Medical Advisor – Biologic Respirology

About Our Company:

At AstraZeneca, we pride ourselves on crafting a collaborative culture that champions knowledge-sharing, daring thinking, and innovation – ultimately providing employees with the opportunity to work across teams, functions and even the globe.

Recognizing the importance of individualized flexibility, our ways of working allow employees to balance personal and work commitments while ensuring we continue to build a strong culture of collaboration and partnership by engaging face-to-face in our offices 3 days a week. Our head office and BlueSky Hub in downtown Toronto are purposely crafted with collaboration in mind, providing space where teams can come together to strategize, brainstorm, and connect on key projects.

Our dedication to sustainability is also central to our culture and part of what makes AstraZeneca is an excellent place to work. We know the health of people, the planet and our business are interconnected which is why we’re taking bold actions to address some of the biggest challenges of our time, from climate change to access to healthcare and disease prevention.

Summary of Position:

Are you passionate about scientific discussion? Do you love sharing scientific discovery? Do you want to make a positive impact through your work?

As a Medical Advisor within AstraZeneca’s respirology team, you will work with passionate leaders, both internally and externally, focused on making a difference through their work. You will lead the development and execution of the strategic medical plan as a component of the integrated brand plan. This role is exclusively supporting a biologic treatment for COPD and LTRD (Tozorakimab).

What You’ll Do:

• Member of Brand/Lifecycle team(s), with participation in the development and delivery of strategic and operational plans, ensuring cohesive alignment between the medical and commercial plans.
• Create programs and initiatives that drive practice change by Identifying high risk patients & care gaps and deliver at scale solutions.
• Build /develop relationships with Key External Experts (KEEs) and Global Medical Affairs Teams.
• Coach and provide leadership and direction to the biologic respiratory Medical Science Liaison Teams.
• Be accountable for the leadership of the biologic respiratory therapeutic area team, building and delivering aligned medical plans.
• Provide medical/scientific support to medical/marketing/regulatory/market access within Canada to plan strategy and achieve approvals (TPD, CDR, PMPRB, PAAB).
• Collaboration with Site Management and Monitoring (SMM) to ensure trials are delivered on time and within budget.
• Collaborate with Medical Evidence group to drive review, approval, and execution of Externally Sponsored Research projects (ESRs) and Real-World Evidence (RWE) projects.
• Deliver scientific training in therapeutic area to colleagues outside of Scientific Affairs (e.g. sales, marketing, market access).
• Responsible for collecting and reporting Adverse Events in accordance with AstraZeneca policies and procedures.

What We’re Looking For:

• 5-7 years of pharmaceutical industry experience, preferably in clinical research and medical marketing.
• M.D. or Ph.D. degree Preferred.
• Proven interpersonal skills with respect to relationship building, influencing, and engaging with teams.
• Strong decision-making, strategic, and innovative thinking capabilities.
• Previous launch experiences.
• Good communication (verbal and written) and presentation skills.
• Comfort in using the latest digital technology.
• Excellent detail orientation and planning skills.
• Previous experience working in the respiratory therapeutic area is ideal.
• Knowledge of COPD and LRTD is considered an asset.
• Bilingualism in French/English is considered an asset.

Who We Are:

Great People want to Work with us! Find out why:

• GTAA Top Employer Award for 10 years
• Top 100 Employers Award
• Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Culture
• Learn more about working with us in Canada
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At AstraZeneca, we are united by a common purpose – to push the boundaries of science to deliver life-changing medicines. This purpose underpins everything we do; our work helps to make hearts healthier, to help people breathe easier, and to help more people survive cancer. Every single day, we make a difference by delivering potentially life-changing medicines to millions of people worldwide and by leading breakthrough science that promises to transform the treatment of disease.

Ready to make a difference? Apply now!

AstraZeneca is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion and providing a workplace that is free from discrimination. AstraZeneca is committed to accommodating persons with disabilities. Such accommodation is available on request in respect of all aspects of the recruitment, assessment and selection process and may be requested by emailing AZCHumanResources@astrazeneca.com (mailto:AZCHumanResources@astrazeneca.com).

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.