Medical Advisor - Mississauga, Canada - AstraZeneca

AstraZeneca

Verified Company

Mississauga, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

At AstraZeneca, we pride ourselves on crafting a collaborative culture that champions knowledge-sharing, ambitious 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 create a strong culture of collaboration and teamwork by engaging face-to-face in our offices 3 days a week.

Our head office is purposely designed 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 a great place to work.

We know the health of people, the planet and our business are interconnected which is why we're taking ambitious action to tackle some of the biggest challenges of our time, from climate change to access to healthcare and disease prevention.

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 severe asthma (Tezepelumab).

Your responsibilities include:

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.

Qualifications:

M.D. or Ph.

D. degree

57 years of pharmaceutical industry experience, preferably in clinical research and medical marketing.
Proven interpersonal skills with respect to relationship building, influencing, and engaging with teams
Strong decisionmaking, strategic, and innovative thinking capabilities
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 severe asthma (SA) is considered an asset

Bilingualism