Medical Advisor, NF1

This is what you will do:

The Medical Advisor is a member of the Medical Affairs NF1 Team and will provide scientific and medical leadership in establishing an in depth understanding of the relevant medical landscape in relation to relevant disease states and Alexion products. The Medical Advisor is supporting the development and implementation of long-term strategy and building enduring medical affairs practices and infrastructure in line with overall Alexion strategy. The Medical Advisor will support the medical NF1 team to ensure achievement of local objectives and further to the global medical affairs mission to maximize patient outcomes by setting and continuously advancing the evidence-based medical standard of care.

The Medical Advisor develops expertise in the specific therapeutic area (TA) for internal as well as external stakeholders and acts as the medical expert for the TA within cross-functional teams, including support for other functions (e.g. marketing, regulatory affairs, market access, HEOR).

The Medical Advisor will report to the Director Medical Affairs NF1.

You will be responsible for:

• Create and give medical presentations and medical trainings to different audiences and target groups.
• Providing objective and balanced medical/ scientific information for both internal and external customers, including Medical Information activities.
• Support of the field and office staff regarding medical and scientific questions.
• Develop, implement, and support national key medical events such as symposia, medical standalone meetings or advisory boards.
• Check the content of advertising materials to ensure that information and messages for the respective national environment are medically and scientifically correct and relevant, are presented in an appropriate context and correspond to local medical practices.
• Prepare and contribute to medical/ scientific abstracts and publications.
• Medical / scientific support of clinical country operations team in the conduct of (global and local) clinical studies.
• Support HTA activities and reimbursement applications locally in close collaboration with market access, including the preparation of value dossiers (AMNOG) for HTA processes.
• Maintain knowledge of the respective therapeutic area, stay current on leading edge medicines and development efforts, attend appropriate national and international meetings and congresses to gather intelligence and for personal education.
• National and international travel required.

You will need to have:

• Relevant scientific degree (MD or PhD preferred).
• Proven track and sufficient experience in the Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology industry in a medical affairs, medical training or scientific communication role.
• Proven capacity to communicate clearly complex scientific data in different settings (F2F, virtual, and public presentations) and to different audiences (incl. top experts in the relevant fields)
• Proven experience with launching new products or indications including especially HTA activities (e.g. GBA hearing), trainings of medical/sales field force, advice seeking and medical education activities
• Networking, planning and management skills.
• Proactive attitude and the ability to work independently as well as in a team.
• Strong solution-oriented and positive mindset

We would prefer for you to have:

• Fluency in English
• Experience in the rare disease.
• Specialist in the referred TA preferred but not essential.

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.