AstraZeneca

Senior Manager, CVRM Communications

AstraZeneca$124K — $186K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required
  • 5+ years in a communications role
  • Pharmaceutical industry experience preferred
  • Proven track record in impactful multi-channel communications
  • Strong interpersonal and collaborative skills
  • Detail-oriented with strong multi-tasking abilities
  • Exemplary written and verbal English communication skills

Responsibilities

  • Support content development for integrated communications plans
  • Coordinate communication strategies for quarterly results
  • Update CVRM communication platforms and core materials
  • Identify proactive communication opportunities
  • Lead medical meeting strategies for effective execution
  • Develop a strong digital and social media strategy
  • Partner with global corporate affairs for collaboration
  • Communicate effectively about CVRM's initiatives and campaigns
  • Implement evaluation tools for communication KPIs

Benefits

  • Hybrid work environment with flexibility
  • Eligible for short-term incentive bonuses and equity-based awards
  • Qualified retirement programs
  • Paid time off including vacation and holidays
  • Health, dental, and vision coverage
Full Job Description
Senior Manager, CVRM Communications

Boston, MA

Global Corporate Affairs

Hybrid Work- on average 3 days a week from office

CVRM

As one of our key therapy areas within the Biopharmaceuticals Business Unit (BBU), we have a commitment to advancing cardiovascular, renal and metabolic (CVRM) treatment. The immense impacts of CVRM diseases on people, society and our planet are growing, yet these diseases remain under diagnosed, under treated and their interconnections under recognized.

Our ambition is to enhance care to improve outcomes for the millions of people who are living with the complexities of CVRM diseases, to intervene early to protect vital organs, slow or stop disease progression, and one day even cure these often debilitating, progressive and life-threatening conditions.

What you'll do

The CVRM Communications Senior Manager will support Global Corporate Affairs to help tell the story of this therapy area internally and externally, uncovering, developing and delivering opportunities to showcase product and disease area information through milestones, events and campaigns.

The role will involve working closely with peer communicators within Global Corporate Affairs department and within regions and markets around the global, as well as leaders within the CVRM organization. You will support campaigns across digital, social and traditional media to bring the key disease area and scientific development to life. The role will importantly orchestrate or support the orchestration of our internal engagement approaches and external digital strategy.

Responsibilities
  • Support planning and content development for integrated internal and external communications plans to strengthen AstraZeneca's CVRM reputation
  • Drive the team coordination around our comms for quarterly results
  • Keep our CVRM communication platforms up to date, including .com refreshes and core materials, as well as cascading/utilization within markets
  • Identify proactive comms opportunities based on the overall CVRM strategy
  • Lead our CVRM medical meeting/congress strategies and planning for effective execution at meetings around the world
  • Develop a strong digital and social media strategy for strategic CVRM priorities, finding opportunities and leading on content development optimized for use across AstraZeneca channels
  • Closely partner with teams across global corporate affairs including the global media relations and digital communications teams on relevant communications activities and find opportunities for engagement and collaboration
  • Support the markets to effectively communicate about CVRM's initiatives, campaigns, milestones
  • Establish measures of success and implement relevant evaluation tools for KPIs across communications activities


Essential for the role
  • Bachelor's Degree
  • Minimum 5 years' experience in a communications role
  • Experience working directly in or with the pharmaceutical industry
  • Established track record of supporting impactful, content rich communications across multiple channels and stakeholders with demonstrable measures of success
  • Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build collaborative relationships
  • Possess a sense of urgency; is self-motivated, detail oriented, with a strong ability to multi-task
  • Proactive approach in resolving problems and issues
  • Ability to work in a global environment including understanding of cultural differences
  • Exemplary English written and verbal communications skills
  • Team worker with high level of personal accountability


Desirable for the role
  • Experience of working in matrix organizations across multiple teams
  • Experience working with senior leaders and external stakeholders
  • Entrepreneurial approach and desire to challenge the status quo
  • Strong channel management, digital skills and knowledge of technology options
  • Able to develop and maintain networks across business and cultural boundaries


Office Working Requirements

When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That's why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we're not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.

The annual base pay for this position ranges from $124,608.80 - 186,913.20 USD. Our positions offer eligibility for various incentives-an opportunity to receive short-term incentive bonuses, equity-based awards for salaried roles and commissions for sales roles. Benefits offered include qualified retirement programs, paid time off (i.e., vacation, holiday, and leaves), as well as health, dental, and vision coverage in accordance with the terms of the applicable plans.

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Date Posted
26-Jun-2026

Closing Date
09-Jul-2026

About AstraZeneca

AstraZeneca is a British-Swedish multinational pharmaceutical company that specializes in the research, development, and manufacturing of prescription drugs. The company was formed in 1999 through the merger of Astra AB and Zeneca Group plc. AstraZeneca's products are used to treat a wide range of medical conditions, including cancer, cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, and diabetes. The company has operations in over 100 countries and employs more than 76,000 people worldwide. AstraZeneca is committed to developing innovative medicines that improve the health and well-being of people around the world.
Learn more about AstraZeneca
Size
83,100 employees
Market Cap
$211.5 billion
Industry
Net Income
$3.1 billion
Founded
1999
5 Year Trend
+10.2%
Revenue
$26.6 billion
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