Global Clinical Head

Global Clinical Head, Respiratory

Location options: Boston, MA or Gaithersburg, MD

AstraZeneca is an established leader in respiratory care with a 50-year heritage and a growing portfolio of medicines in immune-mediated diseases. Our Company is committed to addressing the vast unmet needs of these chronic, often debilitating, diseases with a pipeline and portfolio of inhaled medicines, biologics and new modalities aimed at previously unreachable biologic targets.

The Global Clinical Head is the most senior medical scientific expert on an asset, product or indication team and the Global Product Team.

Reporting to the Vice President, the person in this role is accountable for all clinical scientific aspects of the product/asset, including the benefit/risk of a product and/or asset as well as the scientific strategies for clinical components of the Target Product Profile, Target Product Claim, Clinical Development Plan, Clinical components of regulatory documents and core labelling texts.

In this role, you provide clinical and medical input into overall project strategy. You will have accountability for the clinical deliverables i.e. clinical studies, clinical components of regulatory submissions.

You will serve as the single point of contact for TA-Heads and R&D leaders for clinical and scientific components of the product and/or indications.

Essential for the Role

• Graduate of a recognized school of medicine with an M.D. degree or MBBS, with minimum of 5+ years proven experience in drug development.
• Demonstrated deep clinical and research expertise in relevant disease area.
• Significant hands-on late phase clinical drug development experience.
• Developed/delivered multiple complex and large studies (e.g., including but not limited to multinational outcome studies).
• Scientific credibility internally and externally.
• Demonstrated success in influencing functions outside of clinical and across geographies.
• Experience of benefit/risk assessment and creating patient risk management plans.
• Experience of global regulatory submissions and interacting with major regulatory agencies.
• Demonstrated ability to successfully lead, coach, and mentor other physicians/scientists.
• Proven teamwork and collaboration skills in a global setting.
• Credible in scientific and commercial environments.
• Business acumen, and insight into payer and reimbursement hurdles globally
• Line management experience.

Desirable for the role

• Global external awareness within the therapeutic area.
• Global regulatory awareness.
• Ability to travel nationally and internationally.
• Experience in several organizations and geographic locations
• Experience of working with Market Companies to deliver studies/projects.
• Experience of clinical/commercial interface.

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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.

Where can I find out more?

Respiratory and Immunology at AstraZeneca: Respiratory and Immunology - Our therapy areas - AstraZeneca

Life at AstraZeneca : https://careers.astrazeneca.com/inclusion-diversity

Date Posted

12-May-2025

Closing Date

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