Why choose AstraZeneca India?
Help push the boundaries of science to deliver life-changing medicines to patients. After 45 years in India, we’re continuing to secure a future where everyone can access affordable, sustainable, innovative healthcare.
The part you play in our business will be challenging, yet rewarding, requiring you to use your resilient, collaborative and diplomatic skillsets to make connections. The majority of your work will be field based, and will require you to be highly-organised, planning your monthly schedule, attending meetings and calls, as well as writing up reports.
Who do we look for?
Calling all tech innovators, ownership takers, challenge seekers and proactive collaborators. At AstraZeneca, breakthroughs born in the lab become transformative medicine for the world's most complex diseases. We empower people like you to push the boundaries of science, challenge convention, and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. You'll embrace differences and take bold actions to drive the change needed to meet global healthcare and sustainability challenges.
Here, diverse minds and bold disruptors can meaningfully impact the future of healthcare using cutting-edge technology. Whether you join us in Bengaluru or Chennai, you can make a tangible impact within a global biopharmaceutical company that invests in your future. Join a talented global team that's powering AstraZeneca to better serve patients every day.
Success Profile
Ready to make an impact in your career? If you're passionate, growth-orientated and a true team player, we'll help you succeed. Here are some of the skills and capabilities we look for.
Tech innovators
Make a greater impact through our digitally enabled enterprise. Use your skills in data and technology to transform and optimise our operations, helping us deliver meaningful work that changes lives.
Ownership takers
If you're a self-aware self-starter who craves autonomy, AstraZeneca provides the perfect environment to take ownership and grow. Here, you'll feel empowered to lead and reach excellence at every level — with unrivalled support when you need it.
Challenge seekers
Adapting and advancing our progress means constantly challenging the status quo. In this dynamic environment where everything we do has urgency and focus, you'll have the ability to show up, speak up and confidently take smart risks.
Proactive collaborators
Your unique perspectives make our ambitions and capabilities possible. Our culture of sharing ideas, learning and improving together helps us consistently set the bar higher. As a proactive collaborator, you'll seek out ways to bring people together to achieve their best.
Responsibilities
At AstraZeneca we are guided in our work by a strong set of values, and we’re resetting expectations of what a biopharmaceutical company can be. By truly following the science, we pioneer new methods, new thinking and bring unexpected teams together. From scientists to sales, lab techs to legal, we’re on a mission to turn ideas into life changing medicines that transform lives. We need great people who share our passion for science and have the drive and determination to meet the unmet needs of patients around the world. If you’re swift to action, confident to lead, willing to collaborate, and curious about what science can do, then you’re our kind of person.
Typical Accountabilities
Scientific Expertise
Maintain clinical/scientific expertise in disease state management, AstraZeneca products, emerging therapies, and the competitive landscape.
- Contribute to the development and provide project leadership/ management of the therapeutic area Field Medical Strategic Plan (FMSP)At the focused accounts and segments of healthcare system.
Share pertinent information regarding clinical trials and scientific treatment trends with healthcare professionals in their respective areas of expertise.
Supports training of AstraZeneca’s internal stakeholders to enhance their scientific understanding of the molecule or disease area.
Scientific Exchange
Segment and prioritize engagements with healthcare institutions, focusing on enhancing patient outcomes and creating positive patient impact.
Identify and establish relationships with key customers and other scientific thought leaders for engaging them in ongoing scientific dialogue on AstraZeneca products and unsolicited discussions about compounds in development.
Identify, assess, and engage with Local Medical Societies, Hospitals/Institutions, Payers, Health Care Professionals (including physicians, nurses, pharmacists, nutritionists, etc.), and Key External Experts (KEEs) in accordance with the therapeutic area's medical strategy.
Concentrate efforts on healthcare institutions and their Multi-Disciplinary Teams pertaining to the assigned therapy area. Collaborate closely with these teams to ensure a holistic approach to patient care within the healthcare ecosystem.
Organize and facilitate scientific events such as MSL events, Symposiums, Scientific Exchanges, Advisory Boards/Expert Panels, non-promotional standalone events, Meet the Professor sessions, etc., with KEEs and HCPs. Prioritize these events based on their relevance in the patient journey for the related disease.
Deliver informative lectures at scientific events tailored to healthcare professionals, aligning with the field medical communication strategy.
Expand outreach by visiting a broader spectrum of Health Care Professionals (HCPs) and Key External Experts (KEEs) within the assigned territory and Therapy Area to enhance scientific engagement and awareness.
Engage with local or global clinical study projects within the therapeutic area, coordinating with Clinical Research Operations when necessary (participation in Site Initiation Visits, Investigators Meetings, and recruitment improvement efforts).
Collaborate with KEEs on study proposals (ESR or Local Study) and/or publications of interest to AstraZeneca.
Customer Insights
Effectively identify, gather, analyze, synthesize, report and forward relevant new knowledge about the external scientific/medical environments to internal stakeholders
Provide internal stakeholders with actionable items related to medical / brand strategy or clinical development based on customer perspectives.
Partner with traditional and non-traditional stakeholders to identify gaps in the patient experience journey as insights to be included in the medical / product strategies.
Access
Enhance medicine accessibility within designated healthcare institutions by actively integrating into their healthcare framework. Partner with payers and offer medical-scientific presentations tailored to the therapeutic area's medical strategy and the Key Account Plan, adhering to the Unified Key Account Management approach.
Gain a deep insight into the patient experience and the specific scientific requirements of the assigned institutions. Suggest and implement scientifically grounded collaborations to bolster access to medications and health resources.
Demonstrate the intrinsic value and efficacy of medicines, ensuring that healthcare institutions recognize their importance and benefits for optimal patient care.
