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Responsabilities:

• Build, organize and animate a medical oncology team of excellence to ensure the success of the Therapeutic Area portfolio, building and creating a culture of development and fostering an adequate motivation and working atmosphere.
• Supervise Medical Managers and MSLs team ensuring integrated and coordinated activities.
• Lead team performance, managing and developing tools (activity dashboards, performance reviews, coaching, feedback).
• Support team development, focusing on the consolidation of its strengths and the strengthening of improvement areas, ensure implementation of Individual Development Plan, develop skills and scientific leadership of the team.
• Support talent management.
• Define, lead and implement comprehensive and innovative National and Regional Medical  Plans for the Therapeutic Area portfolio  in alignment with global plans.
• Coordinate the Medical Plans, ensuring their impactful implementation
• Design and validate objectives, plans and budgets of areas under responsibility.
• Analyse products in development or existing in the portfolio, identifying their potential future use (new indications, etc.) and the advantages for the company.
• Define and implement the External Engagement plan.
• Develop high added-value relationships with external experts, scientific societies and health decision makers of the therapeutic area.
• Project the image and corporate values ​​of AstraZeneca in internal and external interactions.
• With an entrepreneurial leadership, ensure synergies within Oncology Medical Affairs (Global, Europe , …) and cross-functionality with the transverse teams: Marketing, Promotion, Market Access, Regulatory Affairs, Clinical Operations, Pharmacovigilance, Medical Information, and Training.
• Contribute to the implementation and execution of AstraZeneca Sponsored trials in close partnerships with Clinical Operations.
• Propose, along with the medical team of the area, research and national centres of excellence for the implementation of AstraZeneca sponsored trials.
• Ensure the correct implementation of Risk Plans in collaboration with Pharmacovigilance and Regulatory.
• Guarantee that all work-related activities comply with applicable external and internal regulations (policies, procedures, standards, guidelines and code of conduct).

Minimum requirements:

• Education: Medical education (Medical Doctor preferably or Pharmacy)
• Clinical and scientific experience related to Oncology or other related TAs (>3 years)
• Proven cross functional experience and collaboration with Marketing, Market Access, Patient Advocacy
• Product-Life-Cycle-Management and successful Launch-Management
• Experience in cooperation with clinical research and regulatory (national and international)
• Experience in externally sponsored research and cooperation with study groups
• Experience in team Management
• English: C1
• Microsoft Office: Advanced Level
• Overall experience of at least 7 years in the pharmaceutical industry working with ethical products, having occupied one of the following positions:
• Similar position in a different company: 1 year
• MSL Manager: 2 years
• Medical Manager: 4 years

Desirable requirements:

• Postgraduate degree in business or management development
• Therapeutic area knowledge.
• Experience in all product lifecycle
• Previous experience in clinical practice

Competences:

• Therapeutic Area and Product knowledge
• Clinical practice connexion
• Excellent communicator with the ability to influence
• Cross functional collaboration
• Commitment with stakeholders
• Creation and execution of a strong strategic vision
• Self-motivation and development focus
• Team Leadership
• Coaching and feedback
• Performance Management
• Therapeutic Area and Product
• Clinical Practice
• Compliance
• Pharmacovigilance
• Scientific Credibility
• Science applied to business
• Decision making
• Strategic planning and implementation
• Financial planning and budget management
• Stakeholder management within AstraZeneca global/regional and local organization

Date Posted

12-may.-2021

Closing Date

01-jun.-2021

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 authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.