Medical Affairs Co-Lead Precision Medicine
About Astellas:
At Astellas we are a progressive health partner, delivering value and outcomes where needed.
We pursue innovative science, focusing initially on the areas of greatest potential and then developing solutions where patient need is high, often in rare or under-served disease areas and in life-threatening or life-limiting diseases and conditions.
We work directly with patients, doctors and health care professionals on the front line to ensure patient and clinical needs are guiding our development activities at every stage.
Our global vision for Patient Centricity is to support the development of innovative health solutions through a deep understanding of the patient experience. At Astellas, Patient Centricity isn’t a buzzword - it’s a guiding principle for action. We believe all staff have a role to play in creating a patient-centric culture and integrating an awareness of the patient into our everyday working practices, regardless of our role, team or division.
We work closely with regulatory authorities and payers to find new ways to ensure access to new therapies. We deliver the latest insights and real-world evidence to inform the best decisions for patients and their care-givers, to ensure the medicines we develop continue to provide meaningful outcomes.
Beyond medicines, we support our stakeholder communities to drive initiatives that improve awareness, education, access and ultimately standards of care.
The Opportunity:
As a Medical Affairs Co Lead, you will be accountable for leading the development and execution of the local medical strategy and all Medical Affairs deliverables at the affiliate level, ensuring alignment with overall business goals, leading cross-functional teams, and collaborating closely with internal stakeholders both locally and globally by understanding the local external environment and data gaps to translate insights into strategies and activities that fulfill the information needs of key stakeholders for the safe and appropriate use of Astellas products, ensuring all Medical Affairs deliverables are scientifically and medically valid and bring value to patients while contributing to the co-creation of the regional vision and strategy.
You will be part of an inclusive team that works to develop innovative therapies for patients.
Key Activities for this role:
- Partner with Medical Affairs affiliate leaders to ensure the execution of affiliate strategic medical plans for the Brand aligned with the global Core Medical Plan, where applicable.
- Data generation capabilities include the design and execution of clinical studies, sponsored studies, collaborative studies, and real-world evidence.
- Understand the reimbursement challenges in the country and how best to create value for the product, with the efficacy and safety of the product.
- Effectively lead Medical Affairs launch excellence and serve as launch execution liaison between Medical Affairs and Commercial.
- Lead operational planning and execution of Medical Affairs advisory boards to understand and shape medical strategies.
Essential Knowledge & Experience:
- Scientific or medical experience in the research-based pharmaceutical industry within Medical Affairs and/or Medical Affairs & Development.
- Experience working in a leadership capacity, including proven team management skills and regional matrix leadership.
- Demonstrates strong capabilities such as leadership and decision making, communication and collaboration, strategic thinking, technical expertise, problem solving, and adaptability.
- Strong working knowledge of local Regulatory/Payer/HTA bodies, ICH GCP guidelines, Industry regulations, and quality standards
Education/Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in health-related Science or equivalent.
Additional Information:
- This is a permanent full-time position.
- This position requires you to be 100% in the Astellas office in Milan, Italy.
What We Offer:
- A challenging and diversified job in an international setting.
- Opportunity and support for continuous development.
- Inspiring work climate.
We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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