Global Msl Excellence Programme Director

At AstraZeneca, we pride ourselves on crafting 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. Recognizing the importance of individualized flexibility, our ways of working allow employees to balance personal and work commitments while ensuring we continue to create a strong culture of collaboration and teamwork by engaging face-to-face in our offices 3 days a week. Our head office and BlueSky Hub in downtown Toronto are purposely designed with collaboration in mind, providing space where teams can come together to strategize, brainstorm and connect on key projects. Our dedication to sustainability is also central to our culture and part of what makes AstraZeneca a great place to work. We know the health of people, the planet and our business are interconnected which is why we’re taking ambitious action to tackle some of the biggest challenges of our time, from climate change to access to healthcare and disease prevention. AstraZeneca’s vision in Oncology is to help patients by redefining the cancer-treatment paradigm, with the aim of bringing six new cancer medicines to patients between 2013 and 2020. A broad pipeline of next-generation medicines is focused principally on four disease areas - breast, ovarian, lung and hematological cancers. As well as other tumor types, these are being targeted through five key platforms - immunotherapy, the genetic drivers of cancer and resistance, DNA damage repair, HER2 and antibody drug conjugates, underpinned by personalized healthcare and biomarker technologies. **Description**: The Global MSL Excellence Programme Director for Oncology will be responsible for the identification, delivery and reporting of Field Medical excellence initiatives that enable AstraZeneca Field Medical Affairs to positively influence clinical practice and inform the strategic development of our medicines. This includes implementation of Oncology-specific Field Medical professional development programs, optimising Local market system/tool uptake and insights generation, and supporting best practice delivery across Global MSL Excellence. You will work in collaboration with tumour area focussed MSL Excellence Directors, OBU Medical Excellence Teams, Global Medical Affairs Leaders and Field Medical Affairs Leaders, amongst other functional partners. **Accountabilities/Responsibilities**: - Lead evolution and implementation of Field Medical professional development & continual learning programmes that ensure excellence in onboarding, and improve performance and impact - Leverage user-focussed approach to improve and embed consistent utilisation of Field Medical systems/tools that support in-field efficiency and external engagement - Entrench high quality, robust insight generation and reporting across Local markets to strengthen business impact and value. Includes optimisation and maintenance of Medical platforms that capture and analyse Field Medical activity - Support the standardisation, templating and alignment of key Global MSL Excellence functional workstreams and deliverables (e.g. Global insight evaluation and reporting, priority clinical trial support framework) to ensure consistent, standard process implementation and ways of working across the team - Work across departments, therapy areas and geographies to ensure the correct partners are identified, engaged and levered to maximise project success and organizational impact - Use business knowledge and customer-focused ethos to champion innovative and scalable Global MSL Excellence initiatives across the function and that result in valued outcomes and maximum in-country impact - Conduct ad-hoc analyses on projects and initiatives to proactively advance issues, propose solutions and modify strategies **Essential Requirements** - Experience (>5 years) in an MSL organisation, which must include leadership/management of Field Medical teams - Experience working in the oncology therapeutic area - Solid understanding of medical strategy, clinical development, MSL, and medical affairs areas - Experience and ability to provide strategic leadership across functional working groups and teams - Outstanding project management skills and ability to work effectively in a cross-functional environment - Effective problem solving using creative solutions - Excellent communication and collaboration skills, and ability to influence without authority **Desirable Requirements** - Experience in Global and/or Head Office Medical Affairs roles - Experience in MSL performance management and outcomes-based reporting - Design of programmes that focus on managing, leading and mentoring impactful individuals and teams - Clear understanding of the compliance requirements and governing bodies for MSL programmes Great People want to Work with us Find out why: - GTAA Top Employer Award for 10 years - Top 10