Medical Affairs Manager

**Medical Affairs Manager - Respiratory & Immunology - HCM**

**About AstraZeneca and AstraZeneca Vietnam**

**AstraZeneca**

**AstraZeneca Vietnam**

As a Foreign Invested Enterprise with over 600 members, AstraZeneca is investing into Vietnam 360 million USD from 2020 to 2030 with a focus on reducing the burdens of non-communicable diseases, developing local talent, and uplifting the domestic biopharmaceutical R&D and manufacturing capabilities.

Over the last three decades accompanying Vietnam’s sustainable development, AstraZeneca has run several impactful programmes in collaboration with the Government, Ministry of Health and healthcare partners to promote disease awareness, prevention and early detection. In recent years, AstraZeneca Vietnam has received several certificates of merit from the Prime Minister and Minister of Health, for excellent contributions to Vietnam’s vaccine diplomacy, fight against COVID-19 and advancement of cancer treatment and disease awareness. The company has also been recognized among Vietnam’s Top 100 Best Places to Work (2018 - 2023) with various other industry awards from BritCham, EuroCham, and government agencies.

**What you’ll do**

**Job D**e**scri**p**ti**o**n / C**a**psule**

An internal and externally facing medical role that provides medical and clinical expertise in priority therapeutic/disease areas and builds AZ scientific leadership. Participates and contributes with medical and clinical expertise in design of LCM and Brand Strategy. Takes leadership in implementation of Medical Plan/ activities in alignment with Brand strategy. Ensures that the Medical Activities meet the needs of patients and customers. Engages Opinion Leaders in ESRs, scientific exchange meetings and advisory board meetings. Defines and delivers training on Medical background of the product or various functions in an organization. May take responsibility as Nominated Signatory medical reviewer for activities and promotional materials. May take responsibility for mentorship of MSL/s in the country. May lead Medical Information and Pharmacovigilance within a particular market.

**Ob**j**e**ctiv**e**s**

**C**r**itical**a**cti**o**ns**

**Measur**e**s** (**Q**u**a**ntitative -**Q**ualit**a**tive - Atti**t**u**d**i**nal)**

**To**e**stabl**is**h**A**straZen**e**ca**a**s a sci**e**nti**f**ic lea**d**er thr**o**ugh proactive, up**d**ated a**n**d e**f**fe**c**tive Medical i**n**p**u**t**
- Continuously acquire and update necessary scientific knowledge on therapeutic area and relevant compounds.
- Develop and implement the local medical plan to address unmet medical needs in priority disease areas and ensure alignment with the brand plan.
- Collaborate with MSL to seek input from MSL insights for development of local medical plan.
- Develop and implement pre-launch medical plan/activities for new products at least 2 years prior to the planned launch in the country to address key clinical and scientific challenges
- Provide medical leadership on faculty and content development for medical programmes including national congresses, advisory boards, scientific exchange meetings, publications, CMEs to meet identified needs
- To ensure that the Medical Information provided both to external and internal customers is timely, relevant, accurate and scientifically balanced
- Provide local medical expertise to local area/regional brand teams
- Provide medical input to phase 1 to 4 study protocols, study feasibility and support operational delivery
- Provide Medical expertise to support PSP market research, PASS and ESRO.

Quantity
- Completion of the medical academy
- Number of reactive ESRO discussion
- Delivery of approved prelaunch medical plan in cooperate with local brand strategy
- Implementation of the prelaunch medical plan.

Quality
- Proactive update of medical knowledge in the internal meeting
- An approved Medical plan that is fully aligned with the Brand plan.
- Medical information should meet defined markets standards - time, quality in 5 days.

**To**e**ngage sc**i**entif**i**c leade**r**s,**prof**e**s**s**i**onal** b**odi**e**s or socie**t**ies to**e**stabl**i**sh AZ as a scie**n**tific le**a**der**
- 40% of time in field is required for engagement with the highest priority HCPs and key external stakeholders engagement
- Share emerging data with HCPs, discussing all aspects of the data in a scientific, objective and balanced way
- Disseminate results of studies completed to medical community by translating their clinical values and incorporating into business strategies
- Attend relevant scientific congresses and HCP meetings to gather new knowledge on AZ compounds, competitor information and therapeutic area
- Conduct professional scientific communication or presentation (become chairperson/presenter when necessary) with key opinion leaders (prominent
- Liaise with local investigators and the External Sponsored Research organization to support research initiatives.
- Internally communicate