Regional Europe-Canada (EUCAN) Medical Director – Respiratory & Immunology (R&I)
Zug, Switzerland
Join our industry-leading BioPharmaceuticals team, where our rich and diverse pipeline speaks for itself. We are proud of our growth because of the huge potential to create impact as well as our ability to address the unmet needs of more patients than ever with co-morbidities.
Do you have expertise in, and passion for, Medical Affairs? Would you like to apply your expertise to impact the global strategy and deliverables for the benefit of the EUCAN region in a company that follows the science and turns ideas into life changing medicines? Then AstraZeneca might be the one for you!
What you’ll do
You will be the EUCAN voice for Immunology to influence global strategy and deliverables for the benefit of EUCAN and act as the product lead for EUCAN Leadership Team / regional team. Thus, defining the EUCAN product priorities and MC expectations, support execution with top 8–10 countries, and defining and executing above-country activity plan to deliver on priorities.
You will also ensure timely communication to all EUCAN countries on global and regional strategies and deliverables for product launch and lead the respective Medical communities to ensure strong network for best practice-sharing and collaborative issue resolution.
Other responsibilities will include:
1. Define core KPIs and regularly monitor performance in top 8-10 EUCAN markets
2. Ensure MC product launch readiness in EUCAN markets
3. Foster ongoing EUCAN talent development within R&I team
4. Accountable for influencing Global Immunology product strategy/tactics through TACU/GMT, ensuring needs of prioritised countries are met, and ensuring GMT input from designated individuals appropriately represents EUCAN needs
European TA networking and communication
5. Develop R&I product specific network of people across EUCAN
6. Lead internal EUCAN Medical communication for R&I product (from global or from within region) to key stakeholders ( timely communication of new data, country decisions and/or implications) across entire EUCAN
Medical Planning & Execution
7. Ensure execution of EUCAN pre-launch and pre-LCM readiness (accountable for core medical KPIs) in prioritized markets
8. Regular visits/engagement with priority markets to ensure solid understanding of medical challenges/opportunities, team dynamics etc.
9. Ensure prioritized countries have appropriate (& globally aligned) local medical plans in place that are being executed effectively
10. Ensure appropriate regional medical plan in place (that leverages cross country synergies) and is executed effectively (execution of Advisory Boards, Scientific Exchange Meetings and Speaker Training initiatives for Europe) meeting the needs of prioritised markets
Study Support
11. Actively partner with SM&M Regional counterpart to ensure appropriate selection of countries/sites during study feasibility
12. Review above-country ESR proposals, considering opportunities for ESR cross market synergies
Essential for the role
13. Demonstrate deep scientific expertise of Respiratory and Immunology product and the growing franchise
14. Experience in launching a product at affiliate level
15. Deep understanding of the healthcare landscape, key competitors and marketplace factors and dynamics
16. Extensive experience in a Medical Affairs function within the pharmaceutical industry
17. Ability to lead cross-functional working groups and teams
18. Excellent influencing and stakeholder management capabilities
19. Experience in working in an international matrix environment, both in in-market and in above-market roles
20. Profound knowledge of different types of medical evidence and experience in applying it to the portfolio
21. Strong understanding of, and experience with market access and regulatory processes
Desirable for the role
22. Qualified Doctor specifically in Immunology and/or Respiratory fields
23. Strong Leadership experience gained through previous line management
24. Enterprise mindset gained through local and global experience
25. Experience in working in a joint venture environment
26. Experience working in a global role
27. Launch experience in first to market product category
Why AstraZeneca?
At AstraZeneca when we see an opportunity for change, we seize it and make it happen, because any opportunity no matter how small, can be the start of something big. Delivering life-changing medicines is about being entrepreneurial - finding those moments and recognising their potential. Join us on our journey of building a new kind of organisation to reset expectations of what a bio-pharmaceutical company can be. This means we’re opening new ways to work, pioneering cutting edge methods and bringing unexpected teams together. Interested? Come and join our journey.
Date Posted
27-Jun-2024
Closing Date
11-Jul-2024