Why choose AstraZeneca India?
Help push the boundaries of science to deliver life-changing medicines to patients. After 45 years in India, we’re continuing to secure a future where everyone can access affordable, sustainable, innovative healthcare.
The part you play in our business will be challenging, yet rewarding, requiring you to use your resilient, collaborative and diplomatic skillsets to make connections. The majority of your work will be field based, and will require you to be highly-organised, planning your monthly schedule, attending meetings and calls, as well as writing up reports.
Who do we look for?
Calling all tech innovators, ownership takers, challenge seekers and proactive collaborators. At AstraZeneca, breakthroughs born in the lab become transformative medicine for the world's most complex diseases. We empower people like you to push the boundaries of science, challenge convention, and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. You'll embrace differences and take bold actions to drive the change needed to meet global healthcare and sustainability challenges.
Here, diverse minds and bold disruptors can meaningfully impact the future of healthcare using cutting-edge technology. Whether you join us in Bengaluru or Chennai, you can make a tangible impact within a global biopharmaceutical company that invests in your future. Join a talented global team that's powering AstraZeneca to better serve patients every day.
Success Profile
Ready to make an impact in your career? If you're passionate, growth-orientated and a true team player, we'll help you succeed. Here are some of the skills and capabilities we look for.
Tech innovators
Make a greater impact through our digitally enabled enterprise. Use your skills in data and technology to transform and optimise our operations, helping us deliver meaningful work that changes lives.
Ownership takers
If you're a self-aware self-starter who craves autonomy, AstraZeneca provides the perfect environment to take ownership and grow. Here, you'll feel empowered to lead and reach excellence at every level — with unrivalled support when you need it.
Challenge seekers
Adapting and advancing our progress means constantly challenging the status quo. In this dynamic environment where everything we do has urgency and focus, you'll have the ability to show up, speak up and confidently take smart risks.
Proactive collaborators
Your unique perspectives make our ambitions and capabilities possible. Our culture of sharing ideas, learning and improving together helps us consistently set the bar higher. As a proactive collaborator, you'll seek out ways to bring people together to achieve their best.
Responsibilities
Job Title: Veeva Specialist – Medical Information & Communication
Career Level: C3
Introduction to role:
Are you ready to ensure the right scientific information reaches healthcare professionals quickly, accurately, and compliantly? As a Veeva Specialist passionate about Medical Information & Communication, you will turn complex, carefully reviewed content into submission-ready assets. These assets will withstand audit and help patients and physicians make informed decisions faster.
You will join a fast-moving, collaborative team that powers critical operations across our global enterprise. Your expertise in Veeva Vault and strong attention to detail will streamline how we prepare, review, and deliver medical and scientific communications across markets. Can you see yourself orchestrating efficient reviews, eliminating rework, and raising the quality bar for every asset you touch?
Accountabilities:
Veeva Vault Submission Excellence: Prepare, submit, and manage Medical Information & Communications assets in Veeva Vault and related platforms (including CLM), ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with defined processes.
Quality Control by Detailed Review: Support annotation, red box mark-ups, referencing, fact-checking, copy edits, and proofreading to ensure content is accurate and appropriate for the intended audience.
Congress and Medical Activities Enablement: Create placeholders, upload deliverables, and submit traditional and digital assets to support congress timelines and medical initiatives.
Collaborative Review Orchestration: Collate and synthesize feedback from medical, regulatory, and compliance reviewers; update content and produce final, submission-ready versions.
Governance and Audit Readiness: Follow quality systems and documentation standards to ensure confidentiality, security, and audit-ready records.
Guideline Stewardship: Adhere to defined processes and communication standards; promote consistency within the Medical Information & Communications environment.
Collaborator Partnership: Communicate proactively with leads and cross-functional teams on requirements, deliverables, risks, and issue resolution to keep work on track.
Continuous Improvement: Stay current with Veeva Vault updates and trends; recommend enhancements that increase efficiency, consistency, and right-first-time submissions.
Training and Enablement: Complete required training and participate in collaborator calls to align on priorities and deliverables.
Essential Skills/Experience:
Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree or equivalent experience in Life Sciences, Pharmacy, Biomedical Sciences, Communications, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
Advanced Excel proficiency: Able to organize, track, and clearly explain project status using spreadsheets or dashboards.
Hands-on experience working with Veeva Vault (or similar regulatory/content management systems) for medical or regulated content submissions.
Proven experience in:
Preparing and submitting Medical Information & Communications assets in Veeva Vault
Managing review, uploads, approval, and submission workflows
Incorporating red box annotations, references, and compliance requirements
Performing data fact-checking and content quality checks
Strong understanding of working in environments passionate about rules and detailed reviews (medical, regulatory, legal).
Ability to perform non-scientific edits and adapt medical/scientific content. Experience collaborating with medical, regulatory, creative, and delivery collaborators.
Good English communication skills (written and verbal) for collaborator coordination and documentation.
Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines.
Desirable Skills/Experience:
Experience working in pharmaceutical, biotech, or healthcare organizations.
Exposure to Medical Information & Communications, Medical Affairs, Publications, or digital response workflows.
Familiarity with systems such as Promomats, MedCom, or similar medical review platforms.
Experience supporting congress materials, medical education, or scientific disclosures.
Basic understanding of regulatory, legal, and compliance review processes in a global environment.
Familiarity with content management systems or digital asset management tools integrated with Veeva.
Awareness of Veeva Vault product updates and guidelines.
Experience working in global, cross-functional teams.
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.
Why AstraZeneca:
Here, your craft in Veeva and content quality will power how the enterprise runs—connecting diverse experts, simplifying complex workflows, and getting trusted information to those who need it most. You will work with unexpected teams in the same room, bringing to bear data and digital platforms to move faster while never compromising on compliance. We back curiosity with real investment in learning, pair autonomy with accountability, and value kindness alongside ambition, so you can grow your skills, influence how we operate at scale, and see your impact resonate all the way to patients.
Step into a role where precision meets purpose—bring your Veeva expertise to elevate our medical communications and help us deliver trusted information at pace!
Date Posted
13-Mar-2026Closing Date
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.
Reasons to Join
Thomas Mathisen
There are many things I enjoy when working at AstraZeneca, mainly the Speak up culture, the great colleagues that are in my teams, the great products that AstraZeneca provides to our patients and the challenging conversations I have around our medicines.
Christine Recchio
Working at AstraZeneca has impacted my life in such a positive way. I now have an improved work-life balance through creating my own schedule and time management, I feel a balance that I didn’t have before.
Stephanie Ling
There are a lot of reasons why I enjoy working in AstraZeneca, my colleagues being one of them. My team members and the managers have provided a great deal of guidance in helping me to be more confident in my daily work.
What we offer
We're driven by our shared values of serving people, society and the planet. Our people make this possible, which is why we prioritise diversity, safety, empowerment and collaboration. Discover what a career at AstraZeneca could mean for you.
Lifelong learning
Our development opportunities are second to none. You'll have the chance to grow your abilities, skills and knowledge constantly as you accelerate your career. From leadership projects and constructive coaching to overseas talent exchanges and global collaboration programmes, you'll never stand still.
Autonomy and reward
Experience the power of shaping your career how you want to. We are a high-performing learning organisation with autonomy over how we learn. Make big decisions, learn from your mistakes and continue growing — with performance-based rewards as part of the package.
Health and wellbeing
An energised work environment is only possible when our people have a healthy work-life balance and are supported for their individual needs. That's why we have a dedicated team to ensure your physical, financial and psychological wellbeing is a top priority.
Inclusion and diversity
Diversity and inclusion are embedded in everything we do. We're at our best and most creative when drawing on our different views, experiences and strengths. That's why we're committed to creating a workplace where everyone can thrive in a culture of respect, collaboration and innovation.
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