Senior Manager, Digital Medical Communications

Senior Manager, Digital Medical Communications

About Astellas:

At Astellas we are a progressive health partner, delivering value and outcomes where needed.

We pursue innovative science, focussing initially on the areas of greatest potential and then developing solutions where patient need is high, often in rare or under-served disease areas and in life-threatening or life-limiting diseases and conditions.

We work directly with patients, doctors and health care professionals on the front line to ensure patient and clinical needs are guiding our development activities at every stage.

Our global vision for Patient Centricity is to support the development of innovative health solutions through a deep understanding of the patient experience. At Astellas, Patient Centricity isn’t a buzzword - it’s a guiding principle for action. We believe all staff have a role to play in creating a patient-centric culture and integrating an awareness of the patient into our everyday working practices, regardless of our role, team or division.

We work closely with regulatory authorities and payers to find new ways to ensure access to new therapies. We deliver the latest insights and real-world evidence to inform the best decisions for patients and their care-givers, to ensure the medicines we develop continue to provide meaningful outcomes.

Beyond medicines, we support our stakeholder communities to drive initiatives that improve awareness, education, access and ultimately standards of care.

About This Job:

As our Digital and Omnichannel capabilities grow, this EST-M role in Medical Affairs will drive operational excellence, identifying external scientific communications/training needs across the region, aligning with External Engagement and Medical Information deliverables.

You will be responsible for assisting the affiliates in utilizing the Content Factory materials for ad boards, approvals, governance etc as well as helping them with use of the systems such as Veeva and Veeva Pro as the process and requirements grow.

While this is not a technical role your ability to act as the facilitator between IT and the business to help shape understanding and requirements within Medical Affairs will be key. Your role will be as a specialist resource to harness the latest technological advances to drive efficiency and consistency.

Hybrid working:

At Astellas we recognise that our employees enjoy having balance between their professional and home lives. We are proud of our hybrid approach which empowers you to have flexibility on whether to work from home or in the office.

Key activities are noted below:

• Collaborate with TA (Therapy Area) Medical teams for internal medical training and external scientific exchange.
• Ensure consistent and compliant content for training materials, including digital formats.
• Aggregate field information for medical insights and implement a consistent process across the region.
• Execute External Engagement Summit aligned with Regional Medical Excellence objectives.
• Facilitate efficient communication with regional teams and support system modifications with Vendors/System Lead.

Essential Knowledge & Experience:

• Extensive Medical Communications and MSL experience. Strong grasp of Medical Affairs in digital contexts, with expertise in pharmaceutical compliance.
• Strong scientific analytical/problem solving skills with evidence of good project management and planning capabilities.
• Able to support user systems training (use of Veeva or similar system preferred) if required
• Ability to collaborate and manage multiple relationships across medical, clinical, regulatory, HEOR, medical information, and other organizational partners.
• Fluent in written and verbal business English with good communication and presentation skills.

Education/Qualifications:

• Life Sciences Degree/advanced degree - MSc, PhD, PharmD or equivalent.

Additional information:

• This is a permanent, full-time position based in the UK (EU 4 countries may be considered)
• The position follows our hybrid working model with a blend of home and a minimum 1-day per quarter in the office. Flexibility may be required in line with business needs. Candidates should be located within a commutable distance of the office.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.