The Medical Head is knowledgeable of the actions of regulatory bodies, in particular FDA, and has experience with clinical trials. An ideal candidate should have significant experience in immunology and would thrive on proactively engaging internal and external leaders.
Accountabilities:
As the US Medical Head, Immunology, you will co-lead the US Brand team with the Commercial Brand Leader, lead Core Medical Teams (CMT), and be accountable for the brand medical strategy and creation/delivery of brand medical plan. You will also manage and develop direct reports and deployed resources including brand Medical Directors, Field Medical Team, and Director of Medical Affairs. You will ensure compliance with all AZ corporate policies and develop and maintain relationships with key external and internal stakeholders. Travel will be approximately 30% of time.
Essential Skills/Experience:
· MD degree
· Minimum 5 years in pharmaceutical/medical industry
· Strong leadership skills – experience recruiting, retaining and developing direct reports
· Knowledgeable and experience with the development of pharmaceutical products
· Comprehensive understanding of pharmaceutical product planning, regulatory environment, marketing and promotion
· Comprehensive understanding of the U.S. healthcare environment
· Strong business acumen, including working knowledge of changing U.S. payer and provider landscape
· Proven ability to interact productively with both commercial and scientific colleagues
· Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in cross functional teams
· Highly developed verbal and written communication skills
· Strategic thinking
· Ability to travel nationally and internationally.
Desirable Skills/Experience:
· Board Certification in Rheumatology/Immunology
· Strong scientific background; knowledge and experience in Rheumatology/autoimmune disease
· Broad cross-functional pharmaceutical and cross-functional general management experience
· Global experience within the pharmaceutical industry
· Working knowledge of FDA requirements
When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire 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.
At AstraZeneca, we use our unique position as medical leaders across our enterprise and the healthcare ecosystem to shape the future of Healthcare. There's so much opportunity here as we continue to grow - no better place to improve patients' lives and develop with AstraZeneca. 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. We're hybrids - a fusion of scientific knowledge with business acumen - we know which products are launching, we know the science behind them and their place in real world medical practice. We are networkers and influencers by nature. In our role as scientific ambassadors, we thrive on working with people internally and externally.
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So three words I would use to describe the culture at AstraZeneca would be autonomous, collaborative, and engaging. I'm the Head of Sales and Specialty Care, and I live nearly 1,000 kilometres from our head office. In some companies they'd expect you to be present in head office to actually do a role such as this, but what we've shown over the years is as long as the outcomes are there and you can have that flexibility to travel into head office as required, you can just about work the role from anywhere in the country, which is very exciting to do a role such as this from the place where I live on the Gold Coast. But collaborative is the second part. I'm involved in so many cross-functional teams. And these cross-functional teams work for both pre-launch and also after launch of products. So it's across medical, marketing, sales, and in the early stages, with market access in other departments. So this helps bring the medications to patients. And the third one is really that engaging. I feel so engaged in the work I do everyday to help patients.
