Commercial Operations Director, Egypt

Job Title: Commercial Operations Director, Egypt

Introduction to role:

Are you ready to accelerate launches and reimagine customer experience at scale, bringing transformative medicines to more patients in Egypt sooner? This role leads the engine room of commercial execution—turning strategy into measurable impact by uniting launch excellence, omnichannel engagement, and performance governance.

You will steer a high-ambition agenda in a company investing early and boldly across our markets, using data and digital to transform the patient journey. From shaping affiliate-wide launch governance to embedding enterprise KPIs, you will set the pace for how we win in-market—faster, smarter, and with rigor. How will you use your experience to integrate cross-functional teams and deliver outcomes that matter for patients, HCPs, and the business?

Accountabilities:

Launch Excellence: Own an affiliate-wide governance and readiness framework that aligns local execution with global launch strategy. Anticipate and mitigate risks at an executive level to shorten time-to-impact, protect ROI, and reduce execution risk. Embed post-launch performance tracking and corrective actions to sustain momentum.

Customer Experience & Omnichannel Strategy: Define and own the affiliate ambition for customer experience. Lead operational enablement across field and digital touchpoints, integrating data, insights, and engagement models to craft differentiated HCP and patient journeys. Establish feedback loops and measurable KPIs to drive continuous improvement and strengthen our partnership position.

Business Excellence & Performance Governance: Establish enterprise-level KPI governance and performance dashboards. Own data integrity, reporting accuracy, and advanced analytics capability. Drive simplification, automation, and productivity initiatives that enable faster, better decisions. Lead resource allocation governance to maximize ROI and ensure focus on what works.

Event & Operational Governance: Provide strategic oversight of all major scientific and corporate events. Ensure full compliance with internal and external regulations while driving cost discipline and measurable event effectiveness. Standardize vendor governance and align procurement to deliver high-quality execution with financial control.

Progression and Influence: Deliver immediate improvements in launch readiness and engagement effectiveness, then evolve systems and ways of working that scale across brands and therapy areas. Act as a senior integrator across Commercial, Medical, Market Access, Regulatory, and Supply to elevate decision quality and operational discipline.

Essential Skills/Experience:

- Advanced degree in life sciences, pharmacy, medicine, or a related discipline

- Leadership with the ability to coach and build diverse, high-performing teams

- Demonstrated ability to influence at senior executive level.

- Experience leading large cross-functional initiatives.

- Change & transformation leadership

- Launch governance and readiness leadership at affiliate or regional level

- Post-launch performance tracking and corrective action governance

- Alignment of local execution with global launch strategy

- Integration of data, insights, and engagement models for HCP and patient journeys

- Data integrity, reporting accuracy, and advanced analytics capability

Desirable Skills/Experience:

- Deep understanding of Egypt’s healthcare ecosystem and compliance environment

- Hands-on experience with CRM, marketing automation, analytics platforms, and data visualization tools

- Expertise in omnichannel content operations, personalization, and journey design

- Advanced quantitative skills, including forecasting, experimental design, or marketing mix/attribution

- Change management experience

Why AstraZeneca:

Join a business that pairs scientific rigor with the energy of rapid growth, where bold ideas meet the practical tools to deliver them. Here, unexpected teams gather in the same room to unlock new ways to serve patients across their entire journey, powered by data and digital capabilities. You will be backed by leaders who value learning as much as results, embrace smart risk-taking, and foster open collaboration—so you can stretch your skills, shape the market, and see your work change lives.

Call to Action:

Set the standard for launch excellence and omnichannel engagement in Egypt—step forward and help shape what comes next!

Date Posted

17-مارس-2026

Closing Date

31-مارس-2026

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.