Senior Medical Representative

AstraZeneca; Al Khobar; On-site; SAR 224,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A global biopharmaceutical company is looking for a Senior Medical Representative to manage sales in the Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. The role involves engaging with healthcare professionals, providing product information, and adhering to ethical standards. Candidates should have at least 2 years of experience in a multinational environment and demonstrate strong relationship-building skills. This position offers a unique opportunity to impact patient care and contribute to innovative healthcare solutions.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years in a multinational environment promoting medical products.
• 90% achievement in performance development as an Essential Contributor.
• Knowledge of healthcare environment and business planning.

Responsibilities

• Manage sales territory and build relationships with healthcare professionals.
• Provide information to HCPs about company products.
• Ensure compliance with regulations regarding interactions with HCPs.

Skills

Experience in promotion of medical products

Relationship building with healthcare professionals

Self-motivation and interpersonal effectiveness

Job description

Overview

Senior Medical Representative

AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialisation of prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious diseases. But we’re more than one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies.

Role summary

Achieves business results through the management of the defined sales territory, building strong business relationships with Healthcare Professionals on the company’s products as per AZ code of conduct. Is a growing expert at products and patient needs knowledge, works under supervision.

What you’ll do

Key / distinctive responsibilities:

• Providing information to HCPs about AZ products, including promotion in accordance with AZ code of conduct
• Acting as a champion for other functions
• Providing support to the manager on competitive intelligence and data collection for team
• Financial management
• Improving own knowledge & skills
• Achieving targets for Content driven engagement COE: daily interaction / call rate and coverage
• Implementing team and cross-BU initiatives to improve overall performance / quality of work in Sales Force; participating driving implementation of corporate projects (SFE, country projects on KEE development, driving mentorship across SF, etc.); initiating working groups / facilitating the exchange of best practices; providing assistance for managing regional meetings / business case defense / training SF on assigned areas of own expertise

Along with:

• Engage healthcare professionals, relevant to Therapy Area, in dialogue about approved indications and product efficacy/safety profiles to support on-label prescribing for appropriate patients.
• Effectively promote AZ products in accordance with AZ business strategy, ethical standards & approved TAP through: commercial visits, round tables, conferences, congresses and seminars with healthcare professionals
• Qualitatively build customers’ database on the defined territory, building and maintaining long-term relationships with key customers
• Provide regular feedback on client contacts and commercial activities to FLSM and team members
• Sustain and communicate excellent knowledge of Product, Disease and Competitors
• Actively request help from respective colleagues to achieve set objectives
• Monitor, suggest and implement appropriate actions to enhance performance
• Conduct market researches on the defined territory to analyse healthcare institutions’ needs for AZ products, competitors and distributors’ activities
• Work with FLSM to assess territory sales performance and market trends
• Drive sales performance and ensure sales forecasts and assigned budgets meet or exceed therapeutic and territory expectations
• Develop and maintain in-depth knowledge of market, demographic, and managed markets information relative to assigned sales territory
• Comply with all regulations regarding interactions with healthcare professionals, distribution of samples, etc
• Successfully complete all training requirements, including product examinations

Administration

• Ensure timely reporting of all activities in Veeva CRM.
• Adhere to all reporting and administrative standards

Corporate responsibility

• Maintains highest ethical standards and work in a spirit of AstraZeneca Code of Ethics, following rules & norms set by corporate policies
• Ensures that all conducted activities are done in accordance with local legislation and corporate standards.
• Timely reports (as per respective procedures): health/environment/wellbeing related accidents; adverse events that you became aware about; change in status of your Conflict of Interest

Only applications based in KSA will be considered.

Essential for the role

• Experience in the promotion of med. products from two years in multinational environment or equivalent
• Performance development of Essential Contributor in the previous two years with a minimum achievement on 90% in the previous two years Knowing that the last year is 100% in case no two years
• Product knowledge and medical knowledge of 90% Average across the past 4 Quarters- Last score 90% if less than 4 exams
• KPIs : 90% for coverage and 90% for daily interaction for the last year
• Experience of successfully built relationships with HCPs
• Professional level at Knowledge of healthcare environment, customer, compliance, disease, science and therapy area
• Professional level in selling skills, business acumen, planning the business and driving the business
• Professional level at self motivation, development and awareness as well as individual and interpersonal effectiveness
• TAP Knowledge and cross functional collaboration
• Competitive intelligence

Why AstraZeneca?

At AstraZeneca we’re dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. There’s no better place to make a difference to medicine, patients, and society. An inclusive culture that champions diversity and collaboration, and always committed to lifelong learning, growth, and development. We’re on an exciting journey to pioneer the future of healthcare.

What’s next?

• Are you already imagining yourself joining our team? Good, because we can’t wait to hear from you.
• Are you ready to bring new ideas and fresh thinking to the table? Brilliant! We have one seat available, and we hope it’s yours.

Where can I find out more?

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Date Posted 03-نوفمبر-2025

Closing Date 12-نوفمبر-2025

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.