Head of Oncology Medical Affairs

Headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario, AstraZeneca has been recognized as a Greater Toronto Area Top Employer for eight straight years. We pride ourselves on creating a collaborative culture that champions knowledge-sharing, ambitious thinking and innovation - ultimately providing employees with the opportunity to work across teams, functions and even the globe.

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**Oncology at AstraZeneca**

Be part of fulfilling our ambition to be world leaders in Oncology. We are already the fastest growing team within AstraZeneca and across the industry, and there are countless new indications and targets in our innovative pipeline. Our Canadian Oncology team shares a bold ambition to transform cancer patient outcomes, positively impact our cancer care landscape, and to become #1 oncology company in Canada.

**Our Position**

Canada, as part of OBU EUCAN region, is a key contributor to the continued and future growth of our Oncology business at AstraZeneca. We seek dedicated medical affairs leadership to elevate the potential of our leading Oncology portfolio and pipeline, delivering scientific excellence, collaborating with a wide variety of in
- and external partners.

Our organization is well set and empowered to operate as a key catalyst between our global business strategies and the local healthcare systems, enabling and evolving a dynamic and swift commercial, access and medical implementation in the respective markets.

The Head of Oncology Medical Affairs is responsible for the leadership of the AstraZeneca Oncology Medical Affairs team in Canada. This role is accountable for the development and delivery of Oncology Medical Affairs strategy, strong scientific and research expertise to ensure success of AstraZeneca Canada’s Oncology portfolio and delivery of therapeutic leadership in key disease areas including lung cancer, breast cancer, haematology, gynaecology, genitourinary, and gastrointestinal cancers. As a core member of the Oncology Leadership Team (OLT) and EUCAN Regional Core Medical Team (CMLT) this leader will collaborate to set the integrated strategic direction; providing leadership and direction, aligning resources to support our activities to achieve our Oncology medical and scientific affairs objectives. The OMAH reports directly to the Head of Oncology Canada_._

**Responsibilities**:
**Leadership, Team Management and People Development**
- Lead the AZ Canadian Oncology medical affairs team through therapeutic leadership and excellence to create and deliver the Medical Oncology Plan for Canada addressing; portfolio prioritization opportunities, development of skills, and manage team performance
- Support and contribute actively to impact the actions of the Oncology Business Unit in Canada. With an entrepreneurial spirit, develop alignments among cross-functional teams: marketing, sales, market access, regulatory affairs, clinical research (SM&M), compliance, capabilities, and patient affairs to achieve the strategic goals
- Lead, mentor and empower the team, including recruitment and retention of high-quality employees through talent management and succession planning, the setting of clear expectations to drive performance and ensure engagement, and providing opportunities for growth and development

**Strategic & Operational Excellence**
- Build medical affairs objectives and clear goals, coordinate and prioritize medical activities including both pipeline and commercialized products across the portfolio
- Define, manage, and prioritize the medical budget and the allocation of resources to ensure operational excellence, aligning with the Head of Oncology Canada.
- Member of AstraZeneca Canadian Senior Leadership team, collaboratively build forward-thinking Corporate and Functional strategic/operational plans, and accountable to deliver aligned plans
- Take responsibility for the management of Compassionate Use Programs

**Cross-functional activities**
- Ensure scientific leadership and medical excellence, and build an image of AstraZeneca as leader in Oncology by developing innovative and differentiating collaborations with key external decision markers and partners