finance, Compliance team

External: Marketing Services Consultants, Global Commercial Excellence Team, Business Partners, Distributors, Healthcare Professionals

Date Posted

27-Okt-2026

Closing Date

26-Nov-2026

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 authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.

How we rate this

Strategic Business Development and Launch Excellence Lead at AstraZeneca rates 0 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

  1. ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
  2. ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
  3. ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
  4. ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

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Skills and AI tools this role asks for

Business DevelopmentProject ManagementNegotiationStrategic PlanningLaunch ExcellenceMarket Intelligence

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Pay

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$139k

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Questions you could be asked

  1. Tell me about a project where business development was part of your work. What did you do?
  2. Tell me about a project where project management was part of your work. What did you do?
  3. Tell me about a project where negotiation was part of your work. What did you do?
  4. Tell me about a project where strategic planning was part of your work. What did you do?
  5. Tell me about a project where launch excellence was part of your work. What did you do?

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