Senior Director, Customer Excellence

AstraZeneca
Wilmington, NC
Senior Director Customer Excellence

Reporting to the Executive Director of Strategic Field Operations (SFO), the Senior Director Customer Engagement Strategy is the accountable business product owner of the CRM, Trigger Engine, Coach tool and Speaker Program Operations. This role is responsible for defining and leading the enterprise-wide Customer Engagement Platform Strategies including but not limited to the Veeva CRM and the AZ Promotional Speaker Programming function. This leader will define and execute the strategic roadmap for US Commercial customer facing CRM serving over 5000 customers, ensuring that these capabilities are fully operational in line with the needs of the US Commercial business today and delivering the brilliant launches of tomorrow.  Through a deep understanding of all customer-facing roles (Market Access, Sales, Medical, etc.), this individual will partner closely with Commercial and IT senior stakeholders across the business and IT, as well as external providers to evolve global and industry capabilities in line with US Commercial priority business needs. Through this same customer understanding, the Customer Engagement Strategy Senior Director will focus on delivering innovation as well as optimizing AstraZeneca’s promotional speaker programming function.

Key Accountabilities

  • Design a strategic roadmap for delivering US BBU Customer Engagement priorities through partnerships that embed seamless integration and coordination across all commercial teams and channels aligned to pipeline and business strategy
  • Develop, lead and garner engagement for both CRM & Speaker Program capabilities across Medical, Market Access and Sales
  • Oversee development & implementation of new field role (at scale); embracing compliant and innovative HCP engagement tools and strategies for customer facing teams
  • Measure the impact of all new work released on roadmap, close the value loop and ensure adoption across CRM and Speaker Programming
  • Ensure a simple and exceptional user experience for all customer facing teams experience with the CRM
  • Partner with key suppliers to ensure best-in-class promotional programming capabilities and fiscal accountability
  • Accountable for the performance, development, and engagement of the Customer Engagement Strategy team
  • Champion a unified, aligned and customer-centric approach to enterprise management of data necessary for statutory reporting for promotional programming events
  • Engage with Sales & Marketing to share and influence Triggers generated insights and best practices. Continuously identify sources of data generation through CRM capture and utilization.
  • Provide guidance and direction to all customer facing teams and other internal stakeholders as it relates to the use of the CRM and Speaker Programming; identify and promote appropriate best practices to enterprise stakeholders

Minimum Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree in relevant field
  • 10+ years of relevant experience
  • Prior CRM experience in supporting customer facing teams or marketing function
  • Demonstrated leadership skills (previous leader of teams or matrix leader responsibilities)
  • Demonstrated ability to translate strategy and analyses into operational deliverables
  • Strong Communication (oral/written) & Interpersonal skills
  • Demonstrated experience partnering with and influencing across diverse and senior commercial leaders
  • Must have strong planning, organization, and operational skills
  • Demonstrated experience in working with others to achieve organizational objectives including the ability to anticipate and adapt, own and or/work group tactics to support changing business needs
  • Ability to develop rapport and credibility with key stakeholders
  • Natural ability to flex and adapt in real time based on multiple channels of feedback

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 the solutions we bring to the healthcare ecosystem. Our work impacts every step of the patient journey—improving experiences and outcomes. We thrive on energy and pace, always thinking big to answer new challenges. Here, you'll find a trusted environment where autonomy is valued. We empower our teams to experiment and learn fast. Join us in shaping the future of BioPharmaceuticals by creating ecosystem solutions that truly impact patients.

Ready to make a difference? Apply now to join our journey!

Date Posted

19-Nov-2025

Closing Date

18-Dec-2025

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Posted 2025-11-21

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