Medical Assistant

**Medical Operations Coordinator - Medical team assistant**

**Location: Baar Seitzerland**

**Type: Permanent**

The Medical Affairs team is looking for a Medical Affairs Team assistant (M/F) to join our office in Switzerland.

Being part of our team offers you the opportunity to work in a fast-paced, constantly evolving environment with the oversight of projects in various therapeutic areas.

We are looking for highly motivated people who want to make a difference in the life science industry and most importantly, in patient lives.

Your role is to support the Medical Affairs team in the management of the operations and processes for different projects and initiatives in accordance with existing procedures and guidelines (internal and external).

**While projects vary, your typical responsibilities include**:

- Assistance and project oversight of different AstraZeneca’s medical initiatives (national congresses, educational events, advisory boards etc..).
- You are keeping the operational oversight and track progress of complex medical projects from development to implementation and manage contractual, financial and deadline aspects.
- Support the medical team in the structuring, processing, distribution, filing and archiving of documents related to different projects
- Organising, coordinating, and participating at internal and external meetings and events
- Active support and collaboration in projects within the x-functional teams (eg. International conferences organization)
- Maintain project compliance within applicable regulations, guidelines, internal SOPs and processes. Ensure quality oversight of assigned projects so that projects can be followed up & maintain inspection-readiness.
- Operational and administrative support to the Medical Affairs team such as monitoring and organizing schedule for team meetings plus follow up of identified actions.
- The medical operations coordinator works in a cross functional team - agile, methodical & solution-oriented.

**You should have**:

- Administrative working experience, preferably in the medical or pharmaceutical field.
- Fluent language skills in German and good command of English
- Cross-functional experience
- Dealing with senior stakeholders
- Come from a fast paced demanding role
- Digital tools & computer skills, including excellent knowledge of Microsoft Teams, Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Effective communication, project management and planning skills
- Ability to work independently and to effectively prioritize tasks while working on multiple projects
- Ability to establish and maintain trustful and effective working relationships with co-workers, managers, and external stakeholders.

**Nice to have**
- Bachelor’s Degree, or equivalent, or relevant training

**Why AstraZeneca?**

At AstraZeneca, we are on a journey to bring life-saving medicines to patients. Our role in contributing to decreasing mortality rates globally is clear. We are crafting the future by spotting scientifically led commercial opportunities and acting now to operationalise and scale them. We are driven by the solutions we bring to the healthcare ecosystem, making an impact at every step of the patient journey. We are constantly thinking big to answer new challenges, starting small and scaling fast. We lead Commercial to provide solutions that make a difference, improving our patients' experience and health outcomes. Join us on this journey