Medical Affairs Leader, Breast & Gynaecology Cancers – Europe and Canada

Join a place that’s working to fundamentally change the way cancer is treated. Evolving to an outcomes-based model – we go beyond treatment to shape the cancer care environment and transform the whole patient experience. We work holistically, from early diagnosis to survivorship, ensuring no patient is left behind. Each of us believes that by delivering earlier stage interventions with curative possibilities and championing the development of precision combinations, we can transform the lives of patients living with cancer across the world.

Change the way cancer is treated by making an impact at every point in the patient journey. We are thinking and acting faster than anyone to ensure the data we’re producing helps physicians care for patients better. To ultimately deliver clinical promises to the real world, improve patient outcomes and their quality of life.

AstraZeneca is seeking an EU and Canada (EUCAN) Medical Affairs Leader to join our EUCAN Medical Affairs team. This role reports to the EUCAN Senior Medical Affairs leaders for Breast and Gynaecological Cancers.

Responsibilities:

This role will require broad internal cross-functional collaboration and matrix leadership, with multiple medical, development, commercial and access teams, as well as teams in EUCAN OBU-7, rest of Europe countries.

The EUCAN Breast/Gynae Lead will work closely with the EUCAN Senior Medical Affairs leaders for Breast and Gynaecological Cancers to:

• Ensure timely, high-quality input into global medical, lifecycle plans, develops and execute EUCAN regional strategy and tactical plans as well as supports OBU-7 countries tactical plans development and execution

• Contribute to the operational aspects to support key strategic imperatives for the disease area/brand, such as science advisory boards, evidence generation activities, external education initiatives, early/expanded access programmes

• Engage cross functionally to gain insight needs, understand the patient journey, and develop robust tactical plans by collecting insights from multiple sources, identifying the implications for the organisation, and making recommendations to address to the cross functional teams and markets

• Collaborate with relevant business partners to ensure alignment of medically appropriate brand strategy, planning, and execution by providing medical/scientific expertise, strategic and operational input related to our Breast/Gynae portfolio

• Collaboration with the other global, regional and country medical leaders, alignment of the publication plans and medical evidence generation plans

• Providing appropriate input into the global, regional and local externally sponsored research and collaborations, educational and patient related initiatives and other medical affairs activities as agreed with the EUCAN Senior Medical Affairs leaders for Breast and Gynaecological Cancers

• Develop strategic and long-term partnerships with relevant external Oncology European and Canadian stakeholders and decision makers, through the development of AZ’s scientific leadership with advocacy, scientific organisations

Finally, you will contribute to the broader strategic planning to build Astra Zeneca’s medical leadership in Breast/Gynae and deliver medical insight into the development and execution of respective indications.

Essential Requirements:

• Advanced scientific degree (MD, PhD, PharmD)

• Medical Affairs experience

• Demonstrated leadership skills in a cross-functional team environment

• Proven understanding of the lifecycle of the oncology compounds, competition

• Expertise in Breast and Gynaecological disease area and research

• Understanding of drug development and commercialization processes including understanding of outcomes research /payer access issues

• Proven ability to generate, analyse and interpret clinical trial and published data

• Track record of successfully developing and executing Medical Plans both in terms of evidence generation, scientific communications and external expert engagements

• Ability to manage multiple projects and products simultaneously to ensure timely, on-target and within budget accomplishment of tasks

• The candidate is expected to have ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams including development, marketing, health outcomes and access team.

• Good communication and presentation skills in English

Desirable Requirements:

• Regional Pharma experience

• Country launch experience

• Medical Affairs expertise

• Oncology expertise