Partnership with traditional and non-traditional stakeholder to identify gaps in the patient experience journey as insights to be included in the medical / brand strategies
Scientific and Strategic Leadership
The geography or account basedfield medical roleplays a pivotal and adaptable role within AstraZeneca, contributing significantly to the lifecycle of products, from pre-launch to loss of exclusivity (LoE) focused on patient outcomes within assigned territory.
Identifies and analyzes priority Hospitals/Institutions across the assigned territory, mapping and engaging key strategic stakeholders to establish science-based partnerships that enhance outcomes and foster win-win relationships between institutions, AZ, and the healthcare system.
Develops a comprehensive understanding of the medical strategy and priorities, crafting short and mid-term local medical strategy plans that optimize both quantitative and qualitative impacts and results.
Adopts a Key Account Management mindset, working cross-functionally with AZ counterparts to pinpoint areas of opportunity based on scope of impact and readiness, enhancing equitable patient access, and driving changes in local clinical practice.
Possesses a Patient-Centric Mindset, deeply analyzing the patient journey for specific diseases, identifying barriers to optimal disease management and patient outcomes, and engaging strategic KEEs, HCPs, and external stakeholders to develop solutions and generate advocacy for practice changes.
Responsible for leveraging Digital and innovation / technology as enabler for patient centric solutions.
Demonstrates a profound scientific understanding of diseases in which AZ has products or products in the pipeline, continually monitoring global clinical trials to advise on product development and emerging clinical progress.
Provides the medical community with access to the latest scientific and medical information, responding to off-label queries transparently and based on objective scientific data.
Possesses extensive knowledge of clinical practice across various therapeutic areas, identifying unmet needs in the patient journey, providing insights, and advancing medical communication.
Understands treatment guidelines, the regulatory environment, and access and reimbursement dynamics. Cultivates trusted relationships with leading KEEs, HCPs, medical associations, and patient advocacy groups, effectively managing projects that enhance the healthcare system.
Actively participates in MSL global or international projects to support local development.
Effectively translates scientific principles and product mode of action into compelling communications, guiding KEEs' thinking and handling objections with balance and transparency.
Proficiently addresses scientific questions, facilitating deeper understanding among healthcare professionals.
Cross-Functional Knowledge
Proficient in commercial aspects, with deep understanding of AZ products and competitor attributes, leveraging this knowledge to enhance medical communication and support decision-making.
Collaborates with internal business colleagues, including the sales force, marketing, key account managers,state access team, government affairs, state access team, government affair and other therapeutic areas, to align with local needs and national strategies.
Demonstrates effective budget management skills for small-scale projects, aligning with AZ's commercial, branding, and financial planning.
Capable of effectively engaging key payers in the country, comprehending their perspectives on science, molecules, pharmacoeconomic, and budgetary impacts. Prepared to contribute the scientific viewpoint in HMO/payer meetings and KAM visits.
Medical Excellence and ClinicalOperations
Possesses a solid grasp of pharmacovigilance and GxP principles, showcasing a clear understanding of their significance. This includes practical knowledge of Good Clinical Practice (GCP), various types of clinical studies, and requirements for reporting adverse events (AEs).
Displays familiarity with key documents associated with generating evidence, such as Phase IIIB-IV clinical trials. Additionally, holds a general understanding of AstraZeneca-sponsored clinical trials, external sponsored research (ESR) policies and procedures, as well as observational research and real-world evidence (RWE) policies and procedures.
Exhibits a robust understanding of the Ethical Interactions Policy, along with relevant standards, local laws, and regulations. Moreover, possesses the ability to provide training to others in this domain.
Desirable
Doctoral degree in ascientific discipline (e.g. M.D., Ph.D., Pharm.D.)
Experience in pharmaceutical industry, regulatory environment, clinical or preclinical research, and knowledge of a therapeutic area disease state and treatment.
Demonstrates a history of successful team and inter-team collaboration.
Previous experience as an MSL (Medical Science Liaison) or equivalent role is preferred.
Possesses exceptional skills in presentation techniques.
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.
Reasons to Join
Thomas Mathisen
There are many things I enjoy when working at AstraZeneca, mainly the Speak up culture, the great colleagues that are in my teams, the great products that AstraZeneca provides to our patients and the challenging conversations I have around our medicines.
Christine Recchio
Working at AstraZeneca has impacted my life in such a positive way. I now have an improved work-life balance through creating my own schedule and time management, I feel a balance that I didn’t have before.
Stephanie Ling
There are a lot of reasons why I enjoy working in AstraZeneca, my colleagues being one of them. My team members and the managers have provided a great deal of guidance in helping me to be more confident in my daily work.
What we offer
We're driven by our shared values of serving people, society and the planet. Our people make this possible, which is why we prioritise diversity, safety, empowerment and collaboration. Discover what a career at AstraZeneca could mean for you.
Lifelong learning
Our development opportunities are second to none. You'll have the chance to grow your abilities, skills and knowledge constantly as you accelerate your career. From leadership projects and constructive coaching to overseas talent exchanges and global collaboration programmes, you'll never stand still.
Autonomy and reward
Experience the power of shaping your career how you want to. We are a high-performing learning organisation with autonomy over how we learn. Make big decisions, learn from your mistakes and continue growing — with performance-based rewards as part of the package.
Health and wellbeing
An energised work environment is only possible when our people have a healthy work-life balance and are supported for their individual needs. That's why we have a dedicated team to ensure your physical, financial and psychological wellbeing is a top priority.
Inclusion and diversity
Diversity and inclusion are embedded in everything we do. We're at our best and most creative when drawing on our different views, experiences and strengths. That's why we're committed to creating a workplace where everyone can thrive in a culture of respect, collaboration and innovation.
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