Senior Director, Competitive Insights and Analytics

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 AstraZeneca Cell Therapy Enterprise, our ambition is to realize the full potential of cell therapy for people living with cancer, immune-mediated and rare diseases around the world. This 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 AstraZeneca’s Therapeutic Area Units.   

The Senior Director, Competitive Insights and Analytics team sits at the heart of developing commercial and clinical strategy and has an impact on decision-making at the highest levels. In this role, you will be a part of a high-achieving Strategy Team, with responsibility for ensuring the decisions we make with our pipeline assets best position us for return on investment and positive patient outcomes. You will shape strategy and influence investment decisions by delivering analysis and insights to Senior Leadership and other key partners to ensure a full understanding of the constantly evolving landscape. 

As a Senior Director, you will work with a team of specialists and own the delivery of competitive insights and analytics, using your knowledge of the therapy area and external resources to shape future-proofed therapy area (TA) strategies. You will drive in-depth analysis of discovery, translational, clinical and commercial data, generating and communicating critical insights on key issues to provide transparency and respectful challenge to key decision makers. Working with a range of partners, you will have an opportunity to further influence strategy through your intellectual agility and communication skills and build a network of trusted relationships. This is an opportunity for a motivated, collaborative, data-driven leader to shape strategic direction and drive portfolio decisions that advance our cell therapy ambitions. 

In this role, you will go beyond traditional competitive intelligence to deliver deep, data-driven insights from scientific, discovery, translational, clinical and commercial information. You will partner closely with Strategy leads and cross-functional stakeholders to inform portfolio decisions, asset development strategy and business development evaluations across the evolving cell therapy landscape. 

Essential Qualifications  

• Education and experience: Bachelor’s degree and at least 3 years of experience working in research and/or with data, analysis and fact-based decision-making (equity research background is a definite asset) 

• Critical thinking and communication: A critical, innovative thinker with a background in oncology, clinical / research or investment analysis and the ability to communicate complex issues simply and clearly 

• Strategic thinking: Ability to think critically, creatively a