Global Product Leader

AstraZeneca•Boston, MA

21h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Global Product Leader (GPL) is a senior leadership role in Respiratory & Immunology, responsible for people and project management and for delivering business objectives and portfolio value targets. The GPL leads a cross-functional Global Product Team to develop and deliver a successful global brand strategy throughout the product’s life cycle. The role defines and drives the product’s strategic and scientific value creation, including its development path, governance approval, growth, and life cycle management. It integrates internal and external perspectives and serves as the product’s lead ambassador, engaging with key external experts to establish the brand vision and build effective partnerships. The position is based at the company’s R&D site in Boston, Massachusetts, or Gaithersburg, Maryland, with an average expectation of working from the office at least three days per week and some flexibility. The GPL ensures that disease strategy balances safety and efficacy for regulatory approval with value for market access; delivers governance-approved business cases on time, within cost and quality tolerances; and delivers the Indication Target Product Profile and Target Product Claims. The role also manages risks, opportunities, issues, performance, governance, and compliance, and protects company rights, data, and intellectual property.

Requirements

Master’s degree.
At least 5 years of experience in the biotech or pharmaceutical industry, including work with executive leadership.
Significant expertise in drug development processes, including designing development strategies that incorporate regulatory, commercial, and external insights.
Strong business acumen and credibility among key opinion leaders, payers, and scientific communities, with relevant therapy-area expertise.
Excellent communication and influencing skills with senior internal and external stakeholders, including the ability to simplify complexity to drive performance and decisions.
Demonstrated experience leading and motivating teams in a highly matrixed environment, using collaboration, influence, and coaching to ensure team effectiveness.

Nice To Haves

PhD and/or MD degree.

Responsibilities

Lead a cross-functional Global Product Team to design and deliver a global brand strategy throughout the brand’s life cycle.
Define and drive the brand’s strategic and scientific value creation, including its development path, governance approval, growth, and life cycle management.
Integrate diverse internal and external perspectives into product strategy development.
Act as the lead ambassador for the product internally and externally, engaging and consulting with key external experts to establish and nurture partnerships and networks and establish the brand vision.
Ensure disease strategy is innovative and balances safety and efficacy for regulatory approval with value for market access.
Deliver governance-approved business cases within tolerance for time, cost, and quality, working with functional management to resolve issues as needed.
Deliver the Indication Target Product Profile (TPP) and Target Product Claims (TPC).
Model effective internal stakeholder and key external expert engagement in strategy development and science communication.
Ensure transparent risk, opportunity, and issue management at strategic, tactical, and operational levels.
Simplify complex issues and anticipate and address obstacles using scientific, competitive intelligence, key opinion leader, and payer insights.
Seek partners and collaborators who share the company’s commitment to science.
Ensure appropriate governance and compliance and protect company rights, data, and intellectual property.
Manage cross-functional team performance and build and lead high-performing teams.