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Location: London, United Kingdom Job reference: R-262831 Date posted: 10/27/2026

Role: Medical Ethics Manager - Alexion

Location: St Pancras London UK

Salary: Competitive + Excellent Benefits

Purpose:

The Medical Ethics Manager enables the Alexion UK & Ireland Rare Disease business to deliver innovative, patient-centred activities in line with applicable Codes, legislation and company standards. Acting as a Nominated Signatory and trusted cross-functional partner, the role provides pragmatic, evidence-based advice that protects patients, scientific integrity and company reputation. The role also operationalises the Medical Ethics strategy by strengthening review processes, capability and insight, including the responsible use of approved AI-enabled tools to improve quality, consistency and cycle time.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities

• Deliver high-quality, pragmatic medical ethics and Code support for Alexion UK & Ireland Rare Disease, enabling innovation while protecting patients, scientific integrity and company reputation.
• Act as Nominated Signatory for agreed promotional and non-promotional materials, activities and meetings, with accountability for cross-portfolio work and therapy-area support according to priorities.
• Operationalise the Medical Ethics Lead’s strategy, governance framework and annual book of work through review, advice, training, process management and continuous improvement.
• Use approved AI-enabled tools to improve review quality, consistency, insight and cycle time, with meaningful human oversight, source validation and protection of confidential, personal and proprietary information.
• Build understanding of Alexion’s rare disease portfolio, specialist care pathways and stakeholder needs alongside the ABPI/IPHA Codes, applicable legislation and internal standards.

Nominated Signatory & Rare Disease Business Partnering (50%)

• Complete timely, accurate and pragmatic review and approval in line with the ABPI/IPHA Codes, applicable legislation and Alexion standards.
• Maintain current knowledge of Alexion’s rare disease portfolio, pipeline, specialist services and patient pathways.
• Partner across functions to enable scientifically robust, patient-centred and compliant solutions.
• Provide advice within established guidance and escalate novel, high-risk or precedent-setting questions.
• Coordinate approved third-party signatory support where allocated.
• Support complaint responses under the Medical Ethics Lead’s direction; do not independently own PMCPA complaints.

AI-enabled Review, Process Management & Improvement (25%)

• Maintain and apply review procedures, checklists, guidance and operational controls under the Medical Ethics Lead’s governance.
• Identify AI use cases across triage, review preparation, claims and reference checks, consistency checks, trend analysis, knowledge retrieval and reporting.
• Use only approved AI tools and apply meaningful human review, checking accuracy, evidence quality, bias, missing context and unintended consequences.
• Work with Digital/Ops, Privacy, Legal, Compliance and Information Security on controlled pilots, adoption and feedback loops.
• Use review data and AI-supported pattern detection to identify recurring issues, training needs, bottlenecks and standardisation opportunities.

Compliance Capability, Training & Insight (15%)

• Deliver training on SOPs, Codes, review standards and responsible AI use for the Alexion rare disease business.
• Support coaching, mentoring, validation and revalidation as delegated.
• Translate review trends into targeted guidance and learning.
• Model ethical, professional and patient-centred decision-making.

Operational Delivery & Reporting (10%)

• Maintain effective information flow across Medical Ethics, signatories, third-party support and stakeholders.
• Maintain records and dashboards covering volumes, cycle times, themes, training and improvements.
• Provide updates and recommendations to the Medical Ethics Lead and escalate delivery risks.

Essential Requirements:

• Registered Physician or Pharmacist eligible to act as a Nominated Signatory.
• Experience in Medical Affairs, medical review, signatory, compliance or a related pharmaceutical role.
• Experience managing processes, competing priorities and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Ability to use approved digital or AI-enabled tools responsibly, validate outputs and protect confidential information.
• Sound ethical judgement, with the confidence to make balanced, evidence-based decisions and escalate appropriately.
• Strong working knowledge of the ABPI Code and relevant UK pharmaceutical requirements.
• Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills, including evaluation of scientific evidence, claims, context and risk.
• Clear, pragmatic written and verbal communication, with the ability to explain complex requirements to varied audiences.
• Effective stakeholder partnering, influencing and constructive challenge across multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong organisation, prioritisation and attention to detail in a high-volume, deadline-driven environment.
• Learning agility and curiosity, with the ability to build knowledge of rare disease, specialist pathways and evolving standards.
• Digital and data literacy, including responsible use of approved AI-enabled tools and critical validation of outputs.
• Collaborative, accountable and patient-centred approach, demonstrating integrity, discretion and sound handling of confidential information.

Desirable Requirements:

• Rare disease, specialised care or complex patient-pathway experience.
• Nominated Signatory experience and understanding of the IPHA Code.
• Experience implementing AI-enabled review, knowledge-management, analytics or workflow solutions.
• Experience supporting change adoption, controlled pilots or implementation of new digital workflows.
• Understanding of commercialisation, launch and external engagement in rare disease.
• Ability to lead process improvement and translate review data, trends and stakeholder feedback into practical solutions.
• Coaching, facilitation and training skills, with the ability to build confidence and capability in others.
• Systems thinking and commercial awareness, balancing patient interests, scientific integrity, compliance and business needs.
• Ability to work effectively across UK, Ireland and global teams in a matrix environment.

Ready to take on this exciting challenge? Apply now to join our team!

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.

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Date Posted

27-Oct-2026

Closing Date

10-Nov-2026

Our mission is to build an inclusive and equitable environment. We want people to feel they belong at AstraZeneca and Alexion, starting with our recruitment process. We welcome and consider applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of characteristics. We offer reasonable adjustments/accommodations to help all candidates to perform at their best. If you have a need for any adjustments/accommodations, please complete the section in the application form.