Job Description

Role Overview:
The Director, Enterprise Policy & Measurement is a newly created, enterprise role within AstraZeneca's Corporate Affairs team. As the organization's strategic policy quarterback, this leader sets national policy priorities, designs and executes policy strategies and tactical plans, and tracks and communicates progress and achievements to AstraZeneca leadership in Canada and globally. The Director is an expert collaborator--partnering closely with the Director, Government Affairs on execution--and works across Access, Evidence Generation, Medical, and Commercial functions to ensure seamless, cross-functional policy activation, results and alignment.
This leader is a bold, systems-level thinker with deep knowledge of Canada's political and health ecosystems, able to connect the dots and move policy from intent to impact. To drive outcomes, the Director translates policy goals into the critical evidence required to advance them--partnering to identify evidence needs and ensuring the right data are generated to support scaling and funding of national policy initiatives. The role also leads the mapping, coordination, and execution of priority enterprise policy initiatives and associated policy evidence plans.
A core accountability is measurement and performance management: the Director will define clear objectives, set policy and evidence frameworks, and build executive-facing dashboards that provide transparent, timely views of alignment to goals, progress against milestones, risks, and corrective actions. These tools will enable consistent governance, accelerate decision-making, and ensure enterprise-wide accountability.
Focus areas include accelerating patient access, positioning Canada as a health innovation leader to sustain and attract global investment, and providing the frameworks and expertise to manage key external issues for Corporate Affairs.
Key Responsibilities:

• Set national policy priorities and strategy: Define enterprise-wide policy goals and outcomes; develop integrated strategies and tactical plans aligned with AstraZeneca's Canadian and global objectives. Lead policy materials development (position papers, issues notes, walking decks, key messages, internal and external stakeholder briefings, etc.) that reflect unified strategies.
• Policy collaboration and execution: Orchestrate cross-functional activation with Government Affairs, Access, Evidence Generation, Medical, Commercial, Alexion and Patient Engagement teams to translate strategy into coordinated action across geographies. Ensure successful delivery of objectives and milestones through clear roles, RACI alignment, and cadence.
• Drive policy evidence and investment insights: Translate policy goals into evidence needs; partner (especially with Medical) to generate data that enable scaling, funding, and adoption by key partners, positioning Canada a true enabler of health innovation. Compile, analyze, and share provincial investment data to inform advocacy and policy positioning.
• Issues management and strategic project support: Serve as the policy issues quarterback--overseeing forecasting, proactive strategy, planning, and response aligned to policy goals. Provide policy expertise and support to major strategic projects, particularly those focused on economic growth, in collaboration with field and head office teams.
• Measurement, dashboards, and governance: Own regular policy and issues reporting; define KPIs; build and maintain the enterprise policy priorities dashboard to provide transparent, real-time progress tracking. Align and monitor deliverables and timelines across field and office staff, drive performance reviews, and lead continuous process improvement in planning, collaboration, and reporting.
• Investment Data Management: Compile, analyze, and share investment data per province to inform advocacy and policy positioning, in close coordination with field teams.
• Continuous Process Improvement: Drive adoption of best practices in policy planning, collaboration, and reporting to enhance effectiveness and innovation.

Required Experience, Skills, and Qualifications:

• Experience: At least 10+ years in government affairs, policy development, corporate affairs, or related disciplines, ideally within regulated industries or multinational organizations.
• Collaboration: Demonstrated track record of effective collaboration with geographically distributed government relations field teams and diverse cross-functional partners.
• Strategic Leadership: Proven ability to set and execute policy priorities, lead integration of complex initiatives, and quarterback issues management with partners. Strong ability to brief up, down and horizontally in complex organizations on challenging files.
• Analytical Capability: You are big-thinking, yet highly detail-oriented. Skill in synthesizing policy evidence, investment data, economic models and regulatory developments to support strategic decisions and advocacy.
• Communication: Superior written and verbal communication, including development of position papers, presentations, dashboards and updates for both internal and external stakeholders.
• Project Management: Strong skills in coordinating, tracking, and delivering policy projects and process improvements.

Why This Role Matters:
The Director, Policy and Issues Management anchors AstraZeneca's policy leadership by fostering collaboration across field & head office roles in Corporate Affairs, Medical, Access, and Commercial teams, driving integration and delivery of key prioritized policy initiatives, and ensuring robust issues management. This role enables cohesive, evidence-informed advocacy and strategic project support--empowering AstraZeneca to transform patient care and make Canada a leading destination for life sciences investment.
When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That's why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we're not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.
At AstraZeneca, we are driven by our mission to bring life-saving medicines to patients worldwide. Our commitment to decreasing global mortality rates is unwavering as we shape the future by identifying scientifically-led commercial opportunities. We thrive on energy and pace, embracing opportunities to progress within our BioPharmaceuticals Business Unit. Here you'll find a fusion of scientific knowledge and commercial competence that empowers us to make an impact at every step of the patient journey!
Ready to take your career to new heights? Apply now to join our dynamic team!
AstraZeneca is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion and providing a workplace that is free from discrimination. AstraZeneca is committed to accommodating persons with disabilities. Such accommodation is available on request in respect of all aspects of the recruitment, assessment and selection process and may be requested by emailing .
Date Posted 28-Nov-2025
Closing Date 11-Dec-2025
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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