Therapeutic Area Lead Oncology GU-Hem

Location - Vienna - Austria

Are you ready to make a significant impact in the field of oncology? As a Therapeutical Area Lead, you will play a pivotal role in shaping scientific leadership and brand strategies within the oncology therapeutic area. This dynamic position involves both internal and external medical responsibilities, where your expertise will drive life cycle management and strategic initiatives. You will be accountable for delivering local medical affairs initiatives, fostering scientific partnerships, and ensuring alignment with commercial and market access strategies. Your leadership will guide a team of Medical Affairs Managers, Medical Advisors, and Medical Science Liaisons to execute the local medical brand plan effectively. Collaborate with various functions to ensure that medical activities meet the highest scientific and ethical standards, ultimately benefiting patients and healthcare professionals

Accountabilities:

In this role, you will be responsible for conducting activities that align with AstraZeneca's values and comply with the Code of Conduct. You will complete all required training on time and report any potential compliance issues. Your strategic partnership with cross-functional teams will be crucial in implementing the overall strategy for the therapeutic area. You will integrate scientific evidence to support brand strategies, identify opportunities for evidence generation, lead scientific communications, and ensure the integrity of medical evidence. Additionally, you will manage the TA budget, provide insights into patient needs, and maintain compliance standards. Your leadership will extend to managing a diverse team, fostering strategic partnerships, and driving operational excellence.

Medical Management

• Acts as strategic and operative partner for implementation of the overall strategy for the TA in a cross functional model
• Integrates, interprets, and disseminates scientific evidence and content on AZ products and disease areas of focus to support the brand strategy and to support disease/product value messages to internal and external stakeholders.
• Identifies, prioritises, and reviews opportunities to generate evidence to clinically differentiate AZ products and better understand overall disease state management based on external stakeholder perspectives and the needs of AZ regions and markets
• Leads development of specific scientific communications activities e.g. conference symposia or specific scientific meetings sponsored by AZ, such as external physician or patient expert meetings
• Delivers the appropriate interpretation and preserves the integrity of medical evidence
• Is accountable for the development and execution of the medical affairs plan according to budget and timelines
• Is accountable for the overall TA budget and resource planning
• Works in a strategic partnership with the Marketing and Market Access departments, providing key input in the local operational brand strategy by ensuring input of KEE, customer insights and competitive intelligence
• Is responsible for the overall above-brand medical TA strategy
• Acts as the patient insight expert in the assigned disease and therapeutic area team by deeply understanding the unique needs, experiences, patient journey and relevant outcomes for patients  
• Facilitates patient insight knowledge sharing by raising awareness about patient insight strategies and activities
• Maintains a good working knowledge of company standards on medicines promotion and supports the Nominated Signatories in ensuring compliance standards for external audiences
• Sustains a “patient focus” in all design and interpretation activities (i.e., internal stakeholders, regulators, payers, prescribers, patients)
• Keeps own knowledge of best practices and relevant developments up to date
• Responds to unsolicited Medical Information (MI) requests about approved or unapproved AstraZeneca products, or about unapproved uses of approved AstraZeneca products
• Works together with External Service Provider for MI to meet the requirements set in the local MI procedure

People Management

• Provides strong leadership in managing the diverse office and field-based team.
• Coaches and develops the whole Team to develop best in class capabilities (scientific expertise, communication skills, business acumen)
• Responsible for supervising the TA Medical Affairs activities, ensuring operational excellence.
• Responsible for establishing robust strategic partnerships between the Medical Affairs team and other functions.

Skills/Experience

• Good understanding of Pharmaceutical Development (e.g. Clinical Research and R&D strategy)
• Understanding of the latest technical, regulatory, policy and real-world evidence generation dimensions
• Proven experience and track record of strong content and lateral leadership skills, eventually line-management
• Ability to seek and critically assess a large amount of data, distil, and synthesize information, put it into context and evaluate its impact on the business
• Business acumen and strategic insight
• Fluency in written and spoken German & English
• Project and stakeholder management experience
• Experience with evidence generation and clinical trial methodology
• Possesses business-acumen and thinking, able to apply this without compromising scientific and ethical standards
• Budget and financial management experience and knowledge
• Experience delivering country medical affairs plans

We Offer:

• Starting salary €105k per annum, in alignment to Collective Agreement for Trade  (KV Handel 2025)  (full-time basis)
• Participation in company success through bonus payments
• Electric car or alternative mobility options offered
• Extensive social benefits, including such as employee assistance, corporate benefits, company pension and additional insurance provided
• Family child care support extended to Vienna based employees
• Hybrid, flexible working hours , 2 days per week working from home
• Individual development opportunities

When we put diverse teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace, and challenge perceptions. That's why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we're not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.

At AstraZeneca, we are driven by a bold ambition to eliminate cancer as a cause of death. Our fast-paced environment fosters innovation, challenging norms, and taking smart risks. We cultivate a culture where everyone can bring their true selves to work, advancing societal change through diverse teams. With access to industry-leading research, technology, and a game-changing pipeline, we empower our employees to make a significant impact in the fight against cancer.

Join us in this mission! Apply now to be part of a team that is transforming the future of oncology care.

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.