Content Specialist, Medical Communications & Information – Oncology Business Unit

Content Specialist, Medical Communications & Information – Oncology

Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Working Pattern: Hybrid (minimum 3 days per week on-site)
 

Join AstraZeneca – Transforming Science into Impactful Communication
 

At AstraZeneca, we are driven by an ambitious purpose: to push the boundaries of science to deliver life‑changing medicines. Our Oncology Business Unit is at the forefront of innovation, and our success depends on delivering high-quality, timely, and compliant scientific communications to healthcare professionals worldwide.

We are now seeking aContent Specialist, Medical Communications & Information – Oncology to join ourGlobal Business Services (GBS) Medical Delivery / Scientific Communications ecosystem in Lisbon.

This is an exciting opportunity to work in ahigh-impact, global role where you will contribute to the delivery of scientific content at scale—supporting better healthcare decisions and improving patient outcomes.

The Role

As a Content Specialist, you will play a central role indriving operational excellence across the end-to-end medical content lifecycle, ensuring high-quality, compliant, and efficient delivery of scientific communications.

You will collaborate closely withMedical Information teams, digital teams, Veeva, graphics, and platform partners to coordinate content development and delivery across multiple channels. This role combinescontent operations, delivery coordination, and process optimisation, enabling consistent execution across global and local teams.

You will have the opportunity to influence how scientific content is planned, developed, and delivered—helping to build abest-in-class medical communications model within AstraZeneca.

Key Accountabilities

Operational Excellence & Delivery

• Drive best-in-class operational practices across planning, governance, processes, platforms, and performance tracking
• Support the delivery ofhigh-quality, compliant scientific content across multiple channels

End-to-End Content Lifecycle Coordination

• Coordinate theend-to-end delivery lifecycle, from planning through review, approval, publishing, and performance tracking
• Ensure delivery is predictable, efficient, and aligned to business priorities

Portfolio Tracking & Visibility

• Track content progression across oncology portfolios or disease areas
• Provide visibility on timelines, dependencies, risks, and delivery status

Governance & Risk Management

• Support reporting, issue tracking, and partner concern processes
• Contribute to risk mitigation planning to protect delivery commitments

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner closely with:
  • Medical Information and Communications teams
  • Digital and platform teams
  • Veeva and content management partners
  • Graphics and creative teams
• Enable consistent and seamless execution across a complex organisation

Platform Operations

• Support content delivery across key platforms, including:
  • CLM (Closed Loop Marketing)
  • AZ Medical platforms
  • Medical Information portals
  • Other digital content channels

Process Improvement & Innovation

• Maintain and improveprocesses, playbooks, and guidance for scientific communications delivery
• Contribute tocontinuous improvement and digital transformation initiatives

Business Planning & Enablement

• Support planning and execution of scientific communication priorities
• Enable global-to-local delivery models and adoption across markets
• Support onboarding through structured documentation and training materials

Performance & Insights

• Contribute to critical metric, goals and milestones, and performance tracking
• Support dashboard reporting and insights generation to improve decision-making

Essential Skills & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree inLife Sciences, Pharmacy, Medical field, or equivalent experience

• Strong background in:

  • Scientific communications
  • Medical content operations
  • Delivery coordination or complex project environments

• Experience in:

  • Working inregulated environments (medical/scientific/compliance-led workflows)
  • Managingmulti-stakeholder workflows with multiple approvals and dependencies
  • Usingenterprise content platforms (e.g. CLM, medical portals, CMS tools)
  • Delivery tracking, governance, and reporting within matrix organisations

• Strong understanding of:

  • Medical content governance and compliance standards
  • Scientific communication processes

• Proven ability to:

  • Work with global, regional, and local partners
  • Analyse data and extract actionable insights
  • Manage multiple priorities in parallel

• ExcellentEnglish communication skills, both written and verbal

• Highly organised with strong attention to detail

• Ability towork autonomously and lead without authority

• Comfortable in fast-paced, evolving, and ambiguous environments

Desirable Skills & Experience

• Experience inGlobal Business Services (GBS) or shared services environments

• Exposure topharmaceutical, biotech, or healthcare sectors

• Familiarity with tools such as:

  • ServiceNow
  • Jira
  • Confluence
  • Power BI

• Knowledge of project or programme management methodologies (Agile, Lean, etc.)

• Experience supporting:

  • Process improvement initiatives
  • Digital transformation
  • Operating model enhancements

Ways of Working

We believe that innovation thrives through collaboration. This role follows ahybrid working model, with an expectation to work from the officeat least three days per week, balanced with flexibility.

Why AstraZeneca?

• Be part of aglobal leader in Oncology and scientific innovation
• Contribute to the delivery ofhigh-impact medical communications at scale
• Work in a collaborative environment alongsidediverse, high-performing teams
• Play a key role intransforming how scientific content is delivered globally
• Access strong opportunities forcareer development and progression

Ready to Make an Impact?

Step into a role where your coordination, precision, and operational expertise will shape how scientific content reaches healthcare professionals around the world.

If you are passionate about scientific communications and operational excellence, we would love to hear from you.

Apply now and join AstraZeneca in Lisbon.

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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.