Diagnostics Manager Rare Disease

1 week ago

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia AstraZeneca Full time

**JOB TITLE**

**Rare Disease Diagnostics Manager**

**ABOUT ASTRAZENECA**

AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialisation of prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious diseases. But we’re more than one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies.

**ROLE SUMMARY**

AstraZeneca is accelerating the expansion of our geographical footprint in rare diseases following the acquisition of Alexion in 2021. Rare diseases is a high-growth therapy area with rapid innovation and significant unmet medical need. Over 7,000 rare diseases are known today - yet less than 1% of them have an approved treatment.

As we begin to build our position as a Rare Disease leader, we seek a Rare Diseases Diagnostics Manager to join our Commercial Team in KSA. The role is a full-time position, responsible for developing and implementing rare disease brand strategies.

The Diagnostics Manager will work very closely with the Market Access & Diagnostics Head to deploy and adapt the AZ brand strategy to the local market, including tactics and execution.

The Diagnostics Manager reports to the Market Access & Diagnostics Head.

Ensures timely, high quality in-market companion diagnostics / testing solutions to enable optimal treatment throughout the patient journey. Develops strategic and long-term partnerships with relevant Rare Disease stakeholders and decision makers in the complex Rare Disease ecosystem, based on a deep scientific understanding of diagnostic tests and the clinical operational issues on the testing pathway, enabling tailored testing solutions to be developed.

**What you’ll do**

**Develops strategic partnerships**
- Assesses different testing options in the markets and select and qualify diagnostic partners and testing labs
- Identifies and collaborate with national diagnostic and clinical opinion leaders to identify, design and execute activities to optimise the provision of diagnostics associated with the respective brands
- Removes barriers to testing through collaborative partnerships with diagnostic companies, lab networks, KOLs and HCPs
- Helps develop testing pathway robustness in all key national clinical centres, including local protocol support, working on identifying and removing bottlenecks in testing pathways, e.g., in counselling
- Presents credibly to a wider audience in order to act as company spokesperson on diagnostic scientific matters at congresses, symposia and scientific meetings

**Develops diagnostic strategy**
- Develops, evaluates and delivers the national diagnostic strategy for the current and future Rare Disease products, play a role in shaping national policy
- Generates diagnostics-related insight to shape national brand strategy and tactics
- Monitors and propose improvement plans for diagnostic related brand performance
- Ensures in-market companion diagnostics / testing excellence for all product launches, including market readiness evaluation to inform go/no go decisions

**Supports testing by improving the testing environment**
- Supports in-market registration / regulatory approval of future companion diagnostics / other testing solutions as required
- Identifies issues in current testing landscape and working with external stakeholders to develop solutions to remove or minimize diagnostic barriers to therapy use, e.g., by optimizing testing pathways
- Works with P&MA to identify innovative access / reimbursement solutions for companion diagnostics
- Develops and help drive diagnostic quality assurance (QA) programmes
- Utilises diagnostics related evidence for medical education activity (e.g., medical evidence, real-world evidence and epidemiology) and identify evidence gaps for either global or local plans to bridge

**Build capability in internal and external stakeholders**
- Delivers diagnostic related educational initiatives including meetings, exhibitions, congresses/symposia, digital activities
- Gives relevant stakeholders in the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) and Decision Making Unit (DMU) and testing labs a stronger understanding of the diagnostic landscape, challenges and potential testing solutions
- Acts as an educational resource to internal colleagues
- Develops diagnostic expertise in cross-functional team i.e. medical, sales, payer evidence
- Engages with, lead and partner with all members of the cross-functional team on all diagnostic related activities
- Provisions key inputs to P&MA strategy build and implementation including pricing and reimbursement cases for therapy and associated diagnostic tests
- Demonstrate business ethics and ensure active respect of values, business ethics, local laws, policies and Marketing procedures. Ensure all activities and responsibilities are carried out in compliance with the high standards of ethics and integrity required by the Code of Conduct, supporting Policies and Standards and Company Values to prote

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