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Associate Director, Technical Product Manager – Cell Therapy

AstraZeneca


Job Location:

Los Angeles, CA - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 129 - 193
Posted: 3 July 2026 (30+ days ago)
Application Deadline: 30 September 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

The Associate Director Technical Product Manager will own the product roadmap requirements definition and delivery of digital and AI capabilities for Cell Therapy Development with focus on Supply Chain systems. The key focus would be to enable endtoend veintovein orchestration for cell therapy cell therapy control tower data analytics and AI applications. You will partner closely with Cell Therapy Operations Patient Operations and Commercial Operations to deliver a seamless compliant and intuitive user experience across internal teams clinical sites couriers CMOs and HCPs. You will be based in Tarzana CA and will report to the Director Operations IT Business Partner Cell Therapy.

Key Responsibilities
  • Product Strategy & Vision: Define and evolve the vision and multiyear roadmap for the Cell Therapy digital and AI applications aligned to clinical and commercial milestones costtoserve and patient lead time reduction.

  • CrossFunctional Partnerships: Collaborate deeply with Cell Therapy Operations (manufacturing and logistics) Patient Operations (case management site coordination) and Commercial Operations (launch readiness market expansion) to ensure business outcomes and adoption.

  • User Experience Leadership: Champion seamless user experiences for schedulers apheresis coordinators manufacturing operators quality reviewers couriers case managers and HCPs; drive humancentered design usability testing and accessible interfaces for highstakes workflows.

  • AIDriven Product Lifecycle: Leverage AI/ML to accelerate requirements refinement backlog grooming test automation release readiness exception detection and predictive ETA/capacity planning

  • HCPFacing Products: Lead design and delivery of HCPfacing digital products (e.g. site portals ordering and scheduling workflows status tracking) ensuring clarity reliability and integration with site systems.

  • Backlog & Delivery Management: Maintain a prioritized backlog balancing new features technical debt reliability and compliance; lead Agile teams with clear epics user stories and acceptance criteria

  • Engineering Partnership: Translate business problems into clear technical requirements; work closely with engineering to shape architecture APIs data models and workflow orchestration; make tradeoffs across performance reliability security and timetovalue.

  • Data & Analytics: Define canonical data models and event streams; enable operational dashboards predictive ETA capacity planning and exception management; support advanced analytics without compromising privacy.

Required Qualifications
  • Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering Information Systems Supply Chain or related field; advanced degree preferred with 7 years in product management for digital platforms / applications

  • API integration (REST/GraphQL) event streaming workflow engines and cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP); understanding of IOT sensors and courier integrations.

  • Practical experience applying AI/ML for product lifecycle acceleration (e.g. requirements / user story development test case creation / automation anomaly detection release risk signals is desirable.

  • Ability to lead Agile teams define OKRs manage backlogs and deliver incremental value strong vendor and contract management.

  • Exceptional communication and influencing skills with business and IT leadership

  • Data literacy and experience defining KPIs analyzing performance and making valuerisk tradeoffs.

  • Working knowledge of IAM audit logging encryption and secure partner connectivity.

Preferred Skills
  • Experience with veintovein orchestration platforms scheduling engines courier/TMS integrations and TE sensors.

  • Demonstrated experience delivering HCPfacing products or portals with high usability reliability and integration to site workflows.

  • Prior work integrating chainofidentity/chainofcustody solutions patient/HCP portals and healthcare interoperability standards (HL7/FHIR).

  • Regulatory Knowledge: Proven delivery of GxP systems with CSV/CSA 21 CFR Part 11 Annex 11 and privacy regulations (HIPAA/GDPR).

#CellTherapy

The annual base pay for this position ranges from $129K to $193K. 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.

Date Posted

26-Jun-2026

Closing Date

14-Jul-2026

Our mission is to build an inclusive environment where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and furtherance of that mission we welcome and consider applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their protected characteristics. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation please complete the corresponding section in the application form.


Required Experience:

Director


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