Asia Area Commercial Director, Oncology

**ABOUT ASTRAZENECA**

At AstraZeneca, we put patients first and strive to meet their unmet needs worldwide. Working here means being entrepreneurial, thinking big and working together to make the impossible a reality. If you are swift to action, confident to lead, willing to collaborate, and curious about what science can do, then you’re our kind of person.
**BUSINESS AREA**

In Asia Area, more than 3,000 of us work amongst the most exciting growth markets, from India, ASEAN, Taiwan to South Korea. In these ever-evolving and complex markets, it takes entrepreneurial thinking to stay at the forefront of bringing our innovative medicines to millions of patients. Fusing our diverse minds with local ownership, we’re energize and empowered to shape a new future for AstraZeneca, our markets and our patients. We aspire to be a leader in shaping the healthcare ecosystem in Asia Area to deliver improved patient experience, outcome and overall quality of life.

AstraZeneca is the fastest growing company in Oncology in Asia Area. Oncology will continue to power our double-digit growth aspiration in the next 3 years.

As Asia Area Commercial Director, Oncology, you will play an essential role in achieving success in our ongoing Oncology launches and in maximizing the potential of our existing Oncology portfolio to make a positive impact on changing clinical practice and patients’ lives.

This role can be located in one of Asia Area offices in India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, or Vietnam.

**What you’ll do**

As the Asia Area Commercial Director for Oncology, you will:

- Establish and steer Asia Area Oncology strategy in collaboration with the markets in developing best-in-class pre-launch and launch plans, accelerating these plans, and delivering launch performance across the Asia Area markets.
- Work closely with multiple stakeholders including the Asia Area region, the International Commercial team and the Global Commercial team to ensure alignment of Oncology scientific, commercial and patient objectives.
- Drive patient centricity and innovation through all aspects of Oncology products global commercialization and marketing programs.
- Appropriately manage governance interactions and alignment across senior and regional leadership, cross-functional teams, and other key stakeholders to provide well-coordinated input into critical business decisions.
- Develop Asia Area Oncology network, ensuring best practice sharing and ongoing capability build is in place for the area.
- Continuously scan our internal portfolio and external market to identify new commercial opportunities that will drive our Oncology strategy and growth.
- Act as a member of the Asia Area Leadership Team, in leading the Asia Area business, driving our Growth Through Innovation strategy and role modelling enterprise leadership behaviors.
**Essential for the role**
- Proven expertise, experience and success in Oncology, with an in-depth knowledge of relevant patient journeys.
- Strong business and financial acumen with successful market product launch experiences.
- Proven success as a Business Unit Director, preferably in Oncology, and in a medium to large size and complex high-growth market.
- Demonstrated excellent influencing skills and stakeholder management.
- Experience in working in a matrix environment with the agility to work across different countries and cultures.
English fluency, with demonstrated experience and effectiveness in the presentation of written and verbal business cases to the senior management.
**Desirable for the role**
- Solid knowledge and understanding of Asia Area markets, especially pertaining to Oncology, including diagnostic infrastructure, market access and reimbursement requirements.
- Demonstrating flexibility and a proven ability to deal with complexity under high intensity and time pressure situations.
- A flexible, team orientated attitude, willing to contribute one’s own skills to deliver AZ and Asia Area priorities.
**Why AstraZeneca?**

At AstraZeneca when we see an opportunity for change, we seize it and make it happen, because any opportunity no matter how small, can be the start of something big. Delivering life-changing medicines is about being entrepreneurial - finding those moments and recognizing their potential. Join us on our journey of building a new kind of organization to reset expectations of what a bio-pharmaceutical company can be. This means we’re opening new ways to work, pioneering cutting edge methods and bringing unexpected teams together. Interested? Come and join our journey.