Associate Director, Oncology Patient Affairs
Location: Cambridge, UK / Gaithersburg, US

Competitive salary and benefits package

The Associate Director, Oncology Patient Affairs will be a strong contributor to the strategic transformation and immersion of Patient Centricity at AstraZeneca. Based in Cambridge (UK) or Gaithersburg (US), the role focuses on one or more tumour types and leads how AstraZeneca engages with patients and patient advocacy groups (PAGs) across our brand teams and our above brand activities. For each tumour type, the role acts as a central subject matter expert, the owner of AstraZeneca’s holistic patient-centricity strategy and a central point of contact for all patient engagement activities.

By developing collaborations with patient groups and patient experts, the Associate Director, Oncology Patient Affairs is responsible for supporting AstraZeneca’s Global Product Teams (GPTs) and Global Medical Teams (GMTs):

• develop strong understanding of patient perspectives and needs,

• generate evidence on preferences, needs and the impact of non-drug interventions,

• provide support to patients and family members (including patient centric solutions),

• advocate for better care, and ensure patients’ voices are heard appropriately and directly within the company.

Accountabilities

1) Develop and implement an annual strategic plan in alignment with cross-functional priorities, informing national colleagues’ activity planning as appropriate

• Identify key patient engagement and patient advocacy priorities among the relevant external community and those relevant to each brand.

• Input to relevant brand plans and medical plans, contributing specific proposals for patient engagement and patient advocacy activities and helping shape plans for solution-development and evidence generation

• Provide clear guidance to national colleagues on above-country patient activities and proposed priorities for national action – support priority markets in finalising their plans

• Collaborate cross-functionally to support planned patient-centric solution-development and patient-focused evidence generation

2) Further AstraZeneca’s patient advocacy relations, including accountability for support and collaborations

• Represent the company and build and establish compliant, appropriate relationships with individual patients and carers in close alignment with national colleagues

• Plan and lead patient organisation engagement at major congresses and/or around major milestones