Regional Policy Manager, Sweden – Nordic Marketing Company

Are you ready to shape the regional healthcare environment and help improve access to innovative medicines for patients in Sweden? As Regional Policy Manager, you will develop and execute an overarching regional strategy that builds alignment and support for AstraZeneca’s policy priorities, supporting patient access, business objectives and competitiveness. Our AstraZeneca Nordic Marketing Company employs around 550 people and has offices located in Stockholm, Copenhagen, Oslo, and Espoo. AstraZeneca Nordic is a recognized leader in its core therapy areas and aims to improve the lives of millions of people. This is an area where you are free to be more – you are encouraged to challenge traditional ways and test your curiosity. We drive innovative science, deliver key launches, build close collaboration and partnerships within healthcare. Working within the Corporate Affairs and Market Access team, you will collaborate cross-functionally with colleagues to connect national policy and access priorities with regional opportunities and needs. You will build relationships with regional political representatives and senior healthcare decision-makers, navigate regional decision-making processes, and identify opportunities to support prioritised initiatives and strategic partnerships. Your remit is Sweden, with a focus on the three major regions and selected additional regions where opportunities arise. Key Accountabilities Develop regional policy strategy: Lead a strategic plan that aligns regional and national policy and access priorities. Co-create and support tactical plans in line with overall policy, market access and commercial objectives. Understand the regional healthcare landscape: Identify policy opportunities and needs, regional budgets and implementation pathways in the three major regions and selected additional regions. Build stakeholder relationships: Engage regional political representatives, senior healthcare officials and other stakeholders and develop opportunities for prioritised initiatives and strategic partnerships. Analyse regional implementation: Understand processes such as regional structured introduction, compare outcomes across regions, identify gaps and support regional input into national policy shaping. Maintain expertise in healthcare decision-making and funding: Keep a detailed understanding of regional budgetary and medicine introduction decisions, financial steering, incentive models and reimbursement models for care, identifying opportunities and challenges for AstraZeneca. Partner across functions: Collaborate with Corporate Affairs, Policy, Market Access, business and brand teams, and other cross-functional colleagues to translate shared priorities into coordinated regional action. Communicate with impact: Co-create policy and value messages that resonate with regional stakeholders, adapting budget impact and value stories to different decision-making levels and developing effective networking and outreach strategies. Represent AstraZeneca responsibly: Represent AstraZeneca in relevant regional Lif public affairs groups and demonstrate our values, ethics and compliance in all activities, in line with the AZ Governance Framework, internal standards and policies, and external regulations. Essential Skills and Experience MSc in pharmacy, health economics, economics or a healthcare-related field. Five to seven years of experience in a customer-facing pharmaceutical role or an office-based pharmaceutical market access role, or comparable experience in regional healthcare-related decision-making. Policy influencing and negotiation skills, with the ability to navigate stakeholder ecosystems, build networks and create impact with healthcare decision-makers. A structured, analytical approach, including the ability to interpret and create dashboards to track regional access performance, together with a solid understanding of health economics and strong business acumen. Clear, effective verbal and written communication in Swedish, strong storytelling skills and fluency in spoken and written English. Ability to communicate policy, budget impact and value messages at different stakeholder levels. You regularly work with approved AI tools to draft, explore, analyze and improve. You apply judgment, ensure data privacy and measure impact. You learn fast and help others do the same.​ An agile, collaborative and communicative approach, with the ability to contribute to cross-functional teams, demonstrate self-leadership and prioritise effectively to deliver agreed plans. Desirable Skills and Experience An advanced degree in political science, economics or business administration. Strong networks among healthcare decision-makers, a deep understanding of health economics and strong business acumen. More than seven years of experience in customer-facing pharmaceutical roles or office-based pharmaceutical market access roles, combined with a sound understanding of healthcare decision-making. Experience in a regional decision-making role as a political representative or civil servant. Formal or informal experience leading teams. When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. 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