Senior Manager, Corporate Communications, Bio Pharma 12 Month Contract
Global Corporate Affairs, Bio Pharma
Mississauga, Canada
Hybrid Work- on average 3 days/week from office
As the Corporate Communications Senior Manager for Bio Pharma you operate within the Global Corporate Affairs Bio Pharma team with a specific focus on shaping and executing internal and external communications activities that engage employees and raise awareness and understanding of Astra Zeneca’s Bio Pharmaceuticals business with external stakeholders.
You will work with leaders and communicators from all business areas to deliver timely, relevant, and compelling communications activities that achieve tangible outcomes.
You’ll be providing advice and guidance on communications matters to executives and senior leaders to deliver effective communications. The often sensitive, material content involved means that the you will be required to demonstrate exemplary personal judgment, initiative, and collaborative skills while working as part of a close-knit, high-performing, and flexible team.
What You’ll Do Manage development and delivery of Bio Pharma corporate communications activities in line with corresponding strategies and plans
Proactively identify, develop and deliver accurate, explicit and compelling communications materials, campaigns and activities spanning all corporate activities in a timely way
Advise, coach and counsel internal stakeholders, including senior leaders on events/issues that need to be communicated
Manage channels such as Workvivo (Internal Social Platform), Zoom (Broadcast tool), MS Teams (Collaboration platform), Digital Plasma Screens and share the responsibility for disseminating announcements when appropriate




Manage Bio Pharma editorial calendar to ensure alignment of Bio Pharma Corporate and Therapy Area communications activities across internal and external channels
Oversee the design, development and delivery of high impact global events like the Bio Pharma Business Unit Excellence Awards and take on a key role in the successful delivery of leadership events, such as the bi-annual senior leader meetings
Measurement of effectiveness of communication approaches, provision of analysis and recommendations to drive continuous improvements (including rationalization/ simplification where appropriate)
Support communications related to global crisis incidents when required
Responsible for management and productivity of agency/contractor relationships and associated management of internal stakeholders, overseeing quality and compliance of work
Essential For The Role Bachelor’s degree
5 years of communications experience in a fast-paced global internal communications team or similar corporate communications environment
Experience developing, delivering and measuring internal communications to achieve tangible outcomes
Experience of managing different stakeholder relationships, confident at forging trusted relationships at a senior level
Sound judgement combined with good interpersonal and influencing skills
Ability to quickly capture requirements and design appropriate communications activities to achieve desired outcomes
Excellent English writing skills




Experience of analytics systems and measurement reporting
Robust digital communications experience, including content management systems, email and internal social media
Handle conflicting priorities, stakeholder and colleague expectations and deliver consistently high-quality outputs
Inquisitive approach with critical/analytical abilities
Strategic problem solver looking outside to bring current approaches to continually reinvigorate outputs and improve the effectiveness of approaches
High level of integrity, able to handle highly confidential information
Proactive with high levels of self-motivation and personal accountability, bringing enthusiasm and energy to team, peer group and tasks
Desirable for the role Pharmaceutical industry experience
Experience working in a large and highly regulated corporate organization
Practical understanding of financial reporting and disclosure requirements at a UK publicly listed company
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Annual base salary for this position ranges from 125,822.40 to 165,141.90.
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📌 Senior manager, biopharma internal (Mississauga)
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