Therapy Area Manager, Rare Diseases (Lithuania) Help address barriers in rare disease care. As Therapy Area Manager, you will combine brand management, customer engagement and business planning for an assigned portfolio in Lithuania, collaborating with the Baltic team Rare Diseases Team, Market Access, Finance, Regulatory and Supply Chain. What you’ll do Brand planning & disease awareness: Own brand and activity plans, priorities and budgets. Use customer insights and patient journey mapping to identify awareness, diagnosis and referral gaps. Deliver local campaigns and materials, including digital initiatives, agency coordination, approvals and outcome reviews. Forecasting & budgets: Monitor markets, competitors and sales. Maintain commercial forecasts and demand inputs; reconcile sales and stock with Finance and Supply Chain. Track spending, highlight risks and opportunities, and update business strategy. Customer engagement & account planning: Build specialist-centre and healthcare stakeholder relationships through regular field engagement. Implement account plans, meetings, congress activities and sponsorships. Share patient-pathway and access insights, collaborating with Medical Team and external experts on scientific needs. Launch readiness: Coordinate commercial preparation for new products, indications and formulations, including customer activities and materials. Align funding pathways, demand and availability with functional owners, respecting Medical’s scientific responsibilities. Compliance & execution: Follow applicable laws, industry standards and AstraZeneca procedures. Complete approvals, contracts and activity records and follow cross-functional actions through to delivery. About you Essential: Pharmaceutical marketing or sales experience, translating strategy into customer activities Understanding of pharmaceutical ethics, compliance and responsible customer engagement Communication and relationship-building skills, with scientific curiosity Cross-functional project coordination, prioritization and follow-through Ability to work with market data, forecasts and budgets Proficiency in English Bachelor’s degree in a bioscience/management/marketing Desirable: Cross-country or multicultural collaboration experience MBA or equivalent Leadership of cross-functional, launch or disease-awareness projects, including digital campaigns Rare disease experience and stakeholder relationships in Lithuania Understanding of local market access dynamics and institutional decision‑making Why AstraZeneca? At AstraZeneca, you can push the boundaries of science and make a difference to patients and society. Our inclusive culture champions collaboration, lifelong learning and development as we pioneer the future of healthcare. AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equal opportunity. We welcome all qualified candidates and value diverse backgrounds, perspectives and skills. We comply with applicable inclusivity, recruitment, work authorization and employment eligibility requirements. Salary Range: 63,131.20 - 94,696.80 EUR Gross Annual Date Posted 21-Oct-2026 Closing Date AstraZeneca 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. AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company. We focus on discovering, developing and commercialising prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious diseases. But we are more than one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies. At AstraZeneca, we’re dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science, challenge convention and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. To embrace differences and take bold actions to drive the change needed to meet global healthcare and sustainability challenges. There is no better place to make a difference in medicine, patients, and society. An inclusive culture where you will connect different thinking to generate new and valuable opportunities. Where you will find a commitment to lifelong learning, growth and development for all. Our Inclusion & Diversity (I&D) mission is to create an inclusive and equitable environment where people belong, using the power of our diversity to push the boundaries of science to deliver life-changing medicines to patients. Inclusion and diversity are fundamental to the success of our company, because innovation requires breakthrough ideas that only come from a diverse workforce empowered to challenge conventional thinking. We’re curious about science and the advancement of knowledge. We find creative ways to approach new challenges. We’re driven to make the right choices and be accountable for our actions. As an organisation centred around what makes us human, we put a big focus on people. Across our business, we want colleagues to wake up excited about their day at the office, in the field, or in the lab. Along with our purpose to bring life-changing medicines to people across the globe, we have a promise to you: to help you realise the full breadth of your potential. Here, you’ll do work that has the potential to change your life and improve countless others. And, together with your team, you’ll shape a culture that unites and inspires us every day. This is your life at AstraZeneca.
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