Marketing Intern, Oncology Business Unit… at AstraZeneca · Gaithersb…

At AstraZeneca, our purpose is to push the boundaries of science to deliver life-changing medicines. We believe the best way we can achieve this is to put science at the center of everything we do. It is this commitment that drives our ability to discover, develop and deliver the advancements the world needs in complex and difficult diseases like cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. 

We are building a pipeline of future marketing leaders within our US Oncology Business Unit. This unique Internship role is designed as the first step in a multi-stage development pathway that can lead to a full-time Marketing Manager role after graduation.

As a Summer Intern, you will work on real business-critical marketing projects—not shadowing or administrative tasks. High-performing interns may be invited to continue in a part-time Co-Op role (9 months) during the academic year, with potential consideration for a full-time Marketing Manager role upon graduation.

Program Structure:

• Summer Internship (12 weeks, full-time hours): June 1 2026 – August 21 2026
• Co-Op Extension (9 months, part-time hours): August 2026 – May 2027 (for high performers)
• Full-Time Opportunity: Marketing Manager role upon graduation (performance-based, not guaranteed)

Job Description:

This role hosts 2 separate projects within our Oncology Business Unit, within both:

You will support execution of marketing initiatives across areas such as:

• Campaign execution: coordinating digital and non-personal promotion (NPP) efforts across channels
• Content and asset development: partnering with internal teams and agencies to build and deploy materials
• Performance tracking and optimization: analyzing campaign results and identifying opportunities to improve impact
• AI-enabled marketing: using AI tools to accelerate content creation, insights generation, and decision support

Your work will contribute to broader brand efforts that, at more senior levels, include:

• Execution of promotional plans
• Cross-functional alignment across Medical, Sales, Insights, and Access
• Development and deployment of core marketing materials

You will use AI as a core part of your workflow, including:

• Generating and refining content
• Analyzing data and extracting insights
• Accelerating execution and decision-making

Oncology - Lung Cancer Team:

We are seeking a highly motivated intern (junior going into senior year) to support a strategic initiative focused on pressure-testing our tactical planning processes. This project will evaluate agency spend versus emerging AI capabilities, with the goal of identifying opportunities to optimize workflows and improve efficiencies.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the assessment of current tactical planning processes, including agency utilization and associated spend
• Partner cross-functionally with marketing and other stakeholders to gather insights and identify improvement opportunities
• Help evaluate where AI can be leveraged to enhance efficiency
• Coordinate across teams to track progress, synthesize findings, and support recommendations

Oncology – Breast Cancer Team

We are seeking a highly motivated intern to support a strategic initiative focused on maximizing multiple indications in Breast Oncology with AI. This project will help shape how marketing teams identify and prioritize the highest-impact opportunities across healthcare providers and accounts. The intern will contribute to foundational Oncology Business Unit Marketing capabilities and gain exposure to how AI can enhance execution in a dynamic commercial environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the development of a unified prioritization approach using AI to increase the impact of external communications.
• Help assess and define event-based signals that can inform more effective and timely marketing actions
• Contribute to efforts to produce in-house materials tied to specific events
• Partner cross-functionally with marketing and other stakeholders to gather inputs, align priorities, and synthesize findings

Qualifications and Requirements:

• US Work Authorization is required at time of application. 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 be providing CPT or OPT letters of support.
• Rising senior studying business, marketing, life sciences, or related field
• Candidates must have an expected graduation date set for December 2026 - May 2027 timeframe.
• Candidates must adhere to a June 1, 2026 start date.
• Ability to report onsite to Gaithersburg, MD 3-5 days a week during the Summer, and 1-2 days per week when extended to part-time status during the school year. This role will not provide relocation assistance.
• Strong project execution skills: ability to manage multiple priorities, deliver high-quality work on time, and translate direction into action
• Clear communicator and collaborator: able to synthesize information, work effectively with others, and take ownership of deliverables
• Applied AI proficiency: hands-on experience using AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Copilot) to generate outputs, analyze information, and solve problems
• Prompting and iteration skills: ability to refine AI outputs through structured prompting and continuous improvement
• Data-informed mindset: comfortable using data, feedback, and performance metrics to identify improvements
• Learning agility: seeks feedback, adapts quickly, and operates effectively in a fast-paced environment
• Marketing exposure: coursework, internship, or project experience in marketing, digital campaigns, or customer engagement (including multichannel basics)
• Analytical tools: experience with Excel/Sheets, performance tracking, A/B testing, or dashboards
• Advanced AI application: experience building or experimenting with agentic workflows (e.g., multi-step prompting, automation, or decision-support use cases)
• Industry interest: curiosity about healthcare, life sciences, or patient-focused industries

What You’ll Gain:

• Exposure to some of the largest oncology brands in the pharmaceutical industry within a leading pharmaceutical organization
• Hands-on experience supporting commercial and marketing innovation
• Opportunity to contribute to high-priority work tied to multiple product indications
• Experience working across commercial, marketing, and cross-functional stakeholders
• Direct involvement in evaluating and implementing AI-driven solutions to improve tactical planning
• Opportunity to help shape approaches that improve prioritization, responsiveness, and patient identification

The hourly pay rate for this role is $32.50/hr