Senior Director, Global Analytics & Insights, Cell Therapy

At AstraZeneca every one of our employees makes a difference to patient lives every day. Each of us believes that science can change lives and to deliver this takes many people with many skill sets. When we deliver a life-changing medicine that success comes from the combined efforts of all our people.

Within the AstraZenecaCell 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 Global Analytics & Insights mission is to improve the quality of decisions for our assets and across our disease areas by providing high-quality market customer and competitor analytics. The Senior Director Global Analytics & Insights Cell Therapy will report to the Global Commercial Head Cell Therapy and lead a program of insights and analysis for the Cell Therapy Enterprise supporting priority assets from clinical development through commercialization across prioritized disease addition the role will provide deep insights and strategic direction in support of enterprise-level initiatives and key commercial decisions.

Who You Are

You bring an independent objective and future-oriented point of view comfortable building the analytical foundation for a new modality rather than inheriting an established one. You move fluidly between rigorous quantitative analysis and clear senior-level storytelling that changes minds.

Responsibilities:

Portfolio-wide cross-indication analysis and strategic projects:

• Act as the Global Analytics & Insights point of contact for the Cell Therapy Enterprise partnering with cross-functional leaders and priority markets to shape portfolio strategy asset development plans and long-range business planning.

• Build personal and institutional knowledge of key disease areas in the space including HCP and patient insights market dynamics competitive landscape and key implications on the AZ portfolio.

• Lead strategic projects across the cell therapy portfolio in partnership with Cell Therapy Enterprise leadership and cross-functional teams.

• Serve as a cell therapy insights expert building the capabilities evidence and market understanding needed to support clinical development plans asset prioritization indication strategy and future commercialization.

Global Analytics & Insights lead for priority cell therapy assets and indications:

• Develop a deep therapy area knowledge bridging from clinical development through to commercialization.

• Uncover deep strategic understanding of patients markets collaborators competitors and brands to drive competitive advantage now and for the future.

• Partner strategically with Global Commercial R&D Medical Regulatory Market Access and Operations teams bringing objective insights to key asset and portfolio decisions.

• Provide an independent view in decision-making bodies with an external perspective and a future-oriented focus.

• Integrate insights from clinical market customer competitor access and treatment-delivery sources to inform target product profiles development choices indication sequencing portfolio prioritization and robust opportunity-focused forecasts.

• Develop objective quantitative analyses and business cases that reflect cell therapy-specific considerations including eligible patient identification referral pathways treatment-center readiness manufacturing capacity vein-to-vein time access and scalability.

• Manage relationships and budgets with external market research forecasting and data/analytics vendors and partners.

• Explore advanced analytics and predictive modeling suited to cell therapy unique delivery model

Essential Skills/Experience

• Bachelors degree in a relevant scientific or mathematics discipline; MBA PhD PharmD or other advanced degree preferred

• Minimum 6 years of analytical and market research experience in the pharmaceutical/consulting industry

• Excellent communication skills

• Experience with senior executive engagement and communication

• Experience in a similar strategy role within the pharmaceutical industry or life science consulting

• Ability to use data and analysis to affect influence or change the understanding of a market or customer.

Desirable Skills/Experience

• Cell therapy advanced therapies or oncology development experience (strongly preferred).

• 4 years of experience in a consulting advisory or investment firm working within the pharmaceutical industry.

• Experience supporting early-stage or pre-launch assets including indication prioritization target product profile development forecasting under uncertainty and commercialization readiness.

• Experience working in a global team.

At AstraZeneca we are on a journey to bring life-saving medicines to patients. Our role in contributing to decreasing mortality rates globally is clear. We are shaping the future by spotting scientifically-led commercial opportunities and acting now to operationalize and scale them. We are driven by the solutions we bring to the healthcare ecosystem. It powers us to make an impact at every step of the patient journey. We are constantly thinking big to answer new challenges. We push ourselves to start small and scale fast. The pioneers of digital and innovative solutions that have never been seen before.

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The annual base pay for this position ranges from $218330 to $327494. Base 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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