Senior Manager, Oncology Group Purchasing Organization(GPO) Above-Brand Strategy

Responsibilities

• Incorporate brand strategic goals and objectives against certain GPO service opportunities that appropriately engage/educate external stakeholders while addressing fundamental AstraZeneca Oncology business needs.
• Lead meeting planning and work with outside vendors to plan and execute various meetings, services, trade shows, and other events that disseminate information and collect insights in-line with AstraZeneca Oncology business needs and goals
• Lead planning, staffing, delivery of service materials, and budget management for services, certain trade shows/exhibits, and other strategic project work
• Manage GPO vendor services and program submissions with internal program review/governance teams, including working in partnership with Legal, Compliance, Contract Operations, ACERT teams and the GPO Account Directors.
• Manage above-brand oncology initiatives within the Oncology Care & Access teams
• Manage brand-team budgets and a centralized budget for GPO engagements.
• Ensure diligent management of both brand and cross franchise multi-million-dollar budgets, including forecasting and accruals, monthly service allocations, while managing invoice and purchase orders
• Draft and maintain SOPs with GPO Account Directors to ensure seamless execution and delivery of GPO services.
• Serve as single TA point of contact for program placement with the GPO Account Directors
• Coordinate and update service opportunities with oncology brand and franchise leads while working alongside field-based account directors.

Requirements

• Bachelors Degree and 2-3 years of pharmaceutical industry experience
• OR Associated Degree and 5 years of pharmaceutical industry experience
• OR High School Diploma/GED and 10 years of pharmaceutical industry experience
• Demonstrated accountability to deliver results while managing competing priorities
• Strong communication skills, including confidence in and demonstrated decisiveness when engaging with Senior Management, customers and vendors
• Excellent organizational and cross-functional project management skills
• Experience managing budgets across multiple vendors, projects, and teams
• Experience working in data reporting from project deliverables and services
• Ability to plan and lead calls with internal and external stakeholders
• Demonstrated delivery of strategic planning documents and budget planning materials

Preferred

• Masters Degree
• Solid problem-solving, analytic and decision-making skills
• Congress planning and/or compliance and/or Field Experience

Benefits

• qualified retirement program [401(k) plan]; paid vacation and holidays; paid leaves; health benefits including medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans.
• short-term incentive bonus opportunity
• eligibility to participate in our equity-based long-term incentive program (salaried roles)
• retirement contribution (hourly roles)
• commission payment eligibility (sales roles)