At AstraZeneca, we put patients first and strive to meet their unmet needs worldwide. Working here means being entrepreneurial, thinking big and working together to make the impossible a reality. If you are swift to action, confident to lead, willing to collaborate, and curious about what science can do, then you’re our kind of person!

Where you start with us doesn't determine the course of your career. So many of our people develop themselves beyond their wildest imaginations, both in terms of their roles and the countries they've worked in.

AstraZeneca’s apprenticeship scheme offers you an opportunity to learn within a multi-national company gaining useable skills whilst collaborating alongside industry specialists and professionals.

With over 8,300 employees in the UK and more than 59,000 in over 100 countries worldwide, you'll be part of delivering life-changing medicines that improve patients’ lives and benefit society globally.

We’re all here to make an impact – to achieve our bold ambition of eliminating cancer as a cause of death.

We relentlessly follow the science, challenging the status quo to deliver more effective treatments to patients in need. Our dedication means we purposefully push back the limits of knowledge to change the practice of medicine. To ensure no patient is left behind, no matter what stage of disease.

Trust and empowerment are paramount to the way we work – it’s what allows us to do things differently as well as be bold and creative.

Here we play a key role in driving industry leading launches and improving commercial effectiveness. We are passionate about setting the direction and leading the business in shaping the cancer care environment and empowering care teams.

We want to change the way cancer is treated by making an impact at every point in the patient journey. To ultimately deliver clinical promises to the real world, improve patient outcomes and their quality of life.

What you’ll do

In Business Innovation we’re passionate about leading the way in how we best serve our customers and patients. To help us achieve our vision we need great people who share our passion for excellence, problem solving, are driven, determined and hard-working. In return, we will support your formal and ‘on the job’ development, making the most of your skills and passion to help you in reaching your ultimate career aspirations.

Our new apprenticeship programme is designed to give you a broad understanding of our commercial Oncology business unit and how we market medicines alongside being involved in a variety of critical transformational activities and projects we are delivering to the business and our customers.

During this 39 month programme, you will be embedded in a highly driven and successful team in London Pancras Square, whilst having the opportunity to interact and work with other parts of the business that will help build your skills in digital marketing.

Throughout your Digital Marketing apprenticeship with us you could carry out some of the following activities:

• Market research – both qualitative and quantitative

• Data analysis and report writing

• Digital, business, and brand strategy– e.g., understanding business needs and aligning with digital efforts and tools

• Campaign build, implementation, and optimisation

• Platform and channel excellence capability building

• Marketing capability building – programme design input and delivery

• Working in diverse cross-functional teams to deliver innovative projects aligned to our therapy areas within oncology

What you’ll learn

The fundamentals of modern marketing, customer experience, analytics, and innovative technologies. Including strategic and operational delivery of business plans.

How medicines are brought to market and commercialised, the applicable regulations and codes we work by and the science behind our portfolio.

Leadership, organisational and collaboration skills that are transferable to future roles.

Understanding the NHS and how we as a pharmaceutical company work with them.

Working with our capabilities function to understand how we approach learning and development at AstraZeneca.

Training and Development {Fixed paragraph}

AstraZeneca will sponsor you through your Digital Marketer at London Southbank.

The apprenticeship combines working, earning a full-time salary, with fully funded part-time university learning (on average 1 day/week). This will give you the opportunity to gain a Digital Marketer degree, just as you would if you went to university full-time, with the advantage of gaining relevant work-life skills and the excitement of helping to develop new medicines whilst taking your first steps towards a rewarding career.

We truly value Early Talent– their thoughts, ideas and contributions. So throughout the programme, you’ll be encouraged and inspired to speak up, have a voice and make an impact.

Skills and Capabilities {Fixed paragraph}

We would be looking for the following attributes from our successful applicants:

• Enthusiastic individuals who are keen to learn and with a genuine curiosity

• Able to act independently but also to work and contribute in a team environment

• Good organisational skills with an excellent attention to detail

• The ability to work on multiple tasks and understanding how to prioritise

• Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills

• A proactive approach to problem solving

Entry Requirements {Fixed paragraph}

5 GCSEs (or equivalent) grades 9 to 4 including English and Maths.

To have achieved or predicted to achieve a minimum of 3 A levels, Grades - BCC (worth 104 UCAS points), OR BTEC National Diploma DMM (worth 112 UCAS points) OR Access to HE qualifications with 9 Distinctions and 36 Merits OR equivalent Level 3 qualifications (worth 112 UCAS points)

Benefits, open and close dates

To apply for this position, please click the apply link.

This is a 39 month fixed term contract opportunity based at Pancras Square, London with a base salary of £21,500 + 11% benefits fund + bonus.

At AstraZeneca, we aim to set you up for success and we recognise the challenges that starting a new job can bring. We therefore offer a relocation package to help with the costs and process of moving for candidates who currently live more than 60 minutes from the site location for this Apprenticeship.

Opening date of advert: 16th January 2023

Closing date of advert: 17th February 2023

Successful candidates will be asked to attend a virtual Assessment day on 19th April 2023

Should you require any reasonable adjustments or accommodations, please let us know on your application.

Start date for the apprenticeship programme is 4th September 2023