Marketing Manager (Oncology) Apprenticeship - Pfizer
Cogent Ssc Limited
Tadworth, Surrey (KT20 7NS)
Closes on Friday 27 February 2026
Posted on 26 November 2025
Contents
Summary
This is a great opportunity to work for one of the world’s innovative pharmaceutical companies. Pfizer is looking to recruit a Marketing Manager to help support the UK oncology business unit.
- Wage
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£20,500 a year
- Training course
- Marketing manager (level 6)
- Hours
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Monday to Thursday, 9am – 5.25pm. Fridays, 9am – 4.05pm.
12pm - 12.45pm lunch break.
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 1 September 2026
- Duration
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2 years 5 months
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
The oncology business unit in Pfizer is dedicated to developing innovative cancer medicines and Biosimilars with the aim of improving outcomes for patients spanning a number of tumour types, for example, breast, lung, urological and haematological cancers, with a vision of becoming leaders in the field of management within each individual area.
The UK marketing team are an essential part of the UK oncology business unit, developing brand strategy and marketing programmes through close collaboration with our medical and sales colleagues to market our medicines and improve patient outcomes.
What can I achieve and what will I be responsible for whilst completing an apprenticeship at Pfizer?
Working in the marketing team will provide you with an opportunity to combine commercial and scientific skills to enhance our brand success by improving patient outcomes. The roles on offer will be located within a specific cancer type. If successful, you will be allocated to a tumour area and integrated within a highly experienced team, having an opportunity to work on delivering brand strategy, learning about effective project management, Omnichannel and digital marketing strategy and we will ensure you are given the chance to lead and own key projects, which will provide invaluable strategic, digital and project management skills.
Job Responsibilities
You will gain experience in:
- The delivery of brand plans
- Managing materials in our Global Content Management system (GCMA)
- Supporting marketing and the Omnichannel Team in the development and delivery of defined activities and developments of our digital journey
- Input into the design of materials for healthcare professionals and patients
- Gathering insights on the market environment for our medicines portfolio
- Comprehension of the ABPI code and promoting compliance improvement within the Oncology BU
- Cross business unit projects to contribute towards Pfizer’s
- Corporate Responsibility and obtain a better understanding of the pharma industry and the type of roles it has to offer
The role means you will build relationships across a wide range of internal colleagues from sales and marketing, through to medical affairs and training, as well as developing relationships with our Global marketing colleagues. Whether you have a medical/scientific or business background, the placement will enhance your leadership skills, education and provide a deep comprehension of the industry alongside the science of drug development and commercialization.
Pfizer also offers a diverse environment which allows employees numerous opportunities to grow and develop within a strong and accommodating culture. This is a great chance to be part of the shaping the bigger picture, and to assist in ensuring Pfizer maintains a diverse workforce as well as developing a talent pipeline of future Pfizer colleagues.
Where you'll work
Pfizer Ltd
Walton Oaks
Dorking Road
Tadworth, Surrey
KT20 7NS
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
CAMBRIDGE MARKETING COLLEGE LIMITED
Training course
Marketing manager (level 6)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Lead and implement a clear marketing plan and strategy, linked to business requirements to sustain a marketing advantage
- Develop effective marketing campaigns and channels, assessing their features and benefits to best meet business requirements and customer needs
- Develop detailed integrated marketing plans for all products/ services using offline and digital media tools - works with marketing team/ specialist agencies to do this
- Influence, negotiate and persuade at senior level collaborating with a wide range of stakeholders internally and externally to gain support/backing for marketing delivery
- Act as a consultant, providing professional marketing advice to stakeholders around the business or to external clients as relevant
- Present complex information in an understandable and stimulating way whether through effective verbal presentation or creative written copy
- Oversee, manage and approve key marketing activities/projects
- Deliver measurable marketing outcomes against key performance indicators and identify and drive continuous improvement, challenging existing processes and procedures where needed
- Effectively plan and manage the marketing budget, to deliver on strategic objectives, and evaluate and justify return on marketing investment
- Effectively engage, negotiate and manage third party suppliers and internal stakeholders
- Effectively evaluate marketing activities using measurement data and analytics to identify relevant key performance indicators (KPI) and return on marketing investment (ROI) in order to meet business objectives
- Assimilate and analyse complex data and information from a range of sources to evolve, lead and plan marketing activities
- Seek out opportunities to increase income generation and gain new business e.g. new products, markets and services as relevant
- Construct a robust buness case in support of marketing activities/plans
- Effectively manage and develop stakeholder relationships at senior level
- Assess business risks and reputational impacts of marketing activities
- Inspire and motivate internally and externally to deliver marketing plans effectively, acting as a role-model for marketing best practice and taking responsibility for improving their own and the teams and/or stakeholder performance, as relevant
- Effectively use appropriate business systems and software to deliver marketing outcomes efficiently, for example to analyse data, inform search engine marketing, produce reports and deliver copy
- Actively interrogate systems and information sources to make judgements on when to introduce new ways of working/identify new systems/processes to improve marketing activities or address those new requirements and /or marketing trends
Training schedule
Training for this role will be completed online
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
A Level in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
About this employer
As the specialists in skills for science and technology, our purpose is to make sure your business; your people and our industry are future ready. We are a not-for-profit charitable organisation with a family of commercially focused companies committed to supporting the skills, needs and ambitions across the UK science and technology sector.
Company benefits
Holiday Allowance - 25.5 Days Holiday Allowance, plus Bank Holidays Pension - Employee 5%, Employer 3% Flexible Working Hours Casual Dress Discount Scheme Employee Assistance Programme Onsite Canteen Onsite Parking Employee Recognition/Awards
After this apprenticeship
Upon successful completion of the apprenticeship, you will be eligible to apply for other positions within the business.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
CAMBRIDGE MARKETING COLLEGE LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000002673.
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Closes on Friday 27 February 2026
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