What you'll do
As a Sales Representative with us, you’ll sell life-changing medicines within one of four therapeutic areas: Oncology, Respiratory, Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolic, and other diseases. Using your exceptional selling skills and personable attitude, you’ll build strong and strategic partnerships with healthcare providers across your territory – from clinicians and pharmacists to nurses and consultants.
The part you play in our business will be challenging, yet rewarding, requiring you to use your resilient, collaborative and diplomatic skillsets to make connections. The majority of your work will be field based, and will require you to be highly-organised, planning your monthly schedule, attending meetings and calls, as well as writing up reports.
Success Profile
No matter your experience or background, if you’ve got the passion and drive to progress, we’ll help you to succeed. These are some of the skills and capabilities we look for to ensure that success:
80%
Independent
As this is a mobile role, you’ll be doing a lot of your work on your own. Being independent will be an important skill when delivering on targets. This means staying resilient and motivated in order to work successfully and meet your territory objectives.
75%
Communicative
You’ll be connecting with a range of healthcare professionals with different product needs. Interpersonal and relationship-building skills are vital to your collaborative role. And, where possible, you’ll use those skills to proactively identify new business opportunities.
80%
Flexible
Being on the road, you’ll be able to manage your own time, working around your various tasks. For this, you’ll need to be flexible in the way you work with the ability to adapt to and take advantage of opportunities as they arise.
80%
Responsible
This is a heavily-regulated industry, so working within it means taking responsibility and being particularly observant when selling our products. This means managing your work and territory with diplomacy and in a way that is compliant.
Responsibilities
Job ID R-217312 Date posted 02/04/2025 Job Title: Oncology Business Partner - Cairo
Introduction to role
Get to directly impact the lives of patients by turning our deep and broad pipeline into a reality. Here patients always come first – we address unmet needs, from nephrology to immunology, and provide patient care along the entire journey. Have the opportunity to be involved in the next big thing, whilst making a meaningful difference to patients and wider society.
Accountabilities
The role focuses on engaging healthcare professionals to promote on-label prescribing by highlighting product efficacy and safety, addressing patient journey gaps, and ensuring proper drug positioning and testing. Key responsibilities include account mapping, stakeholder engagement, and achieving sales targets while adhering to company policies. The role supports healthcare professionals by providing relevant data, ensuring ethical practices, and optimizing patient outcomes. It requires advanced customer engagement skills, dynamic planning, industry knowledge, and fostering teamwork and inclusion.
Essential Skills/Experience
- Pharmacy / Medicine / Vet Graduate
- Minimum 2 Years Multinational Experience
- Oncology / Speciality Experience
Desirable Skills/Experience
- Excellent communication skills in English/ Arabic
- Presentation skills, digital abilities and learning agility
- Experience with strategic accounts & KOL management
- Effective interpersonal and team building skills
A dedicated Oncology unit, this is the place to build a world-class career. Here we are always looking to learn more, welcoming the varied opportunities to expand our horizons or develop niche expertise. Embrace the unparalleled access to industry-leading research, technology and pipeline product launches with a footprint in every region. Coupled with our agility and sharp focus on talent development, there is an exciting opportunity to accelerate a rewarding and meaningful career.
Join us in making a difference in the lives of patients and shaping the future of oncology care!
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.
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Benefits
There’s a whole spectrum of perks that come with being a Sales Representative. From taking on the responsibility to enjoying opportunities to progress vertically and laterally. Discover some of our benefits:
Progression
We set you up to progress at every stage with structured goals and targets. There are also many routes you can take, from sales team management to product management, and beyond.
Autonomy
The work you do will allow you to take on a lot of responsibility, getting to know your product and owning the way you work – from your schedule and territory, to your strategy and the development of goals.
Performance based
We reward based on your performance. So, by creating a big impact – both on our commercial growth and your personal development – you’ll be rewarded well.
Training
Our training is of a high quality. From onboarding to on the job training, from learning from peers to product training, discover multiple opportunities to develop.
