Senior Director, Global Oncology RWD Platform

Join the NextGen Sciences team, within AstraZeneca Global Medical Affairs’ Oncology Evidence Generation to Publications (EG2P) organization as a Senior Director, AstraZeneca Global Oncology RWD Platform, including the AZ Partnerships in Oncology Maximising real world evidence (APOLLO) platform.

APOLLO is a key EG2P initiative to foster innovation in global real world data generation linked to AZ medical strategies and priorities. We're looking for a multidimensional individual who can drive the creation and maintenance of this multi-asset platform, including identification of potential new partners for data access, collection or analysis, development of standard operating procedures, and development of a roadmap to ensure APOLLO will support multiple use cases at launch, including insights gathering, internal decision making and evidence generation. This role is a phenomenal opportunity to contribute to AZ oncology portfolio by providing access to new sources of real world treatment patterns and outcomes in key tumor types across the globe.

The Senior Director, Global Oncology RWD Platform is responsible for the development and maintenance of a new platform for global oncology real world data, and implementation of innovative approaches to support the generation of timely and impactful real world evidence across the AstraZeneca oncology portfolio.

Typical Accountabilities:

• This person will be responsible for multiple initiatives within NGS and EG2P, and therefore must be comfortable with ambiguity and able to flex across different workstreams, cross-functional teams and discussion topics.

• Identify and assess potential new partners for potential inclusion in APOLLO and conduct feasibility assessments to ensure fit for purpose with APOLLO strategy of expanding access to real world oncology data

• Develop and implement a Roadmap to prepare the organization for APOLLO RWD ingestion and utilization

• Develop a communication plan for internal AZ partners, including Evidence Generation to Publications (EG2P), broader Global Medical Affairs organization, regional and local teams regarding APOLLO status

• In collaboration with other EG2P or OBU teams, develop dashboards summarizing key metrics from APOLLO RWD sources for internal AZ partners

• Create and implement strategies that drive the implementation of APOLLO, ensuring availability of timely and meaningful data to support AZ’s global oncology real world evidence needs.

• Foster collaborative relationships with external experts to help shape future APOLLO initiatives

• Provide leadership and mentoring to teams and individuals to upskill and develop future capabilities in line with AstraZeneca’s dedication to a culture of performance development and lifelong learning.

• Ensure that all Medical and business activities are carried out in compliance with AZ standards, standard operating procedures, and external regulations.

Essential Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years experience in the pharmaceutical industry with advanced degree in epidemiology, outcomes research, statistics and/or related subject areas.

• Demonstrated experience building real world data (RWD) assets and real world evidence (RWE) generation.

• Deep understanding of the utilization of RWD for multiple use cases, and ability to guide decisions regarding data structure, inclusion criteria, etc, to support those use cases.

• In-depth expertise with research methods for real world research, HEOR projects including pharmacoepidemiologic models.

• Proven track record of using tools for data curation / abstraction of unstructured information from electronic health records

• Strong verbal and written communication skills, particularly around research methods and use of RWD in global and local settings

Desirable Qualifications

• PhD in relevant area (Health Economics, Public Health, etc)

• Expert reputation within the business and industry related to RWE

• Scientific and business expertise in oncology with a strong understanding of key global and regional issues and concerns.

• Recognized as a subject matter authority with deep technical expertise in