Regional Category Manager, Market Research
Company websiteastrazeneca.com (AstraZeneca, opens in new tab)
Base salary $124,609 to $186,913
Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in Wilmington, DE
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- LocationWilmington, DE
- WorkplaceWorkplace not stated
- Status at last checkSource accepting applications when checked
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About this job
About the Job
Join our Commercial Americas Procurement team as a Regional Category Manager, Market Research. You will be responsible for managing the Market Research spend category across the Americas.
In this role, you will help shape and implement category strategies that align with current and future business needs while ensuring our supplier base can effectively support those priorities. You will build positive relationships alongside business stakeholders and suppliers, bringing commercial insight, procurement expertise, and market knowledge to deliver value across the category.
As the Regional Category Manager, Market Research, you will lead the implementation of the regional Market Research category plan across the Americas. Working closely with business stakeholders, you will translate business needs into effective procurement and sourcing strategies and help optimize how Market Research services are sourced and delivered.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage the implementation of the Market Research regional category plan across the Americas, ensuring alignment with business priorities and category strategies.
- Advise on and drive purchasing and supply approaches, including competitive bids, quotations, proposals, and supplier negotiations.
- Build and manage positive relationships with business partners and strategic suppliers to support effective category execution.
- Lead category-related initiatives that deliver value to the business across cost, service, quality, and supplier performance.
- Lead negotiations with strategic suppliers across rates, service levels (SLAs), licensing and data usage rights, panel/sample acquisition, and deliverable timelines.
- Ensure data quality, data privacy, compliance, and sustainability considerations are incorporated into category and supplier strategies.
- Develop and implement appropriate sourcing strategies across qualitative, quantitative, syndicated, and custom research.
- Partner with key business partners and suppliers to optimize panel sourcing, respondent/sample quality, and insight delivery timelines.
- Monitor supplier capabilities and market dynamics to ensure the supply base can support evolving business and category needs.
- Support and lead change throughout the category while navigating risk, ambiguity, and evolving business requirements.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree.
- 5+ years of experience, including Procurement, Category Management, and/or Supply Chain experience.
- Oral and written proficiency in Business English.
- Strong analytical and financial skills.
- Strong communication skills with demonstrated ability to influence others.
- Supplier and/or Project Management experience, including the ability to drive negotiations to closure under time constraints.
- Ability to demonstrate a range of influencing techniques across different partner groups.
- Proven track record of successfully managing change.
- Comfortable navigating risk, complexity, and ambiguous situations.
- Familiarity with methodologies and suppliers related to market analysis, including qualitative and quantitative research, primary and secondary research, and syndicated data providers.
- Understanding of key Market Research considerations, including respondent quality, data privacy, and compliance.
Desired Skills/Experience:
- Professional Procurement Qualification
- Experience with Market Research, Financial, or other Professional Services procurement categories
- Strong working knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry / or related industries
- Significant experience in Category Management
- Strong experience reaching effective agreements with stakeholders, including on rates, licensing and data usage rights, panel/sample acquisition, and deliverable timelines.
Why AstraZeneca?
At AstraZeneca we’re dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and spark your entrepreneurial spirit. There’s no better place to make a difference to medicine, patients and society. An inclusive culture that champions diversity and collaboration, and always committed to lifelong learning, growth and development. We’re on an exciting journey to pioneer the future of healthcare.
The annual base pay for this position ranges from $124,608.80 to $186,913.20 USD. Our positions offer eligibility for incentives—an opportunity to receive short-term incentive bonuses, equity-based awards for salaried roles and commissions for sales roles. Benefits offered include qualified retirement programs, paid time off (i.e., vacation, holiday, and leaves), as well as health, dental, and vision coverage in accordance with the terms of the applicable plans.
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Date Posted
04-Nov-2026Closing Date
17-Nov-2026Our mission is to build an inclusive environment where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and employees. In furtherance of that mission, we welcome and consider applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of their protected characteristics. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please complete the corresponding section in the application form.
Source: AstraZeneca on Workday · View original posting (opens in new tab)
Pay in context
This role's base floor ($124,609) is above 41% of the 1,492 Procurement & Supply Chain roles nationwide listed on this site. Their median floor is $132,000; the middle half runs from $115,000 to $154,000.
Only jobs on this site count, and each one publishes a base salary of $100,000 or more, so this compares six-figure jobs with each other, not with the whole market. Computed Nov 8, 2026.
This listingRegional Category Manager, Market Research$124,609 to $186,913
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AI Research Scientist$124,714 to $187,070
Senior Manager, Franchise Communications Respiratory & Immunology$124,609 to $186,913
Senior Manager, US Digital Content & Channel ManagementFrom $124,609
Associate Director, Supply Chain$124,070 to $186,104
Chart as a table
| Role | Published base |
|---|---|
| Regional Category Manager, Market Research (this listing) | $124,609 - $186,913 |
| Senior Computational Chemist - Oncology Targeted Discovery | $124,714 - $187,070 |
| Clinical Pharmacometrician | $124,714 - $187,070 |
| AI Research Scientist | $124,714 - $187,070 |
| Senior Manager, Franchise Communications Respiratory & Immunology | $124,609 - $186,913 |
| Senior Manager, US Digital Content & Channel Management | From $124,609 |
| Associate Director, Supply Chain | $124,070 - $186,104 |
Observed changes
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- Began meeting the published-salary criteria
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- Employer-stated posting date
- 2026-11-04
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