Therapeutic Area Lead, Gastrointestinal cancers, Switzerland Marketing Company

Are you ready to lead the medical strategy for Gastrointestinal (GI) oncology and turn evidence into better outcomes for patients across Switzerland? Based in Baar, you will take end-to-end ownership of the GI portfolio, from pipeline and launch through to in‑market optimization, ensuring our science reaches physicians and patients in the moments that matter.

Reporting to the Oncology Medical Affairs Head, you will unite a cross functional GI team behind a clear scientific agenda and coherent execution, ensuring strong collaboration with other therapeutic areas while representing the GI portfolio credibly with internal and external stakeholders. Your leadership will translate insights into strategic choices that drive measurable patient and business impact while building trust with experts, institutions, and partners across the healthcare system.

Do you thrive at the intersection of science, strategy, and execution? In this senior medical leadership role, you will inspire a high‑performing team, navigate complex care pathways, and set a bold, data‑driven direction for GI cancer care in Switzerland.

Missions:

• Medical Strategy and Planning: Set and lead the GI medical strategy in Switzerland, developing and delivering an integrated medical plan aligned with global, regional, and local priorities across the lifecycle from pipeline to launch to in-market optimization, focused on measurable outcomes.

• Ensure strong alignment and collaboration between the GI cross-functional team and with other therapeutic areas to support a coherent scientific agenda and effective execution.

• Scientific Leadership and Launch Excellence: Provide scientific leadership across the GI portfolio, spanning evidence generation, launch readiness, market shaping, and stakeholder engagement to accelerate appropriate adoption.

• Evidence Generation and Partnerships: Support local evidence generation through clinical trials, real‑world evidence, external research, and collaborations with study groups and academic partners to answer critical data gaps and inform practice.

• Team Leadership and Capability Building: Lead and develop the GI medical team, fostering a high performing, inclusive, and accountable culture through coaching and capability building; create clarity, focus, and agility as priorities evolve.

• Represent the GI portfolio credibly with internal and external stakeholders, building trust and ensuring consistent scientific leadership across the ecosystem.

• Enterprise Collaboration and Impact: Act as an enterprise leader by translating scientific insights into strategic choices and execution that deliver patient and business impact; partner closely with Commercial, Market Access, Regulatory, Diagnostics, Patient Advocacy, and Clinical Operations to align plans and the GI Franchise vision.

• External Engagement and Education: Build trusted partnerships across the healthcare ecosystem—including scientific experts, multidisciplinary care teams, professional societies, and patient organizations—and shape the external scientific narrative through relevant, balanced, compliant, and impactful medical education and engagement.

• Care Pathway Transformation: Work effectively across complex GI pathways, engaging surgeons, oncologists, pathologists, and other stakeholders to improve coordination, diagnostics, and quality of care; identify and pursue opportunities to transform care in Switzerland.

• Governance and Compliance: Ensure all activities meet local regulatory requirements and AstraZeneca Local and Global Policies and Guidelines, embedding best practice and ethical standards in every interaction.

When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That's why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we're not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.

Essential requirements:

• Advanced scientific degree in a relevant field (MD, PhD, PharmD, or equivalent)

• 7+ years of experience in Medical Affairs within the pharmaceutical or biotech industry, with prior experience across key Medical Affairs pillars, including evidence generation, scientific engagement, launch readiness, and cross-functional collaboration

• Proven track record in oncology, ideally with exposure to GI cancers

• Prior leadership experience, including direct people leadership and/or leading a therapeutic area, franchise, or major cross-functional agenda

• Proven ability to define strategy and translate it into strong execution and measurable outcomes

• Strong ability to engage and influence across complex multidisciplinary care environments

• Demonstrated ability to lead through ambiguity and complexity in a fast-evolving environment

• Fluency in spoken and written English; German or French is an advantage

Desirable Skills/Experience:

• Prior experience as a Therapeutic Area Lead or in a comparable senior medical leadership role

• Experience working with Swiss academic centers, cooperative groups, and external research collaborations

• Familiarity with diagnostics, biomarker-driven pathways, and transforming care initiatives

• Experience engaging with patient advocacy and healthcare system stakeholders

Why AstraZeneca:

Join a team where science meets strategy to change the practice of medicine. Here, unexpected teams gather around the same table to generate evidence that reshapes care for people living with cancer and those supporting them. You will work with cutting‑edge portfolios and bold colleagues who value curiosity, kindness, and ambition in equal measure, with the freedom to test ideas, learn fast, and scale what works. Your leadership will influence decisions from the clinic to the system level, turning rigorous evidence into real‑world impact for patients across Switzerland.

So, what is next:

Lead the next chapter of GI cancer care in Switzerland, step forward and help turn transformative science into better survival and quality of life.

Welcome with your application, in English, latest by the 14th of July 2026

Where can I find out more?

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Career site: https://careers.astrazeneca.com/ https://www.astrazeneca.ch/en 

Date Posted

09-juli-2026

Closing Date

14-juli-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 inclusive we are, the better our work will be.  We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics.  We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.