Business Planning Manager

AstraZeneca GmbH; Wilmington (DE); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

AstraZeneca GmbH in the United States is seeking a GCS MLR Planning Manager to coordinate the Medical, Legal, and Regulatory review of promotional and disease-awareness materials. This role ensures timely, compliant asset approval and partners closely with Marketing, Agency, Regulatory, Medical and Content Delivery teams.

You will lead Day 0 MLR planning for launches and major brand activities, manage a team, and drive streamlined review workflows while ensuring adherence to compliance

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 5–7 years in pharmaceutical marketing operations or healthcare agency roles.
• Demonstrated success in people leadership.
• Experience managing supplier partners.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to work across functional teams.
• Experience with PM platforms to plan, manage and communicate risks/progress.
• Ability to lead and influence without formal authority.
• Experience leading strategic programs.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end MLR material review and approval for promotional and disease-awareness assets.
• Build cross-functional relationships with Marketing, Commercial, MLR, Agency and Content Delivery.
• Champion adherence to Marketing guidelines for MLR standards and procedures.
• Lead Day 0 MLR planning for launches, data releases and label updates.
• Manage MLR planning for other major Brand activities.
• Lead nearshore MLR Planning team aligned to BAU and prioritize assets.
• Facilitate consults for Medical, Legal and Regulatory guidance pre-submission.
• Develop asset plans for congresses, data releases and label updates.

Skills

People leadership

Program management

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Independent self-starter

Influence without authority

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Job Description

At AstraZeneca, we turn ideas into life changing medicines. Working here means being entrepreneurial, thinkingbigand partnering with colleagues and customers to make theseemingly impossiblea reality.We'refocused on the potential of science to address the unmet needs of patients around the world!

The GCS MLR Planning Manager leads coordination ofthe Medical, Legal, and Regulatory(MLR) review process for promotionaland disease state awarenessmaterials, ensuringtimely, compliant, and strategically aligned asset approval. This role fosters strong collaboration amongMarketing, Agency, Regulatory, Medical and Content Deliverypartners, oversees criticalMLRplanning for launch, congressand campaign activities, manages a team to prioritize assets and streamline review workflows, and serves as a subject matter expert on approval processes and compliance guidelines.

Core Duties and Responsibilities:

• Leads collaborator engagement to enable effective and timely end-to-end MLR material review and approval of promotional and disease awareness assets to ensure medical accuracy and regulatory compliance
• Builds strongcross-functionalrelationships with keyMarketing,Commercial,MLR, AgencyandContentDeliverypartners
• Champions adherenceto and serves as a subject matter expertfortheMarketing Guidethat dictates MLRapprovalprocessstandards andoperating procedures
• Leads Day 0MLR Planningstrategic approachfor new product andindicationlaunches,data releasesand/or label updates to enablethetimelyrelease ofassetsupon label approvalaligned to theBrand strategy
• Leads MLR Planning strategy approach for all other major Brand activities
• LeadsournearshoreMLRPlanningAssociateteamaligned tobusiness-as-usualactivity, responsible for:
• Leadingthe prioritizationof assets within theMLRreview process to effectively manage reviewer capacity and align withkeybusinessobjectives
• Facilitatingthe process for managing consults,which allow those involved incontent/ asset development,to align on the Medical, Legal and Regulatoryguidancepriortosubmissionfor MLR Review and Approval
• Accomplishing the asset plan for Brand market events, e.g. congresses, data releases and label updates

MinimumRequirements:

• Bachelor's degree
• 5 – 7 years of relevant professional experience, with a focus on pharmaceutical marketing operations or healthcare related agency roles
• Demonstrated success in People leadership
• Experience with managing supplier partners
• Independent self-starter withdemonstratedprogram management skillset
• Demonstrated strong oral and written communications
• Ability toeffectivelyworkin across-functionalteam environment
• Experience usingvariousPM platformsto plan,manageand communicate projectrisks /progress
• Ability to lead andinfluencewithoutformalauthority
• Demonstrated successleadingprogram management of strategic and/or business critical initiativeswithoutformalauthority

Preferred Background:

• Knowledge of theMLRprocess that ensurestimelyreviews and approval of assets that areaccurateand compliant
• Experience with Digital and Omnichannel campaigns
• Understanding of scientific and/or commercial marketplace respective tobiopharmaceuticaltherapeutic area(s)

Date Posted

01-Sep-2026

Closing Date

07-Sep-2026

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