Medical Manager, Immunology
Astrazeneca
· Mexico - Mexico City - Park Insurgentes
Open
Full Time
Posted 2026-11-09
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Location: CDMX
Hybrid work
A Medical Manager develops the local Medical Plan and contributes to the local business strategic and operational planning for defined therapy area. They will develop and deliver pre-launch and post-launch medical plans and activities.
They will ensure that all local medical requirements are met for all brand/TA material and will also use medical expertise to contribute to the marketing direction of the brand/TA. Will be recognized as a medical expert within the marketing company and will often guide and mentor other junior Medical Affairs colleagues.
A Medical Manager leads in the delivery of operational excellence, impact, and efficiencies through measurable outcomes and a continuous improvement approach. Communicate on the quality delivery and value of the Medical Affairs team with good understanding of the internal business ecosystem (strategy, model, finances) and act as a key member of the local Medical Affairs team that contributes to the planning and execution of Medical Affairs strategies, working closely with the local medical and cross-functional teams.
Typical Accountabilities
Medical strategy and clinical input
• Drive Medically led/co-led, based initiatives, on an identified gap in collaboration with CFTs, that contributes to an overarching plan mapped to drive positive patient outcomes.
• Leverage medical expertise to design, implement, and oversee real-world evidence (RWE) projects. Identifies reliable suitable data sources and ensure the scientific rigor and integrity of real-world studies.
• Responsible for interpreting and communicating the findings from RWE projects with a strong focus on translating RWE into actionable insights that can internally inform medical and commercial strategies and externally ultimately improve patient outcomes and inform healthcare decision-making.
• Establish AstraZeneca as a scientific leader through proactive medical inputs.
• Lead educational initiatives, developing clinical support tools, and providing scientific expertise to support the integration of new medical advancements into clinical practice.
• Puts in place measures to showcase the impact of initiatives.
• Agile adoption of innovation through win-win partnerships within the healthcare ecosystem that are scalable and can enable sustainable patient outcomes.
Strategic Planning and Delivery:
• Work with the field medical team to ensure the Field Medical Strategic Plan (FMSP) and Field Medical activities are prioritized and aligned with the Medical Affairs Strategic Plans.
• Ensure the Field Medical Plan includes an Integrated Engagement plan with an appropriate ratio of traditional and non-traditional stakeholders.
• Work closely with the Medical Affairs Team and cross functional team to provide input to medical and product strategies.
• Drives prioritization of activities across the team to ensure appropriate focus on portfolio priorities.
• Identify opportunities and initiate discussion potential strategic, scalable & sustainable clinical practice transformations initiatives that can impact on patient access to quality care.
• Ensures Digital and innovation / technology are implemented as an enabler for patient centric solutions and effectively contributes to enhancing equitable access to people in assigned accounts / clinics / healthcare systems.
• Leverage technology, available data / dashboards to drive data-driven decisions to support internal discussions and external engagements.
• Contribute on field and external stakeholder insights and perspectives in medical and brand internal strategic discussions and communicate internally on actionable items as appropriate.
• Provide regular updates to the medical team and broader organization on delivery versus plan, variance to plan, proposed mitigation with emphasis on internal & external strategic and patient impact.
• Ensures own knowledge of best practices and new relevant developments is kept up to date with understanding of its relevance to the team(s).
Essential
• Scientific degree or master’s degree in a scientific discipline
• Strategic thinking and strategic planning skills
• Extensive experience of Medical Affairs function within a pharmaceutical industry. More than 4 years of experience in field medical affairs function.
• Strong understanding of medical, clinical development, and regulatory requirements
• Strong scientific skills, medical communication and science acumen
• Excellent Project Management and presentation skills
• Extensive experience in stakeholder management and the ability to interact and manage a range of stakeholders both internally and externally
• Understanding of business principles and pharmaceutical industry dynamics
• Advanced level analytical and conceptual thinking
• Solid understanding of local regulation and medical, clinical development, and regulatory requirements
• Ability to work effectively and leader a matrix cross-functional environment.
• Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills
Desirable
• Doctoral degree in a scientific discipline (e.g. M.D., Ph.D., Pharm.D.)
• Experience in clinical or pre-clinical research and knowledge of therapuetic area disease state and treatment.
• Experience in basic research, drug discovery and drug development.
• Understanding of multiple aspects within Medical Affairs department
• Ecosystem scaled project experience
• Evidence generation experience
• People management
If you´re strategic to achieve the company objectives working in collaboration with a cross functional team, developing yourself and helping to develop others through your leadership AstraZeneca is your place
Date Posted
09-nov-2026
Closing Date
27-nov-2026
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 incl
Skills:
operational planning
operational excellence
continuous improvement
collaboration
agile
strategic planning
prioritization
strategic thinking
communication
project management