Senior Global Medical Affairs Leader- Obesity
Reporting directly to the Medical Head of Weight Management and T2DM, the Senior GMAL is an experienced Medical Affairs leader who fulfils a critical strategic business role. This person develops ambitious medical strategies for our products within the Weight Management and T2DM therapy area and, through seasoned cross-functional leadership, delivers results. 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, understand market dynamics, and work with regions and countries to drive the market-shaping activities required to ensure outstanding product launches. They will partner externally to transform health systems for the benefit of population health, bring innovative solutions across the spectrum of medical deliverables, and demonstrate world-class scientific engagement with external experts and key stakeholders.
Typical 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 and practice change initiatives; optimize 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 strategies, in line with our Medical ambition.
- External Presence – Engage and cultivate relationships with leading global thought leaders, societies, patient organizations, and health systems to partner effectively to optimize patient care. Initiate and lead new partnerships across the healthcare ecosystem from an AZ perspective.
Education, Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Masters degree with 5+ 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.)
- Experienced Business leader (e.g. led a TA/franchise in a market, driven brand performance, led large teams) able to deliver results in a complex environment
- Deep healthcare system pathways/market-shaping experience and understanding (e.g. led transformation programs in healthcare systems, driven partnerships from a pharma perspective)
- Proven ability 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)
Desirable Skills/Experience
- Doctoral level degree: MD, PhD, or PharmD
- Expertise in either Obesity, T2DM or cardio-renal disease
- Relevant experience beyond Medical affairs (e.g. in a marketing/R&D/Market Access role)
- Strong working relationships with global thought leaders, including key experts and opinion leaders, professional societies, and other healthcare industries/organizations
- Experience launching new products or indications, and in developing and launching medicines in key geographies (e.g US, China)
So, whats next?...
AstraZeneca offers an environment where you can be at the forefront of medical innovation. We use our unique position as medical leaders across our enterprise and the healthcare ecosystem to shape the future of healthcare. Here you can improve patients' lives while developing your career. We provide medical leadership across the whole product lifecycle - from advising on Research & Development investment decisions to leading pre-launch scientific efforts and accelerating evidence-based healthcare changes in the real world. Our collaborative culture fosters innovation and allows us to make a meaningful impact on patients' lives.
Join us at AstraZeneca and be part of a team that is making a difference!
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