Medical Advisor – (Hematology) Maternity Leave Cover

Medical Advisor – (Hematology) Maternity Leave Cover

Join AstraZeneca and contribute to our mission of improving patient outcomes with your expertise and strategic insight. Be part of a dynamic team that values innovation and collaboration.
In this role, you will play a crucial part in shaping and executing medical strategies that support our innovative treatments. Working cross-functionally, you’ll collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, drive scientific engagement, and ensure excellence in medical affairs activities.

Join us in this exciting journey where your medical expertise, strategic thinking, and commitment to patients will make a real difference. Let’s advance hematology care together!

What you’ll do

External Medical & Scientific Engagement 

• Proactively identifies HCPs with high levels of scientific expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of patients to collaborate on specific medical activities (advisory boards, symposia, lectures, above-market activities, ESRs, and other data generation activities)
• Builds, enhances, and maintains engagement with scientific leaders (Key TA Experts) and other relevant decision-makers.
• Develop and implement KEE engagement plans in collaboration with the line manager.
• Depending on the TA, spends 50% of the time in the field engaging key external stakeholders.
• Develops own scientific knowledge about AZ products and the whole therapy area, discusses all aspects of data in a scientific, objective, and balanced way.
• Disseminates results of published clinical studies to the medical community, translating their clinical values and incorporating them into business strategies.
• Responds to unsolicited requests about unapproved AZ products or unapproved uses of approved products, presenting such information in an objective, scientifically balanced, substantiated manner.

Development and initiation of scientific programs for unmet medical needs in the assigned TA

• Initiates and discusses the potential involvement of HCPs in ESRs, RWEs, and clinical trials to address unmet medical needs.
• Conducts basic discussions on clinical trials in terms of study design and feasibility
• Supports clinical team to select appropriate investigators and sites

Medical & Scientific Support for internal AZ stakeholders

• Participates as key member of cross-functional brand team(s) within the respective TA
• Provides internal stakeholders with an understanding of the local medical community, clinical practice, trends, and gaps in current scientific knowledge in the assigned TA, collects and shares competitive intelligence data.
• Provides medical input for the development of the respective TA Brand Plans and provides input to medical budget allocation.
• Develops and implements local medical plans and ensures alignment with the brand plans.
• Develop pre-launch plans and implement pre-launch activities for new products, according to timelines agreed upon with other AZ stakeholders prior to the planned launch, to address key clinical and scientific challenges.
• Prepares and conducts training of internal stakeholders for the respective TA products or disease area knowledge

Governance and adherence to processes and regulations (including but not limited to patient safety, clinical trials, promotional activities, etc.)

• Provide medical input for the development of promotional materials and events.
• As Nominated Signatory ensures that all materials and events are in line with internal SOPs, relevant industry codes, and local regulations
• Ensures that company confidentiality is maintained (e.g., intellectual property, product information)
• Ensures compliance with the AZ Code of Ethics, Corporate Governance, audit requirements, and other relevant guidelines, codes, policies, and procedures.

Continuous development of own scientific expertise in the assigned TA

• Works on own areas for development
• Proactively demonstrates AZ Values 
• Actively participates in AZ trainings and meetings depending on own development needs

Essential for the role

• Medicine, Science, Pharmacy university degree
• Experience with medical affairs and understanding of it
• Experience with launch activities with advanced TA
• Excellent knowledge of the English language
• Driver’s license required
• Excellent planning and organizational skills
• Expertise in discussing scientific content and context with a variety of audiences.
• Excellent presentation skills: oral and written communication and interpersonal skills
• Extensive experience in relationship and stakeholder management
• Project management experience
• Product lifecycle understanding
• Ability to take initiative, self-motivation, and engagement.
• Strong personal capacity for learning

Desirable for the role

• Understanding and experience in hematology TA

AstraZeneca is dedicated to being at the forefront of innovation, we are a high-performing team within a global, growing organization. Our culture is one of openness and transparency, fused with ambition and drive. We tap into our partnerships with external experts across the industry, to build and communicate evidence that changes medical practice

Are you ready to make a difference? Apply now to join our team and help us redefine healthcare industry!

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 authorisation and employment eligibility verification requirements.