Associate Director, Medical Affairs Belgium
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Job Summary
Alexion is AstraZenecas Rare Disease unit focused on developing and delivering therapies for conditions with high unmet need particularly those involving complement system dysregulation and select metabolic/hematologic disorders. The portfolio includes Soliris (eculizumab) and Ultomiris (ravulizumab) alongside an expanding pipeline across indications such as PNH aHUS generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG) and NMOSD. Alexion integrates R&D Medical and Commercial capabilities to advance rare disease science accelerate patient access and uphold rigorous standards of compliance evidence generation and patient-centricity.
Position Summary
The Medical Affairs role anchors Alexions scientific leadership and evidence generation ensuring patientcentric compliant and datadriven medical strategy across the product lifecyclefrom launch planning to postmarketing optimizationin collaboration with crossfunctional R&D Regulatory Commercial Market Access Quality and Safety teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Medical Strategy & Planning: Develop and execute brand medical plans aligning scientific priorities to disease area strategy and lifecycle objectives.
- Evidence Generation: Lead or support ISR RWE registries and postauthorization studies; guide publication strategy and congress planning.
- Scientific External Engagement: Build peertopeer relationships with KOLs patient groups and professional societies; oversee advisory boards and medical education.
- Launch Excellence: Drive pre and postlaunch activities including data dissemination medical training FAQs and response documents for rare disease audiences.
- Data Communications: Ensure highquality compliant publications field medical materials and scientific narratives; support medical review of promotional and nonpromotional content.
- Insights & Governance: Capture medical insights to inform clinical development and strategy; uphold compliance pharmacovigilance and ethical standards.
- CrossFunctional Partnership: Collaborate with Clinical Operations Commercial Market Access Regulatory Quality and Safety to define local strategy and implement local tactics.
Qualifications
- Medical Affairs experience in rare diseases immunology/nephrology/neurology/hematology or related areas; track record in KOL engagement evidence generation and launch support.
- Clinical development knowledge: Solid understanding of clinical trials registries and postauthorization evidence generation.
- Regulatory and ethics awareness: Strong knowledge of local pharmaceutical regulations and associated ethical standards; committed to compliant medical practice.
- Solutionoriented mindset: Able to navigate ambiguity and deliver outcomes in a complex matrixed environment.
- Analytical strength: Excellent ability to interpret and synthesize medical scientific and technical data to inform strategy and decisions.
- Leadership: Proven ability to motivate and align crossfunctional stakeholders.
- Communication excellence: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; proven track record of powerful presentations to diverse audiences.
- Language proficiency: Fluency in French Dutch and English.
- People management: Experience leading and developing medical teams ( or medical advisors) including coaching goal setting performance management and fostering a highcompliance patientcentric culture.
- QPRIP accountability: Experience operating under QPRIP requirements (Responsible Information Pharmacist/Qualified Person for promotional information) including medical review and approval of promotional/nonpromotional materials governance adherence and audit readiness.
Education
- Advanced degree (MD PharmD PhD) in a relevant biomedical field.
Date Posted
09-Feb-2026Closing Date
Alexion is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We are committed to fostering a culture of belonging where every single person can belong because of their uniqueness. The Company will not make decisions about employment training compensation promotion and other terms and conditions of employment based on race color religion creed or lackthereof sex sexualorientation age ancestry national origin ethnicity citizenship status marital statuspregnancy (including childbirth breastfeeding or related medical conditions) parental status (including adoption or surrogacy) military status protected veteran status disability medical condition gender identity or expression genetic information mental illness or other characteristics protected by law. Alexion provides reasonable accommodations to meet the needs of candidates and employees. To begin aninteractive dialogue with Alexion regarding an accommodation please contact . Alexion participates in E-Verify.
Required Experience:
Director
Key Skills
- EMR Systems
- Post Residency Experience
- Occupational Health Experience
- Clinical Research
- Managed Care
- Primary Care Experience
- Medical Management
- Utilization Management
- Clinical Development
- Clinical Trials
- Leadership Experience
- Medicare
About Company
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