External Affairs Manager

3 days ago

Macquarie Park, Australia AstraZeneca Full time

**About AstraZeneca**

AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialisation of prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious disease. But we’re more than one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies.

At AstraZeneca, we’re bringing transformative medicines to those that need them the most by combining continuous new launches with unique solutions across the whole patient journey. It’s how we are able to truly make a difference to the quality of lives and answer huge unmet patient needs.

**What you’ll do**

As an External Affairs Manager you will coordinate external facing communications, media and event activities including management of external partnerships. Reporting to the Head of External Affairs, you will:

- Build and manage relationships with key external partners
- Write and edit content intended for external audiences including press releases, Q&A’s, fact sheets, speeches and talking points
- Draft material for social media and website use
- Work with members of the Corporate Affairs team on event coordination
- Manage media monitoring activities
- Write meeting briefs and issue briefs
- Lead day-to-day activities of corporate external projects across AstraZeneca
- Assist as required in the management and execution of communications programs critical to the success of internal and external brand communications plans
- Contribute to brand strategy development, policy advocacy plans and corporate affairs strategy as appropriate
- Manage and execute Corporate Affairs programs and projects to assure that deadlines are met, deliverables are as agreed, budgets are adhered to, and outcomes meet the established objectives

**Essential for the role**
- Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Marketing or a related field
- Experience in communications, media, corporate affairs and/or government affairs
- Social and digital media skills
- Internal and external communications experience
- Demonstrated current media relations
- Some project/event management experience
- Exceptional writing skills
- Ability to work effectively with various stakeholders to deliver project outcomes

**Why AstraZeneca**

AstraZeneca in Australia has been formally recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). As an organisation we stand with confidence on our gender equality initiatives including pay equity, leadership development programs, and zero tolerance for gender-based harassment. This achievement exemplifies our commitment to building high performing, inclusive and diverse teams that collaborate across our enterprise, aligned to our values and strategic priority of being a Great Place to Work

We take it beyond providing medicines, to offer solutions for each patient across their whole journey. Building our ecosystem of partnerships, we work with external stakeholders from governments to start-ups.

**So, what’s next?**
- Are you already imagining yourself joining our team? Good, because we can’t wait to hear from you.
- Are you ready to bring new ideas and fresh thinking to the table? Brilliant We have a seat available, and we hope it’s yours.

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