AstraZeneca AG

Medical Director - Switzerland Location: Baar (near Zug) AstraZeneca offers an unparalleled opportunity to be at the forefront of healthcare innovation. As part of our dynamic BioPharmaceuticals team, you'll contribute to shaping the future of medical practices while addressing unmet patient needs. Our collaborative environment fosters growth and development, allowing you to leverage your scientific knowledge alongside business acumen. With a rich pipeline and a commitment to transforming healthcare, AstraZeneca is where you can make a meaningful impact on patients' lives. Ready to take the next step in your career? Apply now and join us in making a difference! About AstraZeneca AstraZeneca is a global, innovation-driven BioPharmaceutical business that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialisation of prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious disease. But we’re more than one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies. Part of a global leading pharmaceutical, we’re proud of our heritage and where we’re heading – AstraZeneca’s exponential growth and unrivalled success in our international markets. Our pipeline keeps us leading the way and provides us with stability to build a long-term commitment. It fuels us every day – by realising our pipeline we’re addressing huge unmet needs and unserved patients. It’s rewarding and inspiring. Here, we need leadership at every level – Physicians who not only have clinical and scientific expertise, but also the ability to build a case, engage multiple partners, and communicate effectively with different audiences. With that kind of remit comes great responsibility. We truly believe that everyone contributes with an outstanding set of competence. Your curiosity and passion for personal development combined with support from colleagues, mentors and leaders, will ensure you maximize your skills, abilities and contribution. What you’ll do In this role you will be a senior leadership team member and business partner who plays a key role in achievement of our overall company goals. In this position you will lead the full medical organisation delivering the strategy, plan, capabilities and behaviours necessary to successfully implement our medical affairs agenda to drive scientific partnerships and leadership You will be translating the Global strategic medical long-term vision into a highly effective country strategy and plan that defines and delivers “value” at multiple levels. You will direct and support the function to ensure medical operational excellence (including launch excellence), evidence generation for our portfolio products and patient safety. Other responsibilities include: Translate the Global strategic long-term vision for AZ Medical Affairs Switzerland into a highly effective country strategy and plan Ensure operational implementation of the medical affairs country plans, analysing, anticipating and, where possible, shaping marketplace changes whilst identifying and maximising new growth opportunities Ensure evidence generation gaps are identified and proactively closed to support scientific advancement for patient benefits Ensure that strong external relationships are built and maintained with key external experts, scientific bodies and study groups, payors and patient organisation as appropriate Increase our scientific footprint and strategic partnerships in Switzerland in our core disease areas Ensure innovative patient centric solutions are developed and implemented to address identified unmet needs Build a high performing team Identify the roles and capabilities required for current and future success within the Medical Affairs team and drives the recruitment of high calibre individuals Ensure excellence in execution with a strong focus on proactively managing performance and driving results Inspire and lead the capability development for the Medical Affairs team and individuals Ensure that an innovative and cross-functional account planning and customer engagement strategy is implemented and monitored Ensures full compliance and adherence to company standards including ethical interactions and promotional standards Plans a key role as a member of the Switzerland Senior Leadership Team in ensuring the collective success/performance of the total AZ Switzerland business and people Essential for the role Qualified Doctor or similar degree Demonstrated success through extensive experience of Medical Affairs function within the pharmaceutical industry Strong knowledge and expertise in at least one of our core therapy areas (CVRM and Respiratory & Immunology) Extensive experience in relationship and stakeholder management Pre-launch, launch and product life cycle management experience Experience in building, engaging and driving performance through a team In-depth knowledge in the specialty and primary care market and patient journeys Demonstrated ability to lead and develop capability across cross-functional teams In depth understanding of account planning Strong leadership capability in line with our AZ values with excellent communication skills and an enterprise mindset Strategic thinking and execution Fluent in English & knowledge of at least one local language Desirable for the role Knowledge of the Swiss healthcare environment including regulatory and pricing/reimbursement processes is desirable Good knowledge of one or ideally multiple local languages Why AstraZeneca? At AstraZeneca we’re dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. There’s no better place to make a difference to medicine, patients and society. An inclusive culture that champions diversity and collaboration, and always committed to lifelong learning, growth and development. We’re on an exciting journey to pioneer the future of healthcare. Date Posted 19-Dez.-2025 Closing Date 25-Jan.-2026 AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.

