Medical Science Liaison Amyloidosis (Puglia, Campania, Basilicata, Calabria Sicilia)

Are you ready to advance care for people living with amyloidosis by translating science into real-world change? In this field-based role, you will be the scientific face of AstraZeneca, building trusted partnerships that turn evidence into practical solutions across clinics and healthcare systems. Your leadership will help define how new data, tools and pathways accelerate diagnosis, optimize treatment, and improve outcomes for patients and their families. You will join an agile, mission-driven team that moves fast from idea to impact. Working at the intersection of evidence generation, clinical practice, and system-level change, you will connect key experts, decision-makers and care teams to deliver measurable improvements in the amyloidosis care pathway. Can you see yourself shaping guidelines, embedding best practice, and enabling successful launches that raise the standard of care?  

Accountabilities

Transforming Care initiatives: Design and deliver at least one local or national initiative that improves clinical practice and care pathways in amyloidosis, informed by real-world data, ATLAS (if available), and local insights—delivering measurable change in time to diagnosis, referral patterns, or treatment quality.  

Scientific leadership and exchange: Lead evidence-based discussions with Key External Experts and healthcare professionals, advocating for the value of AstraZeneca’s medicines and driving adoption of the latest science in the territory.  

System change opportunity mapping: Identify and prioritize high-impact opportunities based on institutional readiness, clinical gaps, and potential patient benefit; build clear roadmaps from pilot to scale.  

Broadened stakeholder engagement: Engage beyond traditional targets to include institutional decision makers, change promoters, guideline authors, diagnostic networks, and patient pathway coordinators to unlock system-wide improvements.  

Cross-functional collaboration: Partner closely with Medical Affairs, Market Access, Compliance, and Commercial colleagues on Transforming Care projects with clear roles, robust governance, and full adherence to global and local policies.  

Medical impact measurement: Contribute to the design, collection, and documentation of impact indicators such as protocol implementation, patient pathway optimization, and clinical outcomes; communicate progress with clarity and credibility.  

Stakeholder landscape management: Maintain and evolve Medical Affairs contact lists to reflect key system stakeholders for Transforming Care and adjust strategy as the medical mission advances.  

Evidence generation support: Collaborate with SM&M and Medical Evidence teams to identify sites and stakeholders, initiate and maintain company-sponsored clinical trials, support deployment of epidemiological studies in evidence generation plans, provide scientific training, gather insights, and facilitate recruitment.  

Essential Skills/Experience:

• Masters or Doctorate Degree in a relevant field of study, including nursing, medicine, pharmacy, pharmacology, biology, biochemistry; Degree in Medicine is preferred.  

• Strong knowledge of the therapy area 

• Experience related to the therapy area within the pharmaceutical industry; experience within Medical Affairs or Clinical Development environment will also be considered 

• Fundamental knowledge of basic research, drug discovery, drug development, clinical environment  

• Thorough knowledge of the local regulatory requirements related to medical affairs activities. 

•  Experience in product launch preparation and execution  

• Communication skills, including communicating complex technical, scientific, or medical information  

• Ability to work in team  

• Leadership capabilities and interpersonal skills  

• Networking and influencing skills 

• Project management experience 

• Proficiency in spoken English 

• Be a valuable example of AZ values and behaviours 

Desirable Skills/Experience: 

• Previous experience as MSL.  

• Have experience in clinical trials 

• Digital savvy 

Why AstraZeneca

Join a place where scientific depth meets decisive action, and where your ideas can move from pilot to scale at pace. You will work in an environment that prizes autonomy and trusts you to experiment, with the safety to learn quickly and keep pushing forward. Expect to collaborate across unexpected teams—medical, access, commercial, evidence generation—often in the same room, unleashing bold thinking that puts patients first. We blend ambition with kindness, backing each other to tackle complex challenges and seeing the impact in clinics and health systems as care improves for people living with serious diseases like amyloidosis.  

Call to Action

If you are driven to turn evidence into better pathways and outcomes for amyloidosis patients, step into this role and help us set a new standard of care now! 

Date Posted

21-mag-2026

Closing Date

04-giu-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.

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 authorisation and employment eligibility verification requirements.