Group Director - Respiratory

Are you passionate about people, as well as drug development? Can you imagine combining your Clinical or Scientific Expertise with your people Management Skills? Join us in our thrive to deliver life-changing medicines to patients.

At AstraZeneca, we believe in the potential of our people and you'll develop beyond what you thought possible. We make the most of your skills and passion by actively supporting you to see what you can achieve no matter where you start with us.

At Late Respiratory & Immunology (Late R&I), we're driven by innovation and our dedication to make a real-life difference in patients' lives. That difference starts with you. We need people like you who share our passion for science and determination to meet patients' needs around the world.

We are now looking for a dedicated leader to join our Clinical Development department as Group Director within Respiratory.



What you'll do

In your role as Group Director - Respiratory, you will provide leadership to scientists and physicians to ensure constant development of people as well as efficient resourcing to drive clinical programs forward. In partnership with the Senior Group Director of Clinical Development Respiratory, you are responsible for shaping an inclusive culture of growth and development by leading as a role model - displaying our AstraZeneca values.

Depending on your preference, you can be based in either of our vibrant R&D HUBs in Gothenburg, Cambridge or Gaithersburg. Our research sites breathe collaboration and innovation that allow us to keep pushing the boundaries.

You will participate in clinical program activities and additional project work by collaborating with peers to ensure consistency of approach and implementation of standard methodology across the department.

* Management accountabilities, including recruitment, retention and performance management
* Collaborate with Late R&I capacity management team to ensure that program resource allocations and requests are accurate and updated
* Drive improvement and implementation of new processes and systems by encouraging sharing and seeking findings across AstraZeneca



Essential for the role

To be a successful Group Director, we believe that you have a medical or scientific background and hold a MD, PhD, PharmD degree or equivalent. This is complemented by a broad clinical and research background and a comprehensive understanding of the medical aspects of drug development.

Additionally, you have:

* >3 years' experience of drug development in a pharmaceutical company
* Relevant management experience



Desirable for the role

* Research experience within respiratory
* Experience and knowledge of performance management, capacity management, budget management, and employment legislation
* Specific experience in late stage pharmaceutical drug development



At AstraZeneca when we see an opportunity for change, we seize it and make it happen, because any opportunity no matter how small, can be the start of something big. Delivering life-changing medicines is about being entrepreneurial - finding those moments and recognising their potential. Join us on our journey of building a new kind of organisation to reset expectations of what a bio-pharmaceutical company can be. This means we're opening new ways to work, pioneering groundbreaking methods and bringing unexpected teams together. Interested? Come and join our journey.



So, what's next!

Are you already imagining yourself joining our team? Good, because we can't wait to hear from you.

We welcome your application on May 17th, 2020 at the latest!



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