Strategic Business Development and Launch Excellence Lead
At a glance
Senior Business Development role at AstraZeneca. Petaling Jaya · full-time.
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What you'll do
- Build the deal pipeline from initial opportunity screening through proposals, negotiations and signed partnership or licensing agreements
- Use market intelligence to rank opportunities against therapeutic priorities, commercial aims and longer-term business goals
- Coordinate diligence, financial reviews, governance and stakeholder input so deals move through compliant, high-quality execution
- Bring medical, regulatory, market access, commercial, communications and operations teams together around product launches
- Set launch milestones and owners, monitor progress, reduce risks early, adapt global guidance for Malaysia and apply post-launch lessons
What you bring
- You have a bachelor’s degree and at least five years in pharmaceutical marketing and sales management
- You communicate effectively in spoken and written English and bring strategic partnership and negotiation skills
- You have a record of successful launches, project management, cross-functional work and influencing stakeholders
Who this fits
This senior role suits someone who can move between business development and product launch coordination, using commercial judgment and analytical skills to manage complex work. It is based in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.
From the employer
Typical Accountabilities
Strategic Business Development Partner
- Lead end-to-end BD activities across public and private markets, from opportunity scouting and qualification to proposal development, negotiation, and partnership or licensing agreement formalization.
- Build and prioritize a strong opportunity pipeline aligned with therapeutic, commercial, and long-term business goals, while generating market intelligence to support portfolio and partnering decisions.
- Drive rigorous cross-functional execution by coordinating due diligence, financial assessment, governance, and stakeholder engagement to ensure compliant, high-quality deal delivery.
Launch Excellence
- Lead strategic product launches by coordinating cross-functional teams across medical, regulatory, market access, commercial, communications, and operations to ensure integrated execution.
- Drive disciplined launch planning through structured processes, clear milestones, defined ownership, progress tracking, and proactive risk mitigation to ensure organizational readiness.
- Align local and global launch strategy by adapting regional/global guidance to the Malaysia market while capturing post-launch learnings to continuously improve future launches
Qualifications and Skills
Experience in:
- Bachelor of degree, with at least 5 years’ experience in pharma marketing and sales management position
Possess:
- Proficient in oral and written English communication. Strong in Strategic partnership and negotiation skills.
- Demonstrated success in launch excellence, project management, collaboration, and stakeholder influence.
- Proven track record of high performance in cross-functional engagement, and strong business acumen.
- Strong organizational and analytical skills, with the ability to manage complexity and demonstrate a high degree of maturity.
- Marketing capabilities, data analytics, insight mining, collaboration, organizational ability, strategic mindset, negotiation, and project management
Key Relationship to Reach Solutions
Internal: Business Heads, Business Leadership Team, Marketing Team, Commercial Excellence, Medical, Regulatory, Finance, Compliance team
External: Marketing Services Consultants, Global Commercial Excellence Team, Business Partners, Distributors, Healthcare Professionals
Date Posted
27-Okt-2026Closing Date
26-Nov-2026AstraZeneca 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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