Sr. Global Medical Affairs Leader - Emerging Medicines, Immunology

Reporting directly to the Global Medical Head, Emerging Medicines R&I, the Senior GMAL Immunology Emerging Medicines is an experienced Medical Affairs leader who fulfils a critical strategic business role.  This person develops ambitious medical strategies for our early pipeline of products within the immunology therapy area from preclinical to Phase 3, including our immunology cell therapy portfolio and delivers results through seasoned cross-functional leadership. 

The Senior GMAL’s remit and impact extend globally and across the AstraZeneca enterprise, through membership on the Global Medical Team, the Global Product Team, Disease Area Teams, and in partnership with Medical personnel in key markets and regions.  This role needs vision.  It is someone who can seize an opportunity, design and leverage high impact evidence activities, understands market dynamics and can work with regions and countries to drive the market shaping activities required to ensure outstanding product launches, partner externally to transform health systems for the benefit of population health, bring innovative solutions across the spectrum of medical results, and demonstrate extraordinary scientific engagement with external authorities and key partners. 

Accountabilities 

• Strategy – Design and lead the implementation of product and disease area strategies and practice change initiatives at a global level, partnering to ensure execution at a regional/country level. Develop novel solutions to shape/define a market in preparation for launch. 

• Differentiating Evidence Generation – Design and leverage high impact evidence activities in support of product and disease area strategies; optimise the communications roll-out of our data sets and be an ambassador for our practice-changing evidence 

• Be the Voice of Medical – Craft and convey a compelling narrative across product and disease area, in line with our Medical ambition  

• External Presence – Engage and cultivate relationships with leading global thought leaders, societies, patient organisations and health systems, to be able to partner effectively to optimize patient care. Initiates and leads from AZ perspective new partnerships across the health care ecosystem. 

Essential Skills/Experience: 

• BSc or Masters with 10+ years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry (Medical, Marketing, R&D, Market access roles), or experience working within a relevant health system setting (clinical, pharmacy, pathway design etc.). This should include experience of working at a global and/or regional level. 

• Deep medical, clinical or scientific expertise in immunology, preferably rheumatology.  

• Deep healthcare system pathways/market-shaping experience and understanding (e.g. led transformation programs in a healthcare system, driven partnerships from pharma perspective). 

• Proven track record to build internal and external networks and to collaborate across geographies and cultures. 

• Substantial evidence generation/data expertise, e.g. clinical trial experience (conducted Ph2, Ph3 or Ph4 studies), and/or substantial RWE experience (world-class registry, experience with RWE for label enhancement, practice changing RWD usage).