AstraZeneca

AD/SMM-Portfolio Strategy & Deal Lead

Posted 9 Days Ago

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Hiring Remotely in China

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Expert/Leader

Biotech • Pharmaceutical

The Role

Leads portfolio strategy and external partnership development across therapeutic areas. Identifies opportunities, builds business cases for approval and alignment, and executes deals through cross-functional collaboration with Medical, Marketing, Finance, Legal, and Market Access teams. Requires strategic and analytical thinking, project leadership, healthcare business development or consulting experience, bilingual English and Mandarin fluency, and advanced Microsoft Office and AI skills.

Summary Generated by Built In

· Build a thorough understanding of the company’s portfolio strategy and related therapeutical areas to screen and identify new partnership opportunities

· The core responsibility of this position is to design and execute external partnership to drive business growth

· Develop solid business case to get internal approval and external alignment on the partnership

· Drive the execution of the deal by leading cross-functional collaboration in AZ with key stakeholder functions including Medical, Marketing, Finance, Legal, and market access to ensure clear objective alignment, transparent communication and close teamwork

Requirement

- Minimum Bachelor’s degree with relevant major as medicine, biopharma, etc. Master / MBA / post-grad qualification is a must if not relevant majors in college.

- At least 10 year working experience

- Innovative thinking, openness to new ideas, comfortability with uncertainties, and ability to think out of box are core competencies for the job

- Investment bank or management consulting experience in Healthcare, BD/Alliance working experience or other related industries are strongly preferred

- Excellent project management and analytical skills, with experience in an environment requiring significant data analysis and cross-functional interaction.

- Able to think analytically and strategically, synthesize information quickly and logically.

- Commitment to teamwork and able to lead a cross functional team.

- Excellent skills in Microsoft Office and AI, especially PowerPoint, Excel and CoPilot.

- Fluent in English and Mandarin, both written and verbal.

Date Posted

22-Oct-2026

Closing Date

29-Nov-2026

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.

Skills Required

Bachelor's degree in medicine, biopharma, or another relevant major
Master's degree, MBA, or postgraduate qualification if the bachelor's degree is not in a relevant major
At least 10 years of work experience
Innovative thinking, openness to new ideas, comfort with uncertainty, and out-of-the-box thinking
Investment banking or healthcare management consulting experience, or business development/alliance experience in a related industry
Excellent project management and analytical skills, including significant data analysis and cross-functional collaboration
Ability to think analytically and strategically and synthesize information quickly and logically
Commitment to teamwork and ability to lead cross-functional teams
Excellent Microsoft Office and AI skills, especially PowerPoint, Excel, and Copilot
Fluency in written and spoken English and Mandarin

AstraZeneca Compensation & Benefits Highlights

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