Make a more meaningful impact to patients’ lives around the globe

Here you’ll have the opportunity to make a meaningful difference to patients’ lives. With science at its heart, this is the place where breakthroughs born in the lab become transformative medicines – for the world’s most complex diseases. Answer unmet medical needs by pioneering the next wave of science, focusing on outcomes and shaping the patient ecosystem.

Who we are

A high performing team, we are united and motivated by our shared purpose – to deliver life-changing medicines. We come to work each day to make a difference – to patients, society and our company.

How we do it

The shared creativity through both internal and external collaboration unlocks challenges and brings new solutions.

At Late Respiratory & Immunology (Late R&I), we’re driven by innovation and our dedication to make a real-life difference in patients’ lives. That difference starts with you. We are part of the BioPharmaceutical R&D unit. Here, you will get the opportunity to work in a truly international environment and meet and discuss with key opinion leaders, other medical colleagues and authorities in basic science, as well as commercial, regulatory, and other functions.

What you’ll do

As a Global Clinical Medical Director (GCMD), you will join the clinical project team (CPT) and be involved with core study and program activities, including design development, study conduct, high level results interpretation, clinical study reports, submissions and following regulatory defense activities. You will provide medical input into the content of core labelling texts and medical support for commercial activities, as well as the scientific component of the pricing and value strategy. You will also provide medical and scientific expertise as well as tactical and strategic medical input to the development of AstraZeneca’s compounds, primarily from Phase IIb to Phase IV.

In the BioPharmaceuticals Research & Development, Late-stage Development, Respiratory & Immunology (R&I) function you will be given the opportunity to work in a truly international working environment, with opportunities to meet with key external experts, other medical colleagues and experts in basic science, as well as commercial and regulatory functions.

Our therapy area aligned groups of physicians and scientists provide clinical guidance and scientific leadership for clinical development programs within AstraZeneca's global organization.

The GCMD will work in a wide range of aspects in pharmaceutical medicine, and due to global responsibilities, you will have multitude of contacts with health authorities, and colleagues and marketing companies within AstraZeneca. This is an opportunity to take on the challenges of clinical development in a group of positive, focused and highly motivated colleagues.

We rely on you to:

• Build positive relationships and networks with internal and external scientific specialists and opinion leaders
• Work closely with colleagues in other functions including Patient Safety, Regulatory Affairs, Biometrics, and Clinical Operations
• Be involved primarily in Late Stage (Ph2b and later) clinical programmes and additionally collaborate with clinical colleagues supporting Early Stage programs as well as Medical Affairs colleagues
• Provide medical input into the content of core labelling texts and medical support for commercial activities, as well as the scientific component of the pricing and value strategy
• Provide expert medical input into the preparation of regulatory documents and interactions with health authorities
• Provide expert analysis and interpretation of data from ongoing studies and from the literature
• Prepare and present publications at scientific meetings and congresses
• Provide medical monitoring for clinical trials

Essential for the role:

• Fully qualified pulmonologist or allergist (MD or MD, PhD) with asthma clinical care experience
• Good teamwork and collaboration skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
• Able to travel nationally and internationally (post- pandemic)

You also possess:

• Experience in clinical trials as investigator/co-investigator/coordinator
• Experience in late stage clinical drug development from pharma industry or academia
• Good understanding of clinical trials methodology
• Experience in the design, execution and interpretation of late stage clinical trials in the respiratory area or any other therapeutic area/ specialty in clinical development

Where can I find out more?

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Ensuring the health and wellbeing of our employees and the patients on our clinical trials is of paramount importance to us at AstraZeneca. We fully support and commend the vital role physicians are undertaking during the COVID-19 pandemic. We will continue to recruit open physician vacancies, making use of digital capabilities to ensure we can continue to recruit great talent, but we want you to be aware that we are happy to discuss postponing start dates, releasing you for voluntary/ paid clinical work or similar activities during this time.  We thank you in advance for all you are doing for patients in these challenging times.

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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.