Global Medical Capabilities Director Location: Barcelona, Spain At AstraZeneca we turn ideas into life changing medicines. Working here means being entrepreneurial, thinking big and working together to make the impossible a reality. We're focused on the potential of science to address the unmet needs of patients around the world. We commit to those areas where we think we can really change the course of medicine and bring big new ideas to life.
Join AstraZeneca's global Medical Excellence & Ethics team in BioPharmaceuticals Medical (BPM) as a global Medical Capability Director. BPM ensures the best patient outcomes by providing healthcare decision-makers around the world with the evidence and confidence they need on AstraZeneca (AZ) therapies. We support our internal collaborators, with the aim of achieving scientific leadership, whilst aspiring to be a great place to work, keeping patients at the core of everything we do.
In order to accomplish our goals and enable the best patient outcomes, we look for all AZ BPM leaders to demonstrate five core skills and act as role models for our AZ values. These skills include:
Building and maintaining a deep and continued connection to medical practice/healthcare deliveryCollaborative, enterprise leadership with a focus on empowering diverse groups (e.g., cultural, geographical, functional) to achieve excellent results across shared goalsExcellent communication and influencing with the ability to distil complexity down to what matters most to our partnersCritical thinking and creativityEye for businessWorking within global Medical Excellence & Ethics, the global Medical Capability Director will play a pivotal role in the development of strategically aligned scientific and capability training within an assigned therapeutic area; thus, bringing together the science (the what) and capabilities (the how) to ensure application, adoption and embedment in day-to-day practice. By identifying critical training needs and delivering the right solutions, this role will ensure medical colleagues have the expertise to positively influence clinical practice and ensure AstraZeneca's medicines reach the right patient at the right time.
Typical accountabilities: With a focus on prioritised disease areas and medicines, gather data and insights to determine training needs aligned to our purposeDevelop robust strategic training plans to build capabilities and medical leadership, with field medical roles as the primary focusEnsure timely execution of training plans via a range of delivery methodsImprove learning efficiency and effectiveness by partnering across the business to identify and leverage assets when appropriate, as well as developing pull through plans for greater adoptionOversee the relationship and management of external vendors, as well as budgetDevelop measurement plans to assess training impactCreate a culture that promotes learning across the medical organization, recognizing that this leads to improved performance and ultimately patient benefitWork with learning platform lead to shape the best user experience for sustained behavior changeEssential Skills/Experience: Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in science, education, communication or businessA minimum of 5 years of Pharmaceutical experienceA minimum of 3 years of experience in learning and development with direct experience developing and implementing large-scale programsStrong discernment to understand business needsSolutions oriented with a growth mindset and entrepreneurial spirit to innovate/do things differentlyExcellent partnership and cross-team collaboration skills with experience successfully influencing and building relationships cross-functionally, cross-culturally, cross-location and cross-brand/TAExcellent written and verbal communication skills with experience and confidence presenting ideas and recommendations to senior leaders/executives, as well as facilitating learning and development sessionsAbility to be agile and proactive with a 'can-do' attitude
Desirable Skills/Experience: Advanced degree (MBA, PharmD or equivalent experience, PhD)Previous experience in a global or regional rolePrevious experience in Field Medical or Field Sales
Why AstraZeneca?
At AstraZeneca, you'll be part of a team that's redefining the way we approach healthcare. Our unique position as medical leaders across our enterprise and the healthcare ecosystem allows us to shape the future of Healthcare. There's so much opportunity here as we continue to grow - no better place to improve patients' lives and develop with AstraZeneca. A critical part of AstraZeneca's success, we provide medical leadership across the whole product lifecycle - from advising on Research & Development investment decisions, to leading pre-launch scientific efforts and accelerating evidence-based healthcare changes in the real world.
When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That's why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we're not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.
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