Purpose            

• To lead the Medical input to business strategic and operational planning for Vaccines/Infectious Diseases Therapy Area, including development of Brand Medical plans
• To lead delivery of clinical insight, customer focus and clinical governance into commercial / public health-related objectives
• To deliver TA/Brand objectives as outlined in the Respiratory & Immunology Brand Medical Plans
• To develop and deliver pre-launch and peri-launch medical plans and activities
• Act to ensure GCP requirements are fully complied with and in line with the local Quality Management System (QMS) SOP and all other AZ policies and Standards

Accountabilities

Customer and External Environment Shaping

• Ensure the patient is central to all activities
• Develop and maintain scientific relationships with key customers to build customer insight and develop strategic partnerships
• Develop and leverage medical insight from internal and external customers into Medical, Brand and Account Plans
• Provide expert medical input into key Government Affairs and  Market Access activities
• Co-ordinate the development and implementation of Advisory Boards
• Co-ordinate the medical response to requests for scientific exchange of information from external customers and at key internal meetings
• Deliver expert and customer insight into key Brand Life Cycle initiatives (MC3 etc)

Brand Planning and Lifecycle Management

• Create a matrix team environment that supports innovation, challenges the status quo and provides clear role accountability within the cross-functional Respiratory & Immunology Therapy Area Team and specifically within the Vaccines/Infectious Diseases cross-functional Team
• Be a full member of the relevant Brand teams, coordinating and delivering  Medical cross-functional input into TA/Brand Strategies, tactical plans and to share successes and identify/resolve issues
• Co-ordinate the development and execution of Medical Brand Plans, with identified and agreed KPIs, to support Brand objectives
• Contribute to Medical support to L&D
• Coordinate  Medical cross-functional input into TA/Brand Strategies
• Interact with Global and Regional Medical to ensure market influence on Global Brand strategy, where applicable
• Interact with Clinical Operations to maximize relationships with key investigators and to influence placement of critical studies/emerging products
• Input Medical expertise into Marketing Company Consultation and Communication (MC3) process and Business development projects
• Develop and deliver progressive pre-launch and launch Medical Plans for new vaccines / immunology products, delivering critical insights and activities internally and externally

Local evidence generation

• Leverage medical insight from internal and external customers into local evidence generation plans to support the development of Brand value propositions for the market
• Lead the clinical input into the development of RWE proposals for local value demonstration/evidence generation, to support the development of Brand value propositions
• Lead the development of study proposals for Local & Global studies, in line with the developing Value Story.
• Ensure the internal review and governance of Investigator Sponsored Studies

Campaign Development

• Input high quality medical insights and direction into campaign development
• Drive intelligent compliance through adherence to the relevant regulations / codes of practice
• Work with materials originators to ensure that all materials are fit for nominated signatory approval
• Ensure Medical approval of all strategic promotional and non-promotional materials (including, but not exclusively sales, media materials, governmental and other materials)
• Lead the defence of Brand-related activities following external challenges

Compliance and Governance

• Ensure medical support for pharmacovigilance activities, including the development and execution of Risk Mitigation Activities for all Brands
• Provide expert medical input into issues management (e.g. product withdrawals, safety alerts etc)
• Through Brand team membership, ensure that market activities comply with standards for medical governance and duty of care
• Act as a role model and ensure ethical/professional behaviour
• Review and ensure clinical governance over therapy area joint working, services to medicine and sponsorship requests
• Demonstrate leadership in compliance culture through qualification as nominated signatory or equivalent competence level
• Act as GCP Qualtiy Lead by ensuring GCP requirements are fully complied with and in line with the local Quality Management System (QMS) SOP and all other AZ policies and Standards

Qualifications

• Degree in Life Sciences
• Board Certification / Member/Fellow of a College or Pharmaceutical Society or equivalent (desirable)

Experience

• Track record of leadership across the medico-marketing interface
• Prior experience in a Medical Affairs role – a minimum of 2 years for exceptional candidates is expected
• Proven ability to interact with external customers
• Evidence of effective team working and accountability
• Technical expertise in infectious diseases / vaccines/ immunology (desirable)
• Extensive experience of the pharmaceutical industry (desirable)
• Extensive patient and customer insight through experience in a health care setting (desirable)

Date Posted

Closing Date

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