Global Product Leader Respiratory

About the position

We have an exciting opportunity to join Late Respiratory & Immunology (R&I) as a Global Product Leader (GPL) for an asset in Respiratory. You'll take on a senior leadership role including both people and project management. Your high level accountabilities are critical to the delivery of AZ business objectives and portfolio value targets. This includes leadership of a cross-functional Global Product Team (GPT) to design and deliver a successful strategy aligned to achieving the global brand strategy through the brand’s life cycle. The role reports to the Senior Vice President Late R&I and is located at our dynamic R&D site in Gaithersburg, US or Boston, Seaport Boulevard, MA, US.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the strategic and scientific value creation of the brand including the development path, governance approval, growth and maturity of the brand (Life Cycle Management).
• Engage and consult with KEEs to establish and nurture effective partnerships and networks to establish the brand vision.
• Ensure disease strategy is innovative, with a balanced focus on safety and efficacy for regulatory approval plus value for market access.
• Deliver governance-approved business cases within tolerance on time, cost and quality, working with functional management as required to resolve issues.
• Deliver the Indication Target Product Profile (TPP) and Target Product Claims (TPC).
• Role model for internal stakeholders and KEE engagement in strategy development and science cascade.
• Ensure effective and transparent risk, opportunity and issue management at strategic, tactical and operational levels.
• Simplify the complex, anticipating obstacles and barriers and working around them by integrating robust scientific, competitive intelligence, KOL and payer insights.
• Seek partners and collaborators that share our passion for science.
• Ensure appropriate Governance and Compliance and protect AZ's Rights, Data and Intellectual Property.
• Manage performance with cross-functional team.
• Build and effectively lead high performing cross-functional teams.

Requirements

• Masters Degree
• Minimum of 5 years of experience within the biotech/pharmaceutical industry, including work with executive leadership.
• Significant expertise in drug development processes, specifically the design of development strategies that incorporate regulatory, commercial, and external insights.
• Strong business acumen, with credibility among key opinion leaders, payers, and scientific communities, with specific and relevant therapy area expertise.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills at high levels with both internal and external stakeholders, simplifying complexity to drive performance and decisions.
• Demonstrated experience in leading and motivating teams within a highly matrixed environment, ensuring high team effectiveness through collaboration, influence, and coaching.

Nice-to-haves

• PhD and/or MD degree preferred