Senior Manager - Communications
At a glance
Senior Communications role at AstraZeneca. China · full-time.
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What you'll do
- Build sustainability communication plans with internal partners and deliver milestone, initiative, and award communications across channels
- Create sustainability and operations materials such as releases, articles, speeches, Q&As, and key messages
- Find storytelling and engagement opportunities that clarify sustainability and operations priorities
- Develop external communication plans with Operations and manufacturing teams around sites, innovation, sustainability, and awards
- Maintain media relationships, oversee engagement governance, and analyze coverage for emerging issues and topics
What you bring
- A bachelor’s degree or higher in communications, journalism, public relations, marketing, or a related discipline
- At least eight years in corporate communications, public relations, or media, preferably in healthcare or pharmaceuticals
- Strong writing and editing ability in both English and Chinese
- Project and stakeholder management skills, with the influence to work across teams
- Strategic judgment and business understanding in a fast-paced, high-pressure, matrixed multinational setting
Who this fits
You’ll suit a senior communications role centered on sustainability, operations, media relations, and corporate reputation. The work favors someone comfortable influencing stakeholders, managing communications governance, and handling pressure across a multinational matrix. Experience in agency or media settings is preferred.
From the employer
ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES
Comms BP for Sustainability
- Partner with Sustainability and relevant stakeholders to develop communications plans that support key sustainability priorities and initiatives.
- Lead the communications execution for key sustainability milestones, initiatives and awards, ensuring effective delivery and reach across omni-channel communications.
- Shape clear and compelling sustainability narratives and develop communications materials, including press releases, articles, speeches, Q&As, key messages, etc.
- Identify relevant storytelling and engagement opportunities to enhance awareness and understanding of the company’s sustainability priorities.
Comms BP for Operations
- Partner with Operations and manufacturing teams to develop external communications plans that support key operational priorities and initiatives.
- Lead external communications execution for key milestones for operations, including site initiatives, innovation, sustainability, awards, etc.
- Shape clear and compelling narratives and develop communications materials, including press releases, articles, speeches, Q&As, and key messages, etc.
- Identify relevant storytelling and engagement opportunities to enhance awareness and understanding of the company’s operations priorities.
Media Relations and Operations
- Build and maintain trusted relationships with national, regional, and trade media to strengthen AstraZeneca’s corporate reputation through relevant stories, topics, and events.
- Manage media policies, processes, and governance to ensure consistent, compliant, and effective engagement with media across the organization.
- Manage media monitoring, clipping, and analysis, providing insights into media coverage, emerging topics, and issues.
REQUIREMENTS
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or above in Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, Marketing or related field.
- 8-10+ years of experience in corporate communications, public relations or media, preferably within healthcare, pharmaceuticals.
- Excellent writing and editing skills in both English and Chinese.
- Experience in agency or media preferred.
- Strong project management, stakeholder management, and influencing skills.
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, high-pressure, matrixed, multinational environment.
- Strategic thinking and business acumen
Date Posted
28-Sept-2026Closing Date
03-Jan-2027AstraZeneca 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.
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