Role: Assistant Manager - Corporate Communications (Corporate Affairs)

About AstraZeneca

AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialization of prescription medicines for some of the world's most serious diseases. But we're more than one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies.

Job Description / Capsule

Lead strategic communications that protect and enhance the company's reputation, support business objectives, and engage stakeholders across media, employees, investors, patients, partners.

Key responsibilities

• Strategy and planning: Develop and execute integrated communications plans aligned to corporate strategy, reputation goals, and priority initiatives

• Media relations: Hold good experience of working with the media fraternity (pharmaceutical industry experience will be preferred). Build and manage relationships with journalists and outlets; leverage expert agencies optimally and monitor conversations, identify risks, produce insights to optimize work, craft and pitch stories; prepare spokespeople; manage press releases, media briefings, and interviews. Define KPIs; track media coverage, sentiment, and engagement; produce dashboards and insights to optimize strategy.

• Social media management: Own corporate social strategy and execution across social media channels. Plan editorial calendars, publish content, manage community engagement, and coordinate rapid response. Define channel roles, tone of voice, and moderation policies; ensure accessibility, brand consistency, and compliance with regulations and review processes.

• Issues and crisis communications: Monitor risks, prepare holding statements and Q&As, manage escalation, and lead response plans in partnership with Business, Legal, Compliance, and Risk.

• Executive communications & Stakeholder alignment: Partner closely with leadership to build their communications, industry presence and navigate through change management, engagement and relationship building as and when needed across multiple functions. Collaborate with Corporate Affairs sub-functions (Public Affairs, Patient Advocacy, IR), Therapy Area teams, and regional affiliates to ensure coherent storytelling and campaign building.

• Content and channels: Create high-quality narratives, messaging, and assets for web, social, intranet, and owned media; ensure brand voice and visual identity consistency. Partner with Marketing to plan and execute paid campaigns, target audiences, manage budgets, and A/B test creatives; ensure measurement and attribution align to reputation and engagement goals.

• Governance and compliance: Ensure materials meet regulatory, legal, and medical review requirements; manage approvals and records.

Education, Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• Education: Minimum Bachelor's Degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, Marketing, or related field; advanced degree is a plus.

• Experience: 8-10 years in corporate communications, agency, or related functions; experience in highly regulated industries (e.g., biopharma, healthcare) is beneficial.

• Expertise: Reputation management, media relations, executive comms, internal comms, issues/crisis, content strategy, and digital/social.

• Skills: Exceptional writing and storytelling, stakeholder management, project leadership, analytical measurement, and vendor/agency oversight, team player.

• Tools: Familiarity with media monitoring platforms, social listening, content management systems, and analytics dashboards.

Why AstraZeneca?

At AstraZeneca we're dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. There's no better place to make a difference to medicine, patients and society. An inclusive culture that champions diversity and collaboration, and always committed to lifelong learning, growth and development. We're on an exciting journey to pioneer the future of healthcare.

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So, what's next?

• Are you already imagining yourself joining our team? Good, because we can't wait to hear from you.
• Are you ready to bring new ideas and fresh thinking to the table? Brilliant! We have one seat available and we hope it's yours.
• If you're curious to know more then please reach out to (contact person) We welcome with your application, no later than (Month) (XX)

Where can I find out more?

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Date Posted

07-Apr-2026

Closing Date

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.