Public policy Manager

Job Purpose:   Are you ready to shape the future of healthcare? As a Public policy Manager at AstraZeneca, you will develop and implement strategies to influence patients' paths and ensure alignment with our corporate priorities. You will work closely with internal teams and external partners to create impactful public affairs projects and strategic policy initiatives that support patient access. Your role will involve engaging with key stakeholders, conducting research, and building networks to share best practices in the legislative, regulatory, and public policy arenas   Key Areas of Responsibility:   • Develop public policy strategy to influence patients’ paths • Ensure smooth and timely alignment of strategic therapeutical areas (TAs) priorities with AstraZeneca’s local corporate affairs, market access, and business priorities • Develop, validate, and implement AstraZeneca’s therapeutical areas public policy projects and plan related activities • Liaise with respective business unit(s) brand managers and other internal colleagues to explain how internal or external developments can affect their brands or areas of responsibility and develop communications programs and strategies tied to respective brand strategies • Contribute actively to the creation and implementation of strategic policy initiatives that support patients’ access, relevant for the TAs, in line with AstraZeneca priorities, alongside relevant internal cross-functional teams • Prioritize partnerships to address healthcare challenges and inefficiencies in the areas with the highest benefits for patients • Engage in multiple Corporate Affairs and communications projects to help AstraZeneca communicate meaningful corporate messages to internal and external partners • Engage in Corporate Governance, helping managers and colleagues resolve more sophisticated Corporate Affairs and communication-related issues • Engage with key internal or external groups, such as sales teams, external charities, industry associations, embassies, government lobbyists, and regulators in collaboration with Governmental affairs • Build and participate in internal and external networks to share information in the legislative, regulatory, or public policy arena and disseminate standard methodologies internally • Carry out research, either individually or as part of a team, into more sophisticated areas of government legislation, regulation, managed markets, or public policy • Serve as a primary point of contact for patient advocacy groups and work cross-functionally to coordinate and lead regular communications to ensure productive and constructive partnerships • Identify, initiate, and oversee strategic patient advocacy programs and partnerships related to disease awareness and education, diagnosis, access to appropriate care, and policy advocacy, in collaboration with a cross-functional team Minimum Criteria and Competencies:   • Excellent communication, presentation, and influencing skills with attention to detail. Understanding of new media, especially social media • Ambitious approach; asking challenging ‘why’ questions, suggesting new opportunities, and navigating through ambiguous situations. • Excellent knowledge of the healthcare system/reimbursement environment & understanding of the policy shaping process • Agile, excelling in a constantly evolving environment • Validated planning and interpersonal skills with experience balancing priorities; ability to prioritize in a shifting environment with a sense of urgency • Curious connector; an ability to work with cross-functional partners, connecting the dots between people, projects, and partners. • Fluent in Arabic & English   At AstraZeneca, we are driven by the solutions we bring to the healthcare ecosystem. O