Barcelona - Spain (3 days working from the office and 2 days working from home).

At Astra

Zeneca, our ambition is to build world-class marketers capable of delivering exceptional customer experiences, improving patient outcomes and driving growth for our brands.

The Global Marketing

Excellence team sits at the centre of this ambition, shaping the capabilities, communities and ways of working that enable future success. This role builds on the team mission of developing the marketing and launch capabilities required across the Biopharmaceuticals Business Unit (BBU). , Reporting to the Senior Director, Global Marketing and Launch Excellence, you will be a visible leader and ambassador for Global Marketing Excellence across Astra Zeneca. You will build strong relationships with global teams, regions and markets to understand evolving business needs and translate them into impactful capability programmes, learning solutions and community initiatives.

You will lead the development of our capability strategy, oversee flagship programmes such as the Commercial Leadership Academy and help shape the future of strategic planning, AI adoption and marketing excellence across the organisation. This role is ideal for someone who combines strategic thinking with strong relationship-building skills and has a passion for developing people, capabilities and organisational performance.



Key Responsibilities· Serve as the visible face of Global Marketing Excellence across the BBU.· Build strong partnerships with general teams, regions and markets to understand capability needs and business priorities.· Lead the Global Marketing Excellence capability strategy and roadmap.· Lead flagship programmes including the Commercial Leadership Academy.· Establish and maintain communities, faculty networks and capability champions.· Accelerate digital fluency and AI adoption across the organisation.· Partner with Launch Excellence, Strategic Planning and Digital Excellence colleagues to deliver an integrated excellence agenda.

Essential

Experience· Significant experience in pharmaceutical commercial, marketing or business excellence roles.· Experience across market, regional and/or global organisations.· Proven track record in capability building, organisational development or commercial excellence.· Understanding of strategic planning, marketing excellence and organisational change.· Passion for innovation, digital transformation and AI-enabled ways of working.

What Success Looks

Like· Strong engagement and trust across global teams and markets.· Increased adoption of best practices, digital tools and AI-enabled ways of working.· A vibrant and connected global marketing community.· Measurable improvement in marketing capability across the organisation. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. Spain - Barcelona Type: Full time

📌 Director, Global Marketing Excellence (Barcelona)
🏢 AstraZeneca
📍 Barcelona