Senior Medical Affairs Leader, Solid Tumours – Breast (Europe & Canada) Zug, Switzerland At AstraZeneca we work together across global boundaries to make an impact and find answers to challenges. We do this with the utmost integrity even in the most difficult situations because we are committed to doing the right thing. We continuously forge partnerships that help pursue world-class medicines in new ways, combining our people’s exceptional skills with those of people from all over the globe. As an EU & Canada Medical Affairs Leader in Zug, Switzerland , you’ll play a pivotal role in channelling our scientific capabilities to make a positive impact on changing patients’ lives. AstraZeneca is seeking a Senior EUCAN Medical Affairs Leader with oncology and medical affairs expertise to join our EUCAN Medical Affairs team. This role reports directly to the EUCAN Head of Medical Affairs. AstraZeneca’s vision in Oncology is to help patients live better, longer lives by redefining the cancer-treatment paradigm, with the ultimate goal of eliminating cancer as a cause of death. AZ’s broad pipeline of next-generation medicines is focused across a wide range of therapy areas; Breast, Lung, Haematology, GI, and GU/GYN. As well as other tumour types, these are being targeted through innovative key platforms - immunotherapy, genetic drivers of cancer and resistance, DNA damage repair, and antibody drug conjugates; underpinned by personalized healthcare and biomarker technologies. The Senior EUCAN Medical Affairs Leader, Breast is a vital strategic and synergistic link between countries and the regional strategy teams, whom ensures timely, high-quality input into global and regional medical, cross functional and lifecycle plans. This role develops and executes EUCAN regional strategy and tactical plans, as well as supports the EUCAN country strategy and implementation. An important element of the role is to develop strategic and long-term partnerships with relevant external stakeholders and decision makers through the development of AZ’s scientific leadership with advocacy, scientific organizations, thought leaders and HTA/payers organisations. Together, the EUCAN medical leadership team plays a critical role to develop best in class medical affairs capabilities aligned with the medical needs of our rapidly expanding portfolio – together we are shaping the future of medical affairs within the pharmaceutical industry. This role will require broad internal cross-functional collaboration and matrix leadership, with multiple medical, development, commercial and access teams; as well as core Oncology Business Unit EUCAN country teams, and broadly across EU 27. This role will be responsible for activities such as insights generation and advisory boards; alignment of the publication plans, and medical evidence generation plans to overall tumour level strategy; developing synergistic strategy to global, regional and local externally sponsored research and collaborations; enhancing educational and patient related initiatives and other medical affairs activities in collaboration with country and cross functional EUCAN teams. This role will contribute to the broader AstraZeneca portfolio strategy, and shape our value delivery to benefit healthcare professionals, healthcare systems, and patients. Essential Requirements: Advanced scientific degree (MD, PhD, PharmD) Significant Medical Affairs experience with at least 10+ years total of pharmaceutical or relevant medical/clinical experience Demonstrated leadership skills in a cross-functional team environment Proven understanding of the lifecycle of the oncology compounds, competition, solid tumours disease areas, such as breast, lung, ovarian, gastric and pancreatic cancer and hepatocellular carcinoma Understanding of drug development and commercialization processes including understanding of outcomes research /payer access gateways Proven ability to generate, analyse and interpret clinical trial and published data Track record of successfully developing and executing Medical Plans both in terms of evidence generation, scientific communications and external expert engagements Ability to manage multiple projects and products simultaneously to ensure timely, on-target and within budget accomplishment of tasks The candidate is expected to have an ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams including research and development, marketing, health outcomes and access teams Good communication and presentation skills in English Desirable Requirements: Regional Pharma experience Country launch experience Deep Medical Affairs expertise Oncology expertise Date Posted 05-Dez.-2025 Closing Date 04-Jan.-2026 AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.