MBA Intern - Corporate Affairs

Summary:

This 12-week internship is a high-impact, MBA-level experience within AstraZeneca’s Corporate Affairs organization spanning brand communications, external reputation, internal employee activations, policy/government affairs, and patient advocacy. You will operate as a strategic consultant embedded within cross-functional teams to shape communications, strengthen trust with patients, HCPs, payers, and policymakers, and advance corporate affairs strategies for new and existing brands across the Cardiovascular, Renal, and Metabolic (CVRM) therapy area. The internship culminates in a senior-level presentation that highlights the measurable value delivered from your projects that positively impacted business challenges and advanced outcomes for key stakeholder groups across the US business.

Areas of Involvement:

· Consultative Strategy Development: Lead structured problem-solving to define objectives, assess stakeholder needs, and build integrated communications (product launch, disease awareness, external key messages) and policy tactics aligned to brand priorities

· Cross-Functional Engagement: Partner with Commercial, Medical, Market Access, Policy, Media, and Patient Advocacy teams. Expect senior leader exposure and routine interactions with cross-functional stakeholders, including external agencies and vendors, to progress planning and compliant, supportive tactics

· Insight Generation: Collect and analyze qualitative and quantitative inputs (product and disease insights, competitive intelligence, market research, social listening, policy analyses, earned and owned media performance) to inform approach, narrative, and engagement plans

· Innovation & Enablement: Pilot practical applications of AI and analytics in communications workflows, scenario planning, and narrative testing. Contribute to playbooks and templates that scale best practices for patient-centered content

· Mentorship & Exposure: You’ll have support from a manager and an executive sponsor to guide your growth. Expect regular touchpoints and feedback loops to help you progress. You’ll also have access to lunch-and-learn opportunities across Corporate Affairs, offering insight into unique areas of the business such as clinical development or medical, legal, regulatory (MLR), and spanning business units such as Oncology and Rare Disease.

Application Reuirements:

· Graduate-level student pursuing an MBA with an interest in life sciences, pharmaceutical/healthcare administration, marketing, public affairs, and/or experience working in highly regulated industries

· Ability to turn complex data and stakeholder input into concise insights and recommendations. Strong storytelling and executive presence, including skill in patient-centered and scientific-focused writing.

· Experience with structured problem-solving, hypothesis formation, and developing strategy supported by relevant tactics.

· Proven teamwork, stakeholder management, and project orchestration skills with the ability to manage ambiguity and drive outcomes; experience working with policy/advocacy groups or community organizations helpful

· Strong interest in understanding a globally matrixed organization, collaborating across time zones with cultural awareness

· Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint; familiarity with analytics, social listening, and tools for public relations professionals

· Applicants must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa (e.g., CPT, H1-B, F-1 (OPT), TN, or other non-immigrant status).

· This role will not provide CPT or OPT letters.

· Available to work onsite in Wilmington, DE five days a week. Relocation assistance is available for non-local candidates.

· Must have an expected graduation date after August 2027

· Minimum GPA of 3.0.

· Selected candidates may be asked for past writing, research, and project-aligned examples to demonstrate experience

· Hourly Compensation: $50/hr

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About Us

AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company. We

focus on discovering, developing and commercialising prescription medicines for some

of the world’s most serious diseases. But we are more than one of the world’s leading

pharmaceutical companies.

At AstraZeneca, we’re dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered

to push the boundaries of science, challenge convention and unleash your entrepreneurial

spirit. To embrace differences and take bold actions to drive the change needed to meet

global healthcare and sustainability challenges.

There is no better place to make a difference in medicine, patients, and society. An inclusive

culture where you will connect different thinking to generate new and valuable opportunities.

Where you will find a commitment to lifelong learning, growth and development for all.

Championing Inclusion and Diversity

Our Inclusion & Diversity (I&D) mission is to create an inclusive and equitable environment where people belong, using the power of our diversity to push the boundaries of science to deliver life-changing medicines to patients.

Inclusion and diversity are fundamental to the success of our company, because innovation requires breakthrough ideas that only come from a diverse workforce empowered to challenge conventional thinking.

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We’re curious about science and the advancement of knowledge. We find creative ways to approach new challenges. We’re driven to make the right choices and be accountable for our actions.

As an organisation centred around what makes us human, we put a big focus on people. Across our business, we want colleagues to wake up excited about their day at the office, in the field, or in the lab. Along with our purpose to bring life-changing medicines to people across the globe, we have a promise to you: to help you realise the full breadth of your potential.

Here, you’ll do work that has the potential to change your life and improve countless others. And, together with your team, you’ll shape a culture that unites and inspires us every day. This is your life at AstraZeneca.