Marketing Intern, Oncology Business Unit (Summer with Extension Opportunity)

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 projectsnot 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 marketingand 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 onmaximizing 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 foundationalOncology Business Unit Marketingcapabilities and gain exposure to how AI can enhance execution in a dynamic commercial environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the development of aunified 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 producein-house materialstied 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 isrequiredattimeof application.Applicants must have work authorization thatdoes 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.
• Risingsenior studying business marketing life sciences or related field
• Candidates must have an expected graduation date set forDecember 2026 - May 2027 timeframe.
• Candidates must adhere to a June 1 2026 start date.
• Ability to report onsite toGaithersburgMD3-5 days a week during the Summer and1-2 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 agenticworkflows (e.g. multi-step prompting automation or decision-support use cases)
• Industry interest:curiosity about healthcare life sciences or patient-focused industries

What Youll Gain:

• Exposure to some of the largest oncology brands in the pharmaceutical industrywithin a leading pharmaceutical organization
• Hands-on experience supportingcommercial and marketing innovation
• Opportunity to contribute to high-priority work tied tomultiple 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