Therapeutic Area Lead Respiratory & Immunology & Vaccines at AstraZeneca

Vienna, , Austria -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

21 Feb, 26

Salary

105000.0

Posted On

23 Nov, 25

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Pharmaceutical Development, Clinical Research, R&D Strategy, Regulatory Knowledge, Policy Understanding, Evidence Generation, Clinical Trial Methodology, Project Management, Stakeholder Management, Budget Management, Financial Management, Medical Affairs, Scientific Communication, Team Leadership, Business Acumen, Patient Insight

Industry

Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

Description

Therapeutic Area Lead Respiratory & Immunology & Vaccines Location - Vienna - Austria Are you ready to make a significant impact in the field of Respiratory and Immunology? As a Therapeutical Area Lead, you will play a pivotal role in shaping scientific leadership and brand strategies within the R&I therapeutic area. This dynamic position involves both internal and external medical responsibilities, where your expertise will drive life cycle management and strategic initiatives. You will be accountable for delivering local medical affairs initiatives, fostering scientific partnerships, and ensuring alignment with commercial and market access strategies. Your leadership will guide a team of Medical Affairs Managers, Medical Advisors, and Medical Science Liaisons to execute the local medical brand plan effectively. Collaborate with various functions to ensure that medical activities meet the highest scientific and ethical standards, ultimately benefiting patients and healthcare professionals Accountabilities: In this role, you will be responsible for conducting activities that align with AstraZeneca's values and comply with the Code of Conduct. You will complete all required training on time and report any potential compliance issues. Your strategic partnership with cross-functional teams will be crucial in implementing the overall strategy for the therapeutic area. You will integrate scientific evidence to support brand strategies, identify opportunities for evidence generation, lead scientific communications, and ensure the integrity of medical evidence. Additionally, you will manage the TA budget, provide insights into patient needs, and maintain compliance standards. Your leadership will extend to managing a diverse team, fostering strategic partnerships, and driving operational excellence. Medical Management Acts as strategic and operative partner for implementation of the overall strategy for the TA in a cross functional model Integrates, interprets, and disseminates scientific evidence and content on AZ products and disease areas of focus to support the brand strategy and to support disease/product value messages to internal and external stakeholders. Identifies, prioritises, and reviews opportunities to generate evidence to clinically differentiate AZ products and better understand overall disease state management based on external stakeholder perspectives and the needs of AZ regions and markets Leads development of specific scientific communications activities e.g. conference symposia or specific scientific meetings sponsored by AZ, such as external physician or patient expert meetings Delivers the appropriate interpretation and preserves the integrity of medical evidence Is accountable for the development and execution of the medical affairs plan according to budget and timelines Is accountable for the overall TA budget and resource planning Works in a strategic partnership with the Marketing and Market Access departments, providing key input in the local operational brand strategy by ensuring input of KEE, customer insights and competitive intelligence Is responsible for the overall above-brand medical TA strategy Acts as the patient insight expert in the assigned disease and therapeutic area team by deeply understanding the unique needs, experiences, patient journey and relevant outcomes for patients Facilitates patient insight knowledge sharing by raising awareness about patient insight strategies and activities Maintains a good working knowledge of company standards on medicines promotion and supports the Nominated Signatories in ensuring compliance standards for external audiences Sustains a “patient focus” in all design and interpretation activities (i.e., internal stakeholders, regulators, payers, prescribers, patients) Keeps own knowledge of best practices and relevant developments up to date Responds to unsolicited Medical Information (MI) requests about approved or unapproved AstraZeneca products, or about unapproved uses of approved AstraZeneca products Works together with External Service Provider for MI to meet the requirements set in the local MI procedure People Management Provides strong leadership in managing the diverse office and field-based team. Coaches and develops the whole Team to develop best in class capabilities (scientific expertise, communication skills, business acumen) Responsible for supervising the TA Medical Affairs activities, ensuring operational excellence. Responsible for establishing robust strategic partnerships between the Medical Affairs team and other functions. Skills/Experience Good understanding of Pharmaceutical Development (e.g. Clinical Research and R&D strategy) Understanding of the latest technical, regulatory, policy and real-world evidence generation dimensions Proven experience and track record of strong content and lateral leadership skills, eventually line-management Ability to seek and critically assess a large amount of data, distil, and synthesize information, put it into context and evaluate its impact on the business Business acumen and strategic insight Fluency in written and spoken German & English Project and stakeholder management experience Experience with evidence generation and clinical trial methodology Possesses business-acumen and thinking, able to apply this without compromising scientific and ethical standards Budget and financial management experience and knowledge Experience delivering country medical affairs plans We Offer: Starting salary €105k per annum, in alignment to Collective Agreement for Trade (KV Handel 2025) (full-time basis) Participation in company success through bonus payments Electric car or alternative mobility options offered Extensive social benefits, including such as employee assistance, corporate benefits, company pension and additional insurance provided Family child care support extended to Vienna based employees Hybrid, flexible working hours , 2 days per week working from home Individual development opportunities When we put diverse 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. At AstraZeneca, we are on a journey to bring life-saving medicines to patients, contributing to decreasing mortality rates globally. Our agile and entrepreneurial team of visionaries is trusted to innovate, experiment, and learn fast from failures. We thrive on energy and pace, always pushing forward with a winning mentality. Join us in this mission and impacting the lives of Respiratory & Immunology patients! So, what’s next? Are you already imagining yourself joining our team? Good, because we can’t wait to hear from you. Please apply by submitting your CV. Where can you find more? AstraZeneca Webpage Our Social Media, Follow AstraZeneca on LinkedIn Follow AstraZeneca on Instagram Ready to take on this challenge? Apply now! Date Posted 21-Nov.-2025 Closing Date 21-Dez.-2025 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. AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company. We focus on discovering, developing and commercialising prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious diseases. But we are more than one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies. At AstraZeneca, we’re dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science, challenge convention and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. To embrace differences and take bold actions to drive the change needed to meet global healthcare and sustainability challenges. There is no better place to make a difference in medicine, patients, and society. An inclusive culture where you will connect different thinking to generate new and valuable opportunities. Where you will find a commitment to lifelong learning, growth and development for all. Our Inclusion & Diversity (I&D) mission is to create an inclusive and equitable environment where people belong, using the power of our diversity to push the boundaries of science to deliver life-changing medicines to patients. Inclusion and diversity are fundamental to the success of our company, because innovation requires breakthrough ideas that only come from a diverse workforce empowered to challenge conventional thinking. We’re curious about science and the advancement of knowledge. We find creative ways to approach new challenges. We’re driven to make the right choices and be accountable for our actions. As an organisation centred around what makes us human, we put a big focus on people. Across our business, we want colleagues to wake up excited about their day at the office, in the field, or in the lab. Along with our purpose to bring life-changing medicines to people across the globe, we have a promise to you: to help you realise the full breadth of your potential. Here, you’ll do work that has the potential to change your life and improve countless others. And, together with your team, you’ll shape a culture that unites and inspires us every day. This is your life at AstraZeneca.

Responsibilities

The Therapeutic Area Lead will shape scientific leadership and brand strategies within the Respiratory and Immunology therapeutic area, managing a team to execute local medical brand plans. Responsibilities include conducting medical affairs initiatives, fostering partnerships, and ensuring compliance with ethical standards.