Cell Therapy Strategy and Commercial Executive Director

Within the AstraZeneca Cell Therapy Enterprise our ambition istorealizethe full potential of cell therapy for people living with cancer immune-mediatedand rare diseases around the unit has responsibility for the value chain from discovery through to late-stage development and commercialization. We are rapidly progressing a broad pipeline of cell therapies in collaboration with AstraZenecas Therapeutic Area Units.

The Strategy and Commercial Executive Director Cell Therapy Strategy and Commercial (CTSC) is a high-impact leadership role accountable for shaping and driving the end-to-end strategy for a defined indication or disease area within Cell Therapy. You will lead global commercial and strategic initiatives within the Cell Therapy Enterprise CTU)including business development and competitive intelligencepartnering with Therapeutic Areas on clinical strategy collaborating with in-market commercial and medical affairs on launch readiness and aligning with global pricing and brand teams. Working cross-functionally with senior leaders you will define early asset disease and portfolio strategies through PH3IDs. Reporting to the VP Cell Therapy Strategy and Commercial you will be a key architect of the companys Cell Therapy strategy and lead cross-functional execution.

Key Accountabilities:

Deliver end-to-end Strategyincluding:

• Clear understanding and prioritization of current and future unmet needs

• Indication-level strategic vision for both near-term and long-term

• Integrated clinical strategy across all cell therapy platforms within the same indication
• Work with global Clinical and ClinOps within respective TAs to develop comprehensive development strategy

• Competitive early pipeline / long-term portfolioand life cycle management

• Above-asset initiatives (e.g. Translational Medicine Precision Medicine Data Sciences)

Own insights generationfor R&D and commercial activities

• Overseesand guides development and integration of industry-leading competitive intelligence customer insight market intelligence and analytics helping the organization to frame business problems and opportunities
• Shape future-proofed strategies and deliver sustainably differentiated brands/early assets business developmentopportunitiesand TA strategies

• Responsible for the robustness and transparency of the forecasts for PH3IDs
• Bring an intelligence-driven perspective to strategic recommendations by synthesizing insights from diverse sources and publicly available information at the brand and Therapeutic Area level for internal and external communication

• Responsible for creating and curating evidencebankfrom real world data sources to support the PH3ID forecasts created within the team

Lead global commercial cell therapy within indication

• Build the referral capabilities between specific disease areas and the Cell Therapy delivery centers
• Partners closely across different areas of Cell Therapy Global Commercial in-market commercial and medical affairs teams to ensure execution of global strategy

• Lead and collaborate with cross-functional teams (e.g. GPTs Clinical Development Discovery BD Lifecycle and Pipeline Competitive Intelligence) to develop disease area strategy content

• Provide strategic counselling to Global Clinical Strategy Head (GCSH) Global Commercial and Medical Affairs leadership and other senior leaders

Basic Qualifications:

• BA/BS and 10 years of experience in life sciences or consulting firm with focus in life science programs

• OR MS/MBA and 8 years of experience in life sciences or consulting firm with focus in life science programs

• OR PhD or MD and 5 of experience in life sciences or consulting firm with focus in life science programs

• Ability to interact and communicate effectively with senior executive teams.

• Demonstrated ability to lead and influence experienced professionals.

• Ability to think criticallycreativelyand toanticipateand solve problems.

• Ability to navigate and be successful in a fast-pacedhighly-matrixedwork environment

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong analytical and communication skills
• Strong business acumen and strategic thinking skills preferablydemonstratedin apharma relatedenvironment.

• Effective interpersonal and relationship management skills with consultative approach and ability to interact and build trust

• Operational effectiveness highly organized process with follow through

• Strong initiative to understand our core business goals andestablishprocesses or programs to set direction generate alignment and push forward

• Financial background and understanding of forecasts budgets financialactivitiesand tools

• Resourceful motivatedinfluentialand proactive; able to prioritize in a fast-growing organization

• Experience in strategic planning processes and tools

• Scientific background

• Understanding of the pharmaceutical business (including R&D)

• Experience in translating business needs into a coordinated plan from cross-functional senior leadership team

• Ability to develop creative and simple solutions to complex problems

Why AstraZeneca:

At AstraZeneca were dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. Theres no 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.

So whats next

Are you ready to bring new ideas and fresh thinking to the table Brilliant! We have one seat available and we hope its yours.

The annual base pay for this position ranges from $270224 to $ pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors including market location job-related knowledge skills and addition our positions offer a short-term incentive bonus opportunity; eligibility to participate in our equity-based long-term incentive program (salaried roles)to receive a retirement contribution (hourly roles) and commission payment eligibility (sales roles). Benefits offered included a qualified retirement program 401(k) plan; paid vacation and holidays; paid leaves; and health benefits including medical prescription drug dental and vision coverage in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans. Additional details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment. If hired employee will be in an at-will position and the Company reserves the right to modify base pay(as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time including for reasons related to individual performance Company or individual department/team performance and market factors.

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