Senior Global Medical Affairs Leader (GMAL) – Breast Cancer
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Job Location:
Gaithersburg, MD - USA
Hourly Salary:
$ 249185 - 373778
Posted on:
5 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership
- Lead the global medical strategy for Oncology brands across multiple indications within the tumour area.
- Ensure alignment between tumourlevel and brandlevel strategies to maximise medical impact.
- Serve as a core member of the Tumour Global Medical Senior Leadership Team shaping tumourlevel strategy and priorities.
Medical Planning & Execution
- Develop and oversee strategic medical plans ensuring robust financial and resource planning across global and inmarket medical teams.
- Lead development and execution of assetspecific tactical plans including:
- Evidence generation
- Scientific communications
- Global external expert engagement
- Diagnostics strategy
- Patientcentric initiatives
Evidence & Insights
- Define RealWorld Evidence (RWE) strategy and external Key Evidence Expert (KEE) engagement plans.
- Ensure global and inmarket insights effectively inform product development brand positioning and launch readiness.
CrossFunctional & External Collaboration
- Partner closely with crossfunctional colleagues across Markets OBUMedical Oncology R&D Global Marketing Global Strategy Regulatory Affairs Payer and Health Outcomes and other medical excellence groups.
- Provide medical leadership for HA/IRB interactions and for GMAsponsored tumour/brand studies.
- Represent AstraZeneca at global scientific events congresses and symposia.
Governance Leadership & People Development
- Serve as a medical representative on Global Product Teams and influence assetlevel strategic decisionmaking.
- Provide insights and recommendations to senior stakeholders including SETlevel executives.
- Foster a culture of performance development inclusion and lifelong learning.
- Ensure all medical and business activities comply with AZ policies and external regulations.
Education Skills & Experience
Essential
- Masters degree in a scientific discipline or equivalent; MD strongly preferred.
- Minimum 8 years of senior leadership experience in pharma life sciences clinical academic or medical affairs roles.
- Strong understanding of drug development medical branding and evidence generation.
- Proven ability to interpret and present complex clinical data.
- Demonstrated experience leading crossfunctional teams within a matrix environment.
- Strong stakeholder management situational leadership and strategic influence skills.
- Experience in financial/resource planning and prioritizing medical plans.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills for scientific and commercial audiences.
Desirable
- Experience in Oncology drug development (highly preferred).
- Breast Cancer therapeutic experience.
- Both global and countrylevel launch experience.
- Alliance management experience.
The annual base pay (or hourly rate of compensation) for this position ranges from $249185 to $373778 Hourly and salaried non-exempt employees will also be paid overtime pay when working qualifying overtime pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors including market location job-related knowledge skills and addition our positions offer a short-term incentive bonus opportunity; eligibility to participate in our equity-based long-term incentive program (salaried roles)to receive a retirement contribution (hourly roles) and commission payment eligibility (sales roles). Benefits offered included a qualified retirement program 401(k) plan; paid vacation and holidays; paid leaves; and health benefits including medical prescription drug dental and vision coverage in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans. Additional details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment. If hired employee will be in an at-will position and the Company reserves the right to modify base pay (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time including for reasons related to individual performance Company or individual department/team performance and market factors.
Date Posted
17-Apr-2026Closing Date
30-May-2026Our mission is to build an inclusive environment where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and furtherance of that mission we welcome and consider applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their protected characteristics. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation please complete the corresponding section in the application form.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
About Company
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