Senior Global Medical Affairs, Amyloidosis

AstraZeneca • Gaithersburg, MD

7d • Onsite

About The Position

AstraZeneca is seeking a Senior Global Medical Affairs Leader, Amyloidosis to help shape ambitious global medical strategy within our CVRM therapy area. This is a highly strategic leadership role for an experienced medical affairs professional who can combine scientific credibility, business leadership, evidence-generation expertise, and strong cross-functional influence to help drive meaningful impact for patients. Reporting to the Medical Head, the Senior Global Medical Affairs Leader will play a critical role in developing and leading global product and disease area strategies, shaping the market in preparation for launch, advancing high-impact evidence plans, and building strong partnerships across the healthcare ecosystem. The role has broad visibility and influence across AstraZeneca, including collaboration with the Global Medical Team, Global Product Team, Disease Area Teams, and regional and market medical teams.

Requirements

• Doctoral-level degree such as an MD, PhD, or PharmD
• Substantial experience in Medical Affairs leadership within a complex, matrixed environment
• Strong track record as a business leader, with experience such as leading a therapy area or franchise in-market, driving brand performance, or leading large teams and cross-functional strategic initiatives
• Deep understanding of healthcare systems and market shaping, including experience driving transformation programs, building strategic partnerships, or influencing care pathways from a pharmaceutical perspective
• Ability to build internal and external networks across geographies and cultures
• Substantial expertise in evidence generation, such as Phase II, III, or IV clinical trial experience, real-world evidence, registry strategy, label enhancement, or other practice-changing data generation

Nice To Haves

• Experience in CVRM and direct expertise in amyloidosis
• Additional experience in clinical trial protocol development and study delivery
• Relevant experience beyond Medical Affairs, including work in R&D, Market Access, or Marketing
• Developed strong relationships with global thought leaders, professional societies, patient organizations, and healthcare organizations
• Experience supporting or leading new product or indication launches, particularly across major geographies such as the US and China

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and implementation of global product and disease area medical strategies for amyloidosis.
• Work cross-functionally to ensure strategies are translated effectively into regional and country execution, while helping shape clinical practice and support successful launches.
• Design and leverage high-impact evidence-generation activities, including clinical and/or real-world evidence approaches, to support product differentiation, disease area leadership, and practice change.
• Optimize the communication of data and serve as a visible ambassador for practice-changing evidence.
• Act as the voice of Medical, crafting and communicating a compelling scientific and strategic narrative for both product and disease area priorities.
• Influence internal stakeholders, support enterprise alignment, and strengthen AstraZeneca’s medical leadership externally.
• Engage with global thought leaders, professional societies, patient organizations, and health systems to identify opportunities for partnership and help improve care for patients.
• Initiate and lead strategic collaborations across the healthcare ecosystem.

Benefits

• Short-term incentive bonus opportunity
• Equity-based long-term incentive program (salaried roles)
• Retirement contribution (hourly roles)
• Commission payment eligibility (sales roles)
• Qualified retirement program [401(k) plan]
• Paid vacation and holidays
• Paid leaves
• Health benefits including medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree