Patient Advocacy Manager (RD)

At AstraZeneca, we recognize that patients should be at the center of everything we do in specific and measurable ways, from discovery science through prevention, awareness, diagnosis, and treatment. We are evolving our ways of working to address the current and future needs of patients, so we are better able to help answer those needs.

We are currently recruiting for a Patient advocacy manager to support our company’s commitment to working closely with patients and patient groups to understand how disease impacts daily living, enrich our understanding of the healthcare environment, and meet the needs of people living with chronical conditions.

This role is critical to support AstraZeneca’s commitment to the patient advocacy community and the work we do to advance patient awareness and engagement in their healthcare journey, reform healthcare policies and ensure access to earlier diagnosis and most appropriate care of chronical diseases.

What you’ll do

As a Patient advocacy manager, you will be responsible for supporting communications with PAGs and internally with cross-functional team, coordinate external event activities and projects. Reporting to the Patient advocacy Lead you will:

• Proactively manage our patient advocacy group relationships with our advocacy partners: maintain two-way dialogue with patient advocacy groups to understand and identify specific unmet needs, represent AstraZeneca voice to the community.
• Working as part of cross-functional teams, define and implement multi-year initiatives and programs that engage and align patient groups in support of patient education, engagement and reform of health system policies that improve patients’ access to timely and appropriate treatment.

• Serve as a center of excellence for the Patient Advocacy function. Provide expert counsel to colleagues.
• Deliver impactful disease awareness campaigns and external events across a range of therapy areas aligned to strategic aims.
• Prepare presentations and positions papers to increase and strength Patient Advocacy impact inside AstraZeneca.
• Handle reconciliation reports and other metrics identified for planned and ad-hoc funding to partners.
• Coordinate sponsorship and donation requests.
• Responsible for document management and monitoring process
• Ensure compliance across all functions
• Maintain the highest standards of patient care, focusing on ethical conduct and company values.
• Undergo training and keep teams up to date on both internal and external policies and best practices to ensure appropriate interactions with patient organizations and independent patient advocates.
• Additional duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Experience and Capabilities

• Understanding of patient advocacy groups aims and objectives.
• Knowledge of the national political and health context
• Proven track record of delivering impactful campaigns and events involving patients and patient groups.
• Business acumen and an understanding of the aims and objectives of the pharmaceutical industry
• Excellent written skills, including enhanced presentation skills.
• Management skills: ability to coordinate project teams involving cross-functional interaction and interaction with vendors and external stakeholders
• Problem solving – ability to resolve conflict and deal with a wide range of complex problems independently
• High ethical standards and an appreciation of local compliance requirements
• Upper intermediate English