Rare Disease Medical Partner, HNT Astrazeneca Pharma India Ltd.

Medical Leadership & Strategy

• Serve as the strategic medical partner to the cross-functional brand and launch teams, co-shaping regional medical strategies and evidence plans.
• Translate global medical strategies into actionable local implementation roadmaps across diagnosis, treatment, and patient pathways.
• Identify and lead medical opportunities that support disease awareness, early identification, and optimized care pathways in collaboration with key centers and national stakeholders.

Advanced Stakeholder Engagement

• Build and sustain deep, scientifically credible partnerships with Key External Experts (KEEs), academic networks, and regional Centers of Excellence.
• Partner with national societies, government bodies, and advocacy organizations to shape rare disease policy and education frameworks.
• Lead or co-create multi-stakeholder programs (registries, referral networks, etc.) that drive measurable patient impact.

Evidence Generation & Insight Leadership

• Drive real-world data (RWD) and investigator-initiated research opportunities aligned with medical strategy.
• Lead local data-to-insight translation, synthesizing field intelligence, disease trends, and competitor developments to inform strategic decision-making.
• Ensure medical input into value dossiers, health-economics projects, and access narratives where scientifically appropriate.

Medical Education & Scientific Exchange

• Lead the design and execution of disease-state and scientific education programs, ensuring evidence-based, non-promotional delivery.
• Support thought-leader development through train-the-trainer, speaker development, and expert-led roundtables.

Launch & Lifecycle Excellence

• Act as medical launch lead in assigned indications, coordinating readiness, training, and data-driven engagement across the field team.
• Co-create and implement diagnostic and care-pathway initiatives with hospitals and diagnostic labs to reduce time to diagnosis.
• Partner with cross-functional teams (Marketing, Market Access, Patient Experience, and Corporate Affairs) to ensure medical integrity in all initiatives.

Internal Leadership

• Provide strategic medical input in cross-functional planning and governance forums.
• Lead internal capability-building sessions, driving a culture of evidence, insight, and ethics.
• Act as medical owner for key regional projects, dashboards, and medical KPIs.