Senior Manager - Medical Information & Communication (Oncology Business Unit)

Job Title: Senior Manager - Medical Information and Communication Oncology Business Unit
Work Location: Bangalore, India
Work Schedule: Three days on-site, two days remote (3/2)

Introduction to role:
Are you ready to leverage your scientific expertise to drive essential services for the OBU Medical Communications and Information team? Join us in supporting our interactions with healthcare professionals, including innovative chatbot conversations. We're on a journey of growth, finding new ways to deliver value to our business and patients. Our focused License To Operate team ensures expertise and scalability as AstraZeneca's pipeline expands. As the Senior Manager – MCi, you'll lead a Global Business Services team in Bangalore, managing LTO services and ensuring effective collaborator communication. You'll be the single point of contact for the Oncology Business Unit, accountable for LTO MCi service delivery.

Accountabilities:

• Lead the Bangalore OBU LTO team, ensuring quality, standardization, and meeting critical metrics.

• Drive MCi processes for operational excellence, efficiency, and digital innovation.

• Ensure team members are trained and competent in all delivery areas.

• Assist the team during high work volumes by completing LTO accountabilities.

• Apply scientific knowledge to create compelling medical content and communications.

• Handle medical information requests and maintain SR databases and chatbot conversations.

• Work closely with MCi staff and collaborators to deliver outstanding LTO services.

• Support healthcare professionals with high-quality, timely medical information.

Essential Skills/Experience:

• Advanced scientific degree or equivalent experience (PharmD preferred, MD, PhD, or equivalent).

• A minimum of 5 years of relevant drug/medical information experience in the pharmaceutical industry or comparable healthcare/clinical/hospital or medical communications environment with over 10 years of total experience.

Desirable Skills/Experience:

• Strategic thinker with strong discernment, project management, and organizational skills.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Experience in line management, including mentoring and coaching team members.

• Clinical and healthcare systems expertise.

• Ability to apply local regulatory, legal, and compliance requirements to Medical Affairs activities.

• Scientific literature evaluation and analysis.

• Scientific/medical writing, communication, and content creation.

• Competence in using technology/platforms.

• Experience developing digital content and/or digital content strategy.

• Promotional review or medical review experience.

About Us:
AstraZeneca offers an environment where you can craft the next chapter of our growth story. We are committed to enabling the rest of the business to run effectively and harness our transformative science. Our hybrid model of in-house delivery centres and service towers across the globe drives new ways of working and innovative solutions. We value inclusivity and innovation, always striving to find innovative ways to translate value for our business and patients.

When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to encourage life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That's why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we're not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Ready to make a difference? Apply now to join our team!

Date Posted

27-Jun-2025

Closing Date

03-Jul-2025

AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity.  We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills.  We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.  We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics.  We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.

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