At AstraZeneca, we pride ourselves on crafting a collaborative culture that champions knowledge-sharing, ambitious thinking and innovation – ultimately providing employees with the opportunity to work across teams, functions and even the globe. Recognizing the importance of individualized flexibility, our ways of working allow employees to balance personal and work commitments while ensuring we continue to create a strong culture of collaboration and teamwork by engaging face-to-face in our offices 3 days a week. Our head office and BlueSky Hub in downtown Toronto are purposely designed with collaboration in mind, providing space where teams can come together to strategize, brainstorm and connect on key projects. Our dedication to sustainability is also central to our culture and part of what makes AstraZeneca a great place to work. We know the health of people, the planet and our business are interconnected which is why we’re taking ambitious action to tackle some of the biggest challenges of our time, from climate change to access to healthcare and disease prevention. Our Position: As the Project Director – Commercial Oncology, your primary focus is to support the Integrated Business Team (IBT) in fulfilling its directive. The IBT is responsible for co-creating and endorsing core brand strategy, associated results, and delivering globally led prioritized business activities, including market shaping, launch excellence, and business and financial planning. Your role is crucial in ensuring the smooth functioning of the IBT, assisting in the development of annual goals, and ensuring the successful and timely execution of all deliverables within those goals. By providing strategic guidance, operational support, and encouraging collaboration, you will play a key role in driving the IBT towards achieving its objectives and advancing the overarching vision of our Oncology Business Unit—to eliminate cancer as a cause of death. What you will do in this role: Support and drive the development of IBT scorecard goals with stakeholders, ensuring alignment with business unit and company objectives. Facilitate market shaping, brand indication planning, and launch excellence efforts driving initiatives from initial planning through execution. Handle operational support for launches, including toolkit development, dashboards management, and addressing ad hoc needs of IBTs during launch preparations. Support efficient delivery of OBU Governance interactions, ensuring clear communication and alignment with IBT objectives. Handle meeting logistics and agendas, document outcomes, and resolve issues to ensure efficiency within IBTs. Collaborate on calendar planning, ensuring visibility and timely communication of changes to IBT members. Provide support for key initiatives such as ad board planning and congress planning, driving IBT success. Facilitate seamless collaboration between Global, Region, and Market partners, Integrated Business Planning and Global Portfolio and Product Management (GPPM), ensuring project consistency and alignment with OBU standards and IBT objectives. Qualifications: Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in business administration, management, life sciences, or a related field. Significant experience in strategic planning, operations management, project management, or a related role within the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or healthcare industry. Strong understanding of business operations, strategic planning processes, and project management methodologies. Strong facilitation skills, capable of driving productive meetings and discussions. Demonstrated ability to manage without direct authority, exerting influence to guide teams towards common objectives. Excellent communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with stakeholders at all levels. Desirable for the role: Project Management Certification and management Consulting experience Pharmaceutical or equivalent global organization experience; experience of working within a quality and compliance environment and application of policies, procedures and guidelines Why AstraZeneca? Meaningful work that makes a bigger impact - we're a team that helps make excellence and breakthroughs possible. Here, you can apply your skills and abilities to genuinely impact patients' lives. Join us at an exciting time of growth through innovation for AstraZeneca. Shape this journey by reimagining the way we work, at every turn we're innovating and taking intelligent risks. Great People want to Work with us! Find out why: GTAA Top Employer Award for 11 years Top 100 Employers Award Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Culture Learn more about working with us in Canada View our YouTube channel Are you interested in working at AZ, apply today! AstraZeneca is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion and providing a workplace that is free from discrimination. AstraZeneca is committed to accommodating persons with disabilities. Such accommodation is available on request in respect of all aspects of the recruitment, assessment and selection process and may be requested by emailing AZCHumanResources@astrazeneca.com. #LI-Hybrid Date Posted 04-Nov-2025 Closing Date 18-Nov-2025 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. AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company. We focus on discovering, developing and commercialising prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious diseases. But we are more than one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies. At AstraZeneca, we’re dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science, challenge convention and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. To embrace differences and take bold actions to drive the change needed to meet global healthcare and sustainability challenges. There is no better place to make a difference in medicine, patients, and society. An inclusive culture where you will connect different thinking to generate new and valuable opportunities. Where you will find a commitment to lifelong learning, growth and development for all. Our Inclusion & Diversity (I&D) mission is to create an inclusive and equitable environment where people belong, using the power of our diversity to push the boundaries of science to deliver life-changing medicines to patients. Inclusion and diversity are fundamental to the success of our company, because innovation requires breakthrough ideas that only come from a diverse workforce empowered to challenge conventional thinking. We’re curious about science and the advancement of knowledge. We find creative ways to approach new challenges. We’re driven to make the right choices and be accountable for our actions. As an organisation centred around what makes us human, we put a big focus on people. Across our business, we want colleagues to wake up excited about their day at the office, in the field, or in the lab. Along with our purpose to bring life-changing medicines to people across the globe, we have a promise to you: to help you realise the full breadth of your potential. Here, you’ll do work that has the potential to change your life and improve countless others. And, together with your team, you’ll shape a culture that unites and inspires us every day. This is your life at AstraZeneca.
