Medical Information - Mississauga, Canada - AstraZeneca

AstraZeneca

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Mississauga, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

At AstraZeneca we turn ideas into life changing medicines. Working here means being entrepreneurial, thinking big and working together to make the impossible a reality. We're focused on the potential of science to address the unmet needs of patients around the world.

We commit to those areas where we believe we can really change the course of medicine and bring big new ideas to life.

The Medical Excellence & Ethics function works across our global medical teams, using innovative tools and resources that enrich capabilities and motivate success; developing scientific partnerships and delivering AZ science that optimizes patient outcomes.

Medical Excellence & Ethics comprises Global Nom Sig, Medical Information & Communications, Field Medical Strategy & Performance, Medical Capabilities (including Scientific Training) and Medical Platforms & Reporting.

About the role:

Working within Medical Excellence & Ethics, the _Medical Information_ _& _Communications_ _Operations Lead_ _will be accountable for operation, management and evolution of our core Medical Information solutions, including AZMedical external websites, Docuvera for content authoring, Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) for content publishing, Vault MedComms for content review & approval and GMIP for Medical Information Requests.

The role requires a deep understanding of Medical Information strategy to ensure that solutions are effective, optimised and integrated, to provide internal visibility of content usage & localisation, and an external view of content exposure by channel.

The role collaborates closely with Medical Excellence & Ethics, cross-functional partners and with Reporting & Analytics colleagues to ensure platform priorities are aligned with broader medical strategy.

Roles & Responsibilities:

Establish strong strategic relationships and act as point contact across key stakeholders, to develop a deep understanding of the business needs from our Medical Information solutions
Manage Business as Usual (BAU) activity to support and maintain our suite of MI solutions
Host and manage regular Change Control Board (CCB) meetings to define enhancement and fix prioritisation, taking the ultimate decisionmaking role
Coordinate communications & change management to deploy and ensure adoption of enhanced functionality across systems
Work within regions and markets to identify specific legal / compliance requirements
Monitor solution licence estate and flag potential issues before impact is seen
Partner with stakeholders and Commercial IT to ensure downstream reporting requirements are accommodated in the platforms
Work to align market and regional requirements with global strategy
Manage business relationship with key crossfunctional stakeholders
Be a champion of technology and innovation; identify industry leading solutions to meet evolving challenges and user requirements
Adopt a collaborative, cross functional working culture to ensure enterprise alignment

Requirements:

Bachelor's degree in medical or science discipline or relevant business experience
Significant experience with global systems deployed across multiple countries
Strong project management skills. Proficiency in stakeholder engagement and management
Excellent spoken and written English
3 years+ medical experience in the pharmaceutical, commercial or business environments

Desirable skills & experience:

Experience working with and managing 3rd party vendors
Indepth knowledge of medical affairs with experience of working across global, regional and local networks
Understanding of the development and commercialization of pharmaceutical products

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