Associate Director, Implementation Science

About AstraZeneca

AstraZeneca is a global innovation-drivenBioPharmaceuticalsbusiness that focuses on the discovery development and commercialization of prescription medicines for some of the worlds most serious diseases. Butweremore than one of the worlds leading pharmaceutical companies. At AstraZenecawerededicated to being a Great Place to Work where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit.Theresno better place to make a difference to medicine patients and society. An inclusive culture that champions diversity and collaboration. Always committed to lifelong learning growth and development.

The Role

The Associate Director Implementation Science is a strategic role within the US Evidence function accountable for supporting the design and deployment of practice-change interventions that advance a data-enabled mindset shift address clinical inertia and accelerate adoption of evidence-based medicine (EBM) and Guideline-Directed Medication Therapy (GDMT) within assigned therapeutic areas. Reporting to Senior Director within the US Evidence Implementation Science team the Associate Director is deployed flexibly across therapeutic areas based on portfolio priorities working under the direction of senior team members to drive transforming-care initiatives that strengthen the clinical and economic value proposition of AstraZenecas products in alignment with US brand strategy.

The Associate Director partners with US cross-functional stakeholders (Medical Field Medical Market Access Commercial Insights and Brand teams) to support practice-change initiatives applying localized (regional-level) data and personalized insights for precision HCP engagement. The Associate Directormaintainscurrent awareness of the evolving US healthcare system payer environments policy shifts quality measures and value-based care models and grows in their ability to translate landscape insight into intervention design and tangible patient outcomes.

This role is designed as a development pathway for emerging Implementation Science leaders with explicit growth toward Director-level scope over time including a growing voice as a credible internal partner on care transformation. The Associate Director also contributes to the teams responsible adoption of AI-enabled tools across barrier identification intervention personalization and measurement workflows.

Key Responsibilities

Mindset Transformation & Clinical Inertia

• Contribute to the data-enabled mindset transformation within Medical in assigned disease areas supporting team efforts to accelerate adoption of EBM and GDMT to improve patient outcomes.

• Support clinical-inertia diagnosis and intervention deployment in assigned disease areas ensuring interventions reach the patient populations most affected.

Driving Practice Change

• Support the design and deployment of IS interventions including EHR alerts disease management tools population health tools learning collaboratives and quality improvement programs to accelerate adoption of EBM and GDMT and address clinical inertia in priority disease areas.

• Apply IS frameworks (e.g. CFIR RE-AIM ERIC) and behavior change theory to plan deploy and measure intervention impact.

• Champion representativeness and health equity in intervention design ensuring interventions reach the patient populations most affected by clinical inertia.

US Healthcare Landscape Awareness

• Maintain current awareness of the US healthcare system including the evolving payer and policy landscape quality measure environments value-based care models and guideline development processes.

• Apply landscape awareness to assigned intervention deliverables and grow in capability to inform priorities and partnership choices.

Field Medical Enablement

• Partner with Field Medical and Clinical Account Directors (CADs) to translate localized data and personalized insights into actionable plays for MSL and CAD engagement with health systems IDNs payers and population health stakeholders enabling targeted and tailored HCP interaction.

Evidence-to-Practice Translation

• Partner with RWE counterparts to ensure RWE outputs translate seamlessly into IS-led interventions; support the evidence-to-practice handoff for assigned initiatives under senior direction.

Value Demonstration ofCare Transformation

• Contribute to measuring and articulating the clinical impact of IS interventions on GDMT adoption patient outcomes and value-based care metrics

External Partnerships in Practice Change

• Contribute to external partnerships with health systems ACOs/IDNs patient advocacy organizations academic collaborators and quality-measure bodies (e.g. NCQA PQA AMA IHI) to co-design and scale IS interventions; grow in capability to lead these relationships over time.

Therapeutic Area Expertise

• Maintain a working knowledge of assigned US Biopharmaceuticals disease areas and adequate awareness of guideline evolution within those areas; deepen TAexpertiseover time.

Responsible AI Adoption

• Apply AI/ML tools under team guidance to assigned IS workflows (e.g. barrier identification intervention personalization measurement); contribute to digital literacy and use-case evaluation.

Compliance Methods & Research Governance

• Ensure adherence to AstraZenecas research governance process for all assigned initiatives including protocol review scientific committee submissions and approvals.

• Ensure adherence to data privacy (HIPAA) and internal SOPs; contribute to internal methods development and peer review.

Preferred Qualifications

• Education.Advanced degreein a relevant field (e.g. health economics outcomes research health services research epidemiology health policy public health); Doctoral degree preferred (PhD PharmD MD).

• Experience.3 years of relevant experience (academia consulting and/or industry) including meaningful experience in the pharmaceutical biotechnology or medical device industry.

• Methodological Foundation.Foundationalexpertisein IS frameworks (CFIR RE-AIM ERIC) quality improvement methods and behavior change principles.

• RWD Application.Familiarity with Real-World Data / secondary data and its application to practice-change initiatives is highly desired.

• US Healthcare Knowledge.Solid understanding of the US healthcare system payer and policy landscape quality measure environments and value-based care models; willingness to deepen.

• External Engagement.Comfort engaging with external partners (health systems ACOs/IDNs patient advocacy organizations quality-measure bodies academic collaborators);track recordof contribution is a plus.

• Problem Solving.Strong problem-solving skills with the capability to access internal and external resources for advice.

• Autonomy.Able to execute assigned initiatives with growing autonomy andappropriate oversight.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration.Ability to work collaboratively across multiple cross-functional teams at the brand or disease-area level.

• AI Literacy.Familiarity with applying AI/ML tools in practice-change settings; able to evaluate validity and limitations under team guidance.

• Communication.Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to translate complex methods for non-technical US stakeholders.

• Therapeutic Area.Experience in CVRM R&I or another AstraZeneca priority disease area is desirable but not.

Travel & Location

This position is US-basedlocatedin Wilmington DE. Periodic travel (approximately 1015%) will befor internal meetings external partner collaboration and medical congresses.

What you can expect: great working atmosphere empowering you to reach your full potential endless development opportunities and benefits like: medical & life insurance annual bonus education cost reimbursement occasional allowances (Christmas holiday) anniversary awards additional time off pension plan business travel insurance recognition program flexible working hours.

Why AstraZeneca
At AstraZeneca you will be valued. Not only for your unique contribution skills and background but because we recognize people are our greatest asset. Here we are dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Thrive in an energizing environment where challenging work goes hand in hand with development. With opportunities recognition and bright minds theres no better place to unlock learning and build a long-term career. Most importantly we do meaningful work that changes lives. Its our purpose that drives us every day. Interested Come and join our journey.

The annual base pay for this position ranges from $150098.40 - 225147.60 USD Annual . Our positions offer eligibility for various incentivesan opportunity to receive short-term incentive bonuses equity-based awards for salaried roles and commissions for sales roles. Benefits offered include qualified retirement programs paid time off (i.e. vacation holiday and leaves) as well as health dental and vision coverage in accordance with the terms of the applicable plans.