Senior Medical Affairs Leader, Haematology (Europe & Canada)

At AstraZeneca we work together across global boundaries to make an impact and find answers to challenges. We do this with the utmost integrity even in the most difficult situations because we are committed to doing the right thing. We continuously forge partnerships that help pursue world-class medicines in new ways, combining our people’s exceptional skills with those of people from all over the globe. As an EU & Canada Medical Affairs Leader in Zug, Switzerland, you’ll play a pivotal role in channelling our scientific capabilities to make a positive impact on changing patients’ lives.

AstraZeneca is seeking a Senior EUCAN Medical Affairs Leader with oncology and medical affairs expertise to join our EUCAN Medical Affairs team. This role reports directly to the EUCAN Head of Medical Affairs.

AstraZeneca’s vision in Oncology is to help patients live better, longer lives by redefining the cancer-treatment paradigm, with the ultimate goal of eliminating cancer as a cause of death. AZ’s broad pipeline of next-generation medicines is focused across a wide range of therapy areas; Breast, Lung, Haematology, GI, and GU/GYNE. As well as other tumour types, these are being targeted through innovative key platforms - immunotherapy, genetic drivers of cancer and resistance, DNA damage repair, and antibody drug conjugates; underpinned by personalized healthcare and biomarker technologies.

The Senior EUCAN Medical Affairs Leader is a vital strategic and synergistic link between countries and the Regional strategy teams, whom ensures timely, high-quality input into global and regional medical, cross functional and lifecycle plans. This role develops and executes EUCAN regional strategy and tactical plans, as well as supports the EUCAN country strategy and implementation.  An important element of the role is to develop strategic and long-term partnerships with relevant external stakeholders and decision makers through the development of AZ’s scientific leadership with advocacy, scientific organizations, thought leaders and HTA/payers organisations. Together, the EUCAN medical leadership team plays a critical role to develop best in class medical affairs capabilities aligned with the medical needs of our rapidly expanding portfolio – together we are shaping the future of medical affairs within the pharmaceutical industry!

This role will require broad internal cross-functional collaboration and matrix leadership, with multiple medical, development, commercial and access teams; as well as core Oncology Business Unit EUCAN country teams, and broadly across EU 27.

This role will be responsible for activities such as insights generation and advisory boards; alignment of the publication plans and medical evidence generation plans to overall tumour level strategy; developing synergistic strategy to global, regional and local externally sponsored research and collaborations; enhancing educational and patient related initiatives and other medical affairs activities in collaboration with country and cross functional EUCAN teams. This role will contribute to the broader AstraZeneca portfolio strategy, and shape our value delivery to benefit healthcare professionals, healthcare systems, and patients.

Essential Requirements:

• Advanced scientific degree (MD, PhD, PharmD)

• Significant Medical Affairs experience with at least 10+ years total of pharmaceutical or relevant medical/clinical experience

• Demonstrated leadership skills in a cross-functional team environment

• Proven understanding of the lifecycle of haematology compounds, competition, haematology disease areas; such as CLL, MCL, ALL, DLBCL plus development platform modalities including bispecifics, and CAR-T is highly desirable.

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

• Proven ability to generate, analyze 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

• Deep Medical Affairs expertise

• Deep oncology and particularly haematologyexpertise