Medical Director - Switzerland

Medical Director - Switzerland 

Location: Baar (near Zug) 

AstraZeneca offers an unparalleled opportunity to be at the forefront of healthcare innovation. As part of our dynamic BioPharmaceuticals team, you'll contribute to shaping the future of medical practices while addressing unmet patient needs. Our collaborative environment fosters growth and development, allowing you to leverage your scientific knowledge alongside business acumen. With a rich pipeline and a commitment to transforming healthcare, AstraZeneca is where you can make a meaningful impact on patients' lives.

 Ready to take the next step in your career? Apply now and join us in making a difference!

About  AstraZeneca

AstraZeneca is a global, innovation-driven BioPharmaceutical business that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialisation of prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious disease. But we’re more than one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies.

 Part of a global leading pharmaceutical, we’re proud of our heritage and where we’re heading – AstraZeneca’s exponential growth and unrivalled success in our international markets. Our pipeline keeps us leading the way and provides us with stability to build a long-term commitment. It fuels us every day – by realising our pipeline we’re addressing huge unmet needs and unserved patients. It’s rewarding and inspiring.

 Here, we need leadership at every level – Physicians who not only have clinical and scientific expertise, but also the ability to build a case, engage multiple partners, and communicate effectively with different audiences. With that kind of remit comes great responsibility. We truly believe that everyone contributes with an outstanding set of competence. Your curiosity and passion for personal development combined with support from colleagues, mentors and leaders, will ensure you maximize your skills, abilities and contribution.  

What you’ll do 

In this role you will be a senior leadership team member and business partner who plays a key role in achievement of our overall company goals. 

In this position you will lead the full medical organisation delivering the strategy, plan, capabilities and behaviours necessary to successfully implement our medical affairs agenda to drive scientific partnerships and leadership 

You will be translating the Global strategic medical long-term vision into a highly effective country strategy and plan that defines and delivers “value” at multiple levels. You will direct and support the function to ensure medical operational excellence (including launch excellence), evidence generation for our portfolio products and patient safety. 

Other responsibilities include: 

• Translate the Global strategic long-term vision for AZ Medical Affairs Switzerland into a highly effective country strategy and plan 

• Ensure operational implementation of the medical affairs country plans, analysing, anticipating and, where possible, shaping marketplace changes whilst identifying and maximising new growth opportunities 

• Ensure evidence generation gaps are identified and proactively closed to support scientific advancement for patient benefits 

• Ensure that strong external relationships are built and maintained with key external experts, scientific bodies and study groups, payors and patient organisation as appropriate 

• Increase our scientific footprint and strategic partnerships in Switzerland in our core disease areas 

• Ensure innovative patient centric solutions are developed and implemented to address identified unmet needs 

• Build a high performing team 

• Identify the roles and capabilities required for current and future success within the Medical Affairs team and drives the recruitment of high calibre individuals 

• Ensure excellence in execution with a strong focus on proactively managing performance and driving results 

• Inspire and lead the capability development for the Medical Affairs team and individuals 

• Ensure that an innovative and cross-functional account planning and customer engagement strategy is implemented and monitored 

• Ensures full compliance and adherence to company standards including ethical interactions and promotional standards 

• Plans a key role as a member of the Switzerland Senior Leadership Team in ensuring the collective success/performance of the total AZ Switzerland business and people 

Essential for the role 

• Qualified Doctor or similar degree 

• Demonstrated success through extensive experience of Medical Affairs function within the pharmaceutical industry 

• Strong knowledge and expertise in at least one of our core therapy areas (CVRM and Respiratory & Immunology) 

• Extensive experience in relationship and stakeholder management 

• Pre-launch, launch and product life cycle management experience 

• Experience in building, engaging and driving performance through a team 

• In-depth knowledge in the specialty and primary care market and patient journeys 

• Demonstrated ability to lead and develop capability across cross-functional teams 

• In depth understanding of account planning 

• Strong leadership capability in line with our AZ values with excellent communication skills and an enterprise mindset 

• Strategic thinking and execution 

• Fluent in English & knowledge of at least one local language 

Desirable for the role 

• Knowledge of the Swiss healthcare environment including regulatory and pricing/reimbursement processes is desirable 

• Good knowledge of one or ideally multiple local languages 

Why AstraZeneca? 

At AstraZeneca we’re dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. There’s no better place to make a difference to medicine, patients and society. An inclusive culture that champions diversity and collaboration, and always committed to lifelong learning, growth and development. We’re on an exciting journey to pioneer the future of healthcare.