Medical Director, Respiratory, Early Clinical Development

Are you ready to shape and deliver the AstraZeneca Respiratory pipeline? 

If you are a motivated drug developer, this is an excellent time to join! 

Who We Are  

In the Respiratory Translational Sciences and Clinical Development (TSCD) team, we are investigating the drivers of key respiratory diseases, with access to pioneering science, innovative drug discovery approaches and key collaborations with academic centers around the world. We are investigating a wide range of drug modalities – small molecules, biologics, oligonucleotides and other modalities – across multiple diseases with high unmet medical need. 

TSCD in Respiratory is where science meets clinical drug development with a focus upon delivering innovative, early phase clinical studies (Phase 1 – Phase 2), while collaborating closely with our late phase clinical development colleagues who guide later phase clinical studies. We are a diverse team of experienced physicians, clinical scientists and translational medicine scientists who collaborate with scientists and late clinical development to define our early phase clinical development strategies, design innovative clinical trials, develop and validate new clinical endpoints and translate scientific ideas to proof-of-concept studies in targeted patient populations. 

What You Will Do  

Asa Medical Director, you will provide medical and scientific input to preclinical and clinical stage assets within the context of a respiratory clinical team. This will include the creation of overall clinical development plans and clinical study design as well writing protocols, key study and health authority documentation, medical monitoring and ensuring timely delivery of studies, all in close collaboration with internal and external partners and clinical research organizations. 

Experience in Respiratory Medicine is strongly preferred. The successful candidate will thrive in a fast-paced, proactive can-do culture, be a strong communicator, and a collaborator. 

• Responsible for the design, delivery and interpretation of clinical studies ensuring the ethical and scientific integrity of the plans, studies and product in compliance with GCP. 

• Provide guidance in the medical strategy and clinical/disease expertise to Research, Translational Medicine, Early and Late-stage Clinical Development and Commercial colleagues as part of across functional teams. 

• Closely follow medical developments within respiratory diseases and disseminate new information within Clinical Development and the wider organization to transform trends and emerging data into agile and innovative clinical plans. 

• Work closely and collaborate across early and late R&I clinical development, partner functions and