AstraZeneca

Global Medical Affairs Leader (GMAL), GU/GYN - Expert Engagement

AstraZeneca • $206K — $310K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Master's degree in a scientific discipline or significant industry/therapeutic experience.
  • Minimum 4 years in pharma/life sciences or medical roles.
  • Strong communication and presentation skills.
  • Experience in multi-stakeholder management.
  • Proven track record of executing medical plans and strategic initiatives.
  • Ability to influence without authority.
  • Solid project management skills and cross-functional team collaboration capabilities.
  • Understanding of drug development and commercialization processes.

Responsibilities

  • Develop a cohesive Global GU/GYN Engagement Strategy to ensure a compelling scientific narrative.
  • Coordinate planning for congress engagements to maximize scientific impact.
  • Oversee external engagement planning for major congresses to ensure alignment across functions.
  • Lead key global scientific exchange activities to drive evidence adoption.
  • Ensure compliance with medical and business activities following standards and external regulations.
  • Work with indication leads and Medical peers to align priorities and drive execution.
  • Capture insights from experts and congresses to enhance strategies and medical plans.
  • Define success metrics for engagement and communicate outcomes to senior leaders.

Benefits

  • Qualified retirement program (401k plan).
  • Paid vacation and holidays.
  • Paid leaves for personal or family needs.
  • Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, and vision coverage.
Full Job Description
Are you ready to turn scientific evidence into meaningful expert engagement that elevates standards of cancer care? As the Global Medical Affairs Leader for external engagement in GU/GYN, you will connect our science to the world's most influential voices, shaping conversations at major congresses and across indications so patients benefit sooner.

Working hand-in-hand with indication leads, GMALs, and cross-functional partners, you will design and deliver a unified engagement strategy across assets and indications, ensuring coherent scientific exchange and high-quality execution. Reporting to the Global Medical GU/GYN Franchise Head, you will be pivotal in how our pipeline is perceived, discussed and adopted globally. Do you thrive on orchestrating a single, cohesive narrative across multiple conferences, stakeholders and geographies?

Accountabilities:
  • External Engagement Strategy: Develop a cohesive Global GU/GYN Engagement Strategy that reflects the strategic priorities across the franchise, ensuring a consistent and compelling scientific narrative across assets and indications.
  • Congress Orchestration: Coordinate congress engagement planning to maximise the impact of Global Medical at major conferences, elevating visibility and clarity of our science.
  • Cross-Functional Alignment: Oversee the GU/GYN GMA external engagement planning and outreach process for major congresses to ensure a smooth, cross-functionally aligned approach from planning through debrief.
  • Scientific Exchange Leadership: Successfully deliver key global scientific exchange activities, including large in-person events, that reflect the therapy area strategy and drive practical adoption of evidence.
  • Compliance Stewardship: Ensure all Medical and business activities are carried out in compliance with AZ standards, standard operating procedures and external regulations; awareness of different market compliance regulations is a plus.
  • Stakeholder Partnership and Influence: Partner closely with indication leads, Medical peers and GMALs to align priorities, influence without authority and drive consistent, high-quality execution.
  • Insight Generation and Continuous Improvement: Capture insights from experts and congresses, synthesize learnings and feed them back into strategies and medical plans to continually raise the bar.
  • Measurement and Reporting: Define clear objectives and success metrics for engagement, track outcomes and communicate impact to senior leaders to inform future investment and strategy.


Essential Skills/Experience:
  • Minimum of Master's degree in a scientific discipline or equivalent medical/scientific qualifications and/or significant industry and/or therapeutic experience.
  • At least 4 years of experience within pharma/life sciences and/or medical experience (e.g. significant clinical/academic/medical affairs agency roles/organizations)
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills
  • Experience of multi stakeholder management
  • Experience of delivery of medical plans and strategic medical initiatives
  • Ability to influence others without authority
  • Strong project management skills and the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams
  • Good understanding of drug development and commercialization processes including understanding of outcomes research /payer access issues
  • Proven ability to generate, analyze and interpret clinical trial and published data
  • Willingness to travel, 10-20%


Desirable Skills/Experience:
  • Advanced Scientific degree preferred (PhD, PharmD)
  • 3+ years in a Head Quarters Medical Affairs role or Global Clinical R&D
  • Oncology experience, lung cancer experience is preferred
  • Documented track record of successfully executing on Medical Plans both in terms of evidence generation, scientific communications, and external expert engagements


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.

Call to Action:

Seize this opportunity to shape global scientific engagement and elevate cancer care-bring your expertise and voice to our mission today!

The annual base pay for this position ranges from $ 206,827.20 - 310,240.80 USD. Base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. In addition, our positions offer a short-term incentive bonus opportunity; eligibility to participate in our equity-based long-term incentive program. Benefits offered include a qualified retirement program [401(k) plan]; paid vacation and holidays; paid leaves; and, health benefits including medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans. Additional details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment. If hired, employee will be in an "at-will position" and the Company reserves the right to modify base pay (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

Date Posted
23-Sept-2026

Closing Date
29-Sept-2026

About AstraZeneca

AstraZeneca is a British-Swedish multinational pharmaceutical company that specializes in the research, development, and manufacturing of prescription drugs. The company was formed in 1999 through the merger of Astra AB and Zeneca Group plc. AstraZeneca's products are used to treat a wide range of medical conditions, including cancer, cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, and diabetes. The company has operations in over 100 countries and employs more than 76,000 people worldwide. AstraZeneca is committed to developing innovative medicines that improve the health and well-being of people around the world.
Learn more about AstraZeneca
Size
83,100 employees
Market Cap
$211.5 billion
Industry
Net Income
$3.1 billion
Founded
1999
5 Year Trend
+10.2%
Revenue
$26.6 billion
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