Life Underwriting Director jobs in Delaware

Join our industry-leading BioPharmaceuticals team, where our rich and diverse pipeline speaks for itself. As a US Senior Medical Director, you will play a pivotal role in channeling our scientific capabilities to make a positive impact on changing patients’ lives.

Accountabilities:

In this role, you will provide medical input into brand strategy, build external collaborations, play an integral role in national medical advisory boards and training for external medical/scientific speakers. You will also lead the strategy and development of clinical studies to obtain promotional claims, provide medical review for externally sponsored Research (ESR) proposals, maintain key links into global brand clinical activities, supply medical input into the safety profile of the product, act as medical spokesperson for US Brands as needed, and ensure compliance with all AZ corporate policies.

Essential Skills/Experience:

• Graduate of a recognized medical school and recipient of an MD/DO degree

• Background in academic medicine, clinical research, and familiarity with biostatistics and epidemiology

• Excellent written and oral communication, interpersonal, and organization skills

• Ability to travel nationally and internationally. Travel will be ~30% (tbd) of time.

Desirable Skills/Experience:

• Board certification in relevant specialty area

• Pharmaceutical industry experience or other experience in related areas including academic institutions

• Strong business acumen, including working knowledge of changing U.S. payer and provider landscape.

• Proven ability to interact productively with both commercial, medical and research colleagues. Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in cross functional teams.

• Familiarity with OPDP, PhRMA code, and key regulations in the pharmaceutical industry

• Broad cross-functional pharmaceutical and cross-functional general management experience

• Working knowledge of FDA requirements

Why AstraZeneca?

At AstraZeneca, we use our unique position as medical leaders across our enterprise and the healthcare ecosystem to shape the future of healthcare. 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. We're hybrids - a fusion of scientific knowledge with business acumen - we know which products are launching, we know the science behind them and their place in real world medical practice. We are networkers and influencers by nature. In our role as scientific ambassadors, we thrive on working with people internally and externally.

Ready to make an impact on patients with our leading pipeline? Apply now!

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.