Key Account Associate/ Senior Key Account Associate (Lung Team)
About this opportunity
Key Account Associate/ Senior Key Account Associate (Lung Team)
Do you have expertise in, and passion for pharmaceutical sales? Would you like to apply your expertise to impact the lives of patients in a company that follows the science and turns ideas into life changing medicines? Then AstraZeneca might be the one for you!
ABOUT ASTRAZENECA
AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialisation of prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious diseases. But we’re more than one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies. We are on a journey to bring life-saving medicines to patients. Our role in contributing to decreasing mortality rates globally is clear – shaping the future by spotting a scientifically-led commercial opportunity and acting now to operationalise and scale it.
BUSINESS AREA – Hong Kong
Welcome to Hong Kong, one of over 400 sites here at AstraZeneca, providing a collaborative environment where everyone feels comfortable and able to be themselves is at the core of AstraZeneca’s priorities, it’s important to us that you bring your full self to work every day. To help you maintain your best self, here’s a sneak peek into some of the things this site provides for you
Flexible Medical Benefit for you to better take care of well-being of yourself and your family
Bright and vibrant work environment
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We’re bringing transformative drugs to those that need them the most by combining continuous new launches with unique solutions across the whole patient journey. It’s how we are able to truly make a difference to the quality of lives and answer huge unmet patient needs.
United by our local sense of belonging, there’s never been a better time to join a progressing team. Countless opportunities to learn from the best global talent, this is a place for those who want to be challenged and empowered to do the things they never thought possible.
What you’ll do
Your marketplace insights and patient focus will shape and direct strategic marketing plans for the product lifecycle, ensure execution of the brand plan for long-term brand success and develop clear country value propositions for patients and healthcare professions.
As a Key Account Associate/ Senior Key Account Associate, you will promote AstraZeneca’s lung portfolio and manage relationships with both healthcare professionals, to make a positive impact on changing patients’ lives.
Your job responsibilities will be, but not limited to:
Maintain a high level of both therapeutic and product knowledge in order to promote the benefits of our products
Effectively communicate the scientific and clinical benefits of our products to top research and clinical practitioners
Build and implement account plans for targeted hospitals/institutions
Ensure our products are appropriately positioned within hospital systems and processes.
Achieve sales goals for your territory and relevant surrounding area, ensuring the broad uptake of our products
Strong cross functional collaboration working with a wide variety of key stakeholders (internal and external)
Essential for the role
University graduate in any discipline
Fresh graduates are welcome
Good command of both spoken and written English and Chinese
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Highly self-motivated, meticulous, able to work under pressure
Desirable for the role
Prior industry and/or sales experience is desirable
Depending on candidate experience, this position may be filled at the following levels: Key Account Associate/ Senior Key Account Associate
Why AstraZeneca?
At AstraZeneca we’re dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. There’s no better place to make a difference to medicine, patients and society. An inclusive culture that champions diversity and collaboration, and always committed to lifelong learning, growth and development. We’re on an exciting journey to pioneer the future of healthcare.
So, what’s next?
Are you already imagining yourself joining our team? Good, because we can’t wait to hear from you.
Are you ready to bring new ideas and fresh thinking to the table? Brilliant! We have one seat available and we hope it’s yours.
Where can I find out more?
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Date Posted
29-Jun-2026
Closing Date
30-Aug-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.
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How this role compares
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We currently track 447 comparable Senior Sales roles across 39 biopharma companies.
Salary context
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