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What they do

AstraZeneca discovers, develops, makes, and sells prescription medicines. Its postings name disease areas such as cancer, haematology, and respiratory disease. The company is based in Cambridge in the United Kingdom and has large research, manufacturing, and commercial sites in the United States, China, Sweden, and Japan. Postings also cover supplier quality and regulatory work.

What they value

• Compliance with the rules of the industry, named in postings as GMP and local regulations.
• Scientific depth, because commercial roles still ask you to explain clinical evidence.
• Working in the local language, because many postings are written in it.
• Digital ways of reaching doctors, which several sales postings now put first.
• Cross-functional work, which almost every posting lists as an accountability.

Where they hire

The board holds 1,190 postings across more than forty countries. The United States holds about 388 and China about 337, counting its named city sites. Japan holds 85, Germany 71, and the United Kingdom 56. Vietnam, Spain, India, Sweden, South Korea, Taiwan, France, Poland, Singapore, and Malaysia each hold between 11 and 37. Only three postings are part time.

Teams and roles

The board leans toward medicine and commerce rather than laboratory research.

• Medical: 155 postings, the largest group, plus 14 more in legacy medical affairs.
• Commercial strategy and business development: 122 postings. Sales holds 56 and commercial non-sales holds 20.
• Development: 119 postings, plus 23 in legacy development. This is the clinical trial side of the business.
• Data and artificial intelligence: 46 postings, plus 34 in information technology.
• Project management and business improvement: 29 postings.
• Manufacturing and engineering: 23 and 21 postings, at sites such as Macclesfield, Gärtuna, and Wuxi.
• Corporate: finance, administration, human resources, corporate affairs, legal, compliance, and facilities, in smaller numbers.
• Early career: 28 student postings and five apprenticeships.

What they look for

Postings state the purpose of the role, then a list of accountabilities. The quality posting asks for oversight of external suppliers, GMP documents such as change requests and product quality reviews, supplier audits, and contact with regulatory agencies. The virtual medical representative posting asks you to reach doctors through approved digital channels only, and it names the tools: Veeva Engage, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, approved email, and a customer relationship management system. It also asks you to keep up with clinical evidence and competitor activity. The Spanish scientific advisor posting is written in Spanish and asks for scientific leadership in one disease area and trusted relationships with key external experts in a named territory.