Anne Engelhart
What is your current job title and in which location do you work?
I’m Nordic Brand Manager for Lung Cancer, based in Norway.
What makes it special to work at your location? Please describe your workplace
In Norway and in our other Nordic locations, people are so skilled at what they do and everyone works in a spirit of collaboration. There’s a good mix of people here: some have been with AstraZeneca for quite a few years, others are new to the company. We truly focus on the science and putting patients first, acting with integrity in everything we do. Together, we bring a lot of positive energy and strong capabilities, and there is a continuous focus on individual development – personally I’ve grown so much here.
What does your job entail on a day-to-day basis?
My job is to take the global brand strategy plan and adjust it to create a robust local plan in the Nordics that’s built on relevant and actionable insights. I participate in the cross-functional development of the Nordic Lung Cancer leadership strategy, and provide strategic and tactical input to local teams. We shape the strategies and deliverables according to Nordic needs, and analyze market and customer insight by gathering and aligning data from research and customer-facing roles. I also manage pre-launch planning and ensure commercial internal readiness for new launches.
Tell me about your career journey in AstraZeneca
I started as a Sales Representative in 2007 and worked with a number of brands, both in specialty and primary care. After four years I moved to marketing, which had always been my goal since I joined AstraZeneca. I was Brand Manager in the diabetes team in Norway, working across various brands, and acting as the marketing representative in the alliance we had with BMS at the time. I then became Commercial Excellence Manager, before moving to the Oncology team as a Brand Manager in the Nordics.
I must say, it’s been a fantastic journey. We have been through several changes in the past decade – and these changes have brought career opportunities which I passionately wanted to go for.
