Senior Director, Medical Evidence Strategy

At AstraZeneca we turn ideas into life changing medicines. Working here means being entrepreneurial, thinking big and working together to improve lives of people with serious diseases.

Biopharmaceuticals Medical (BPM)
Respiratory and Immunology (RI)
mission is to ensure every person living with respiratory and immunology disease receives the rightcare at the right moment
-maximizing health and minimizing the impact on daily life. As an integral part of global Medical Affairs organisation,
Medical Evidence function drives this mission by providing healthcare practitioners, policy-makers, patients, and payers around the world with strategically prioritised evidence, either directly driving evidence strategy and study delivery or working with AstraZeneca’s local markets.

The BPM RI
Medical Evidence Strategy Director role at AstraZeneca is a senior epidemiologist role combining strategy, science, and people management skills. They report to the Head of Medical Evidence Strategy and partner closely with the Head(s) of medical brands.

They drive Integrated Evidence Strategy plan
, covering a portfolio from Ph3 projects to post launch marketed products. The scope includes different types of scientific studies, from real-world database observational to pragmatic clinical studies.

They are experts as independent scientific leads for the planning and execution of real-world studies, both primary and secondary, and consult on observational methods. They supervise
, develop and coach their direct reports ensuring cohesive efficient ways-of-working within their team and with other key functions. They are responsible for their teams’ evidence study delivery from scientific excellence to adherence to timeliness, budget, and compliance with Standard Operating Procedures.

Furthermore, this role is responsible for managing governance activities for medical evidence studies (Global and Local studies) to the highest quality standards. This may include chairing of the protocol Evidence Review Team as well as other activities defined by Standard Operating Procedures.

These responsibilities require an extensive experience within the pharmaceutical industry, with deep knowledge of medical evidence methodologies and significant experience of communicating impactful evidence. To excel in this role, you should bring deep expertise in the design, conduct and analysis of medical research, combined with strategic mindset and people-management skills. Exceptional communication skills when presenting evidence are essential.

TA Evidence Strategy leaders will be expected to have six core capabilities:

• Strategy & Business Acumen
• Evidence Strategy and Research Methodologies
• Decision Making and Matrix management
• Planning and Strategic Sourcing/Partnering
• Effective Communication including Publication
• People management

What You’ll Do:

• Medical Evidence Strategy Leadership:
  • To lead in a partnership with Medical Affairs Leads development of Medical Evidence Strategy, aligned with medical priorities in the TA (Therapeutic Area) and for specific assets. ]
  • To identify evidence requirements/gaps and evidence priorities, based on good understanding of clinical practice, disease area and applicable methods.
  • To implement sustainability and health policy objectives
• Study Delivery and Governance:
  • Responsibility for development and delivery of brand-specific Medical Evidence tactical plans on time&budget with high scientific quality and impact
  • Scientific Lead for evidence studies:
    Applying appropriate Study Design & Analytical methods to generate robust scientific evidence, based on all applicable research methodologies (ranging from pragmatic interventional studies and implementation science to observational studies based on secondary data and…