Are you ready to lead a team at the forefront of medical science? As an MSL Manager, you'll play a pivotal role in recruiting top talent and fostering an environment where Medical Science Liaisons (MSLs) can thrive. Your leadership will drive strategic field medical teams to deliver impactful patient outcomes and innovative solutions. Join us in shaping the future of healthcare!

Accountabilities:

- Lead an effective, strategic, and outcomes-oriented field medical team(s) with a high level of scientific expertise.
- Manage and drive team’s performance with measures and metrics put in place that reflect meaningful patient outcomes with a continuous improvement approach.
- Lead a team with comprehensive understanding of the healthcare ecosystem to address population health discussions and deliver outcomes that address impact across the patient pathway.
- Guide the team(s) to have a deep understanding of stakeholder needs to effectively communicate complex scientific information using the right content and channel mix.
- Ensure the team’s quality and promptness of status, information, and insights reported back to the cross-functional teams and in company tracking systems.
- Role model as an expert in the assigned therapeutic area with well-established relationships with key healthcare professionals.
- Conduct one-on-one meetings/field visits to coach and review according to the most up-to-date global field medical engagement model on proficiency and related capabilities.
- Role model the AstraZeneca values fostering personal accountability, ownership of individual and team success, operational agility, and growth mindsets.
- Contribute to establishing and implementing policies, procedures, and objectives for own work and for the field medical team(s).
- Lead and manage change initiatives as needed in the field to enable positive business outcomes.
- Oversee direct report compliance with all AstraZeneca guidelines, standards, policies, and local regulations.
- Manage and oversee team financial resources.
- Strategic Planning and Delivery
- Ensure the Field Medical Strategic Plan (FMSP) and MSL activities are prioritized and aligned with the Medical Affairs Strategic Plans.
- Ensure the Field Medical Plan includes an Integrated Engagement plan aligned with Science-Based partnering model with an appropriate ratio of traditional and non-traditional stakeholders.
- Work closely with the Medical Affairs Team and cross-functional team to provide input to medical and product strategies.
- Drive prioritization of activities across the team to ensure appropriate focus on portfolio and pipeline priorities.
- Identify opportunities and initiate discussion potential strategic, scalable & sustainable clinical practice transformations initiatives that can impact on patient access to quality care.
- Ensure the team leverages Digital and innovation/technology as an enabler for patient-centric solutions and effectively contributes to enhancing equitable access to people in assigned accounts/clinics/healthcare systems.
- Leverage technology, available data/dashboards to drive data-driven decisions to support internal discussions and external engagements.
- Contribute on field and external stakeholder insights and perspectives in medical and brand internal strategic discussions and communicate internally on actionable items as appropriate.
- Provide regular updates to team and broader organization on delivery versus plan, variance to plan, proposed mitigation with emphasis on internal & external strategic and patient impact.
- Ensure own knowledge of best practices and new relevant developments is kept up to date with understanding of its relevance to the team(s).

Essential Skills/Experience:

- Scientific degree or master’s degree in a scientific discipline; 

- Excellent Project Management and presentation skills; 

- Thorough knowledge and experience of the pharmaceutical industry and the field medical function; 

- Ability to interact and manage a range of stakeholders both internally and externally; Knowledge of legislation relevant to pharmaceutical industry.

- Experience in clinical or pre-clinical research and knowledge of therapeutic area disease state and treatment; 

- Team Management experience.

 AstraZeneca offers an environment where innovation thrives. Our commitment to transforming healthcare is backed by deep expertise in our field. We lead with energy, driving change that impacts lives globally. Our collaborative spirit fosters groundbreaking partnerships that push boundaries. Here, diversity fuels creativity, empowering every voice to contribute. We prioritize people-centric solutions, ensuring our work enhances lives worldwide. Join us in making a lasting difference through science-driven innovation.

Ready to make an impact? Apply now to join our dynamic team!

Date Posted

05-nov.-2025

Closing Date

11-nov.-2025

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.

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 authorisation and employment eligibility verification requirements.