Global Marketing Excellence Leader: Capability & AI

AstraZeneca; Barcelona; Hybrid; EUR 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

AstraZeneca in Barcelona, Spain, seeks a senior leader to shape Global Marketing Excellence and drive capability programs across the Biopharmaceuticals Business Unit. You will design learning pathways, nurture communities of practice and align capability initiatives with business priorities.

Reporting to the Senior Director, you will build strong relationships with global teams, lead flagship programmes such as the Commercial Leadership Academy and help shape the future of strategic planning, AI

Qualifications

• Significant experience in pharmaceutical commercial, marketing or business excellence.
• Experience across market, regional and/or global organisations.
• Proven track record in capability building, organisational development or commercial excellence.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Experience leading complex cross-functional programmes.
• Strong communication, facilitation and presentation skills.
• Experience developing and delivering learning, capability or leadership programmes.
• Understanding of strategic planning, marketing excellence and organisational change.
• Passion for innovation, digital transformation and AI-enabled ways of working.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the visible face of Global Marketing Excellence across the BBU.
• Build strong partnerships with global teams, regions and markets to understand capability needs and business priorities.
• Lead the Global Marketing Excellence capability strategy and roadmap.
• Oversee marketer onboarding, capability programmes and learning pathways.
• Lead flagship programmes including the Commercial Leadership Academy.
• Establish and maintain communities, faculty networks and capability champions.
• Support the evolution of strategic planning capabilities and ways of working.
• Accelerate digital fluency and AI adoption across the organisation.
• Measure programme impact and continuously improve the capability portfolio.
• Partner with Launch Excellence, Strategic Planning and Digital Excellence colleagues to deliver an integrated excellence agenda.

Skills

Pharma marketing

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder management

Strategic planning

Capability development

Digital transformation

AI adoption

Communication skills

Job description

AstraZeneca in Barcelona, Spain, seeks a senior leader to shape Global Marketing Excellence and drive capability programs across the Biopharmaceuticals Business Unit. You will design learning pathways, nurture communities of practice and align capability initiatives with business priorities.

Reporting to the Senior Director, you will build strong relationships with global teams, lead flagship programmes such as the Commercial Leadership Academy and help shape the future of strategic planning, AI