Medical Solutions Partner at AstraZeneca

Accountabilities:

Transforming Care Initiatives

• In partnership with the Transforming Care Team, provide medical leadership to co-create, and implement Pathway Optimisation initiatives, integrating lasting solutions that improve equity and patient care.
• Collaborate with colleagues to anticipate unmet needs and advance initiatives that improve patient pathways and access.
• Cultivate networks focused on scalable Transforming Care initiatives across systems and partners.

Strategic Leadership & Territory Ecosystem

• Lead tumour area field medical strategy, anticipating care gaps and treatment barriers at global, regional, and national levels to optimise standards of care and advance patient outcomes through data-led insights and collaborative territory execution.
• Manage team performance through ongoing improvement and excellence, by offering mentorship, coaching support, and growth opportunities, encouraging collaboration and motivation.

Gathering & Applying Quality Insights

• Lead all aspects of gathering, analyzing, and sharing impact data on medical activities for tumor field, ensuring data-driven decisions and prioritized resource allocation.
• Drive a culture of anticipating medical trends, using multiple insight sources for territory planning and performance monitoring.

Scientific Exchange, Research Support & Evidence Generation

• Guide teams to engage in high-impact strategic discussions with external experts, demonstrating deep understanding of AZ portfolio, treatment landscapes, and unmet needs.
• Lead national and global cancer research projects to improve clinical research impact.

Team Leadership & Compliance

• Act as Coach, Mentor, and Line Manager for tumour area-aligned MSLs, supporting professional growth, development opportunities, and goal alignment.
• Ensure collaborative working practices, cross-functional integration (Medical, commercial, market access), and high team engagement to optimize organizational impact.
• Ensure full compliance with the PMCPA Code of Practice across field medical activities, with responsibility for monitoring adherence, delivering training, and upholding exemplary standards in promotional and medical practices.
• Acts as an AQP / signatory (code review) for head office / field led activities

Essential Skills/Experience:

• Relevant degree or equivalent
• Knowledge of Oncology Medical system architecture
• Proven capability in PMCPA Code application and compliance training, AQP/Nominated signatory or to be obtained within 9 months of appointment
• Experience in medical affairs or field-based medical roles, with a strong track record of team and project leadership, coaching/mentoring, and external expert engagement at national or regional level
• Experience contributing to initiatives devoted to pathway redesign, service integration, digital transformation, or diagnostic innovation
• Demonstrated strategic planning and agile execution aligned to evolving medical priorities and enterprise-wide objectives
• Proven experience collecting, analyzing, and communicating field medical impact metrics to influence decision-making
• Operational excellence in compliance management, including PMCPA application
• Strong digital literacy for system mapping, engagement planning, and virtual collaboration; excellent cross-functional collaboration skills

Desirable Skills/Experience:

• Relevant advanced scientific degree (e.g., PharmD, PhD, MD, MSc) or equivalent
• Additional training/education in health systems science, health policy, population health, or health system change management
• Leadership/coaching certifications; digital health or data analytics coursework
• Experience spearheading projects dedicated to pathway redesign, improving service coordination, and encouraging innovation in the digital and diagnostics areas
• Prior success in influencing and delivering national/global tumour area studies and evidence generation programmes
• Experience aligning medical and organizational objectives to improve equity and access across health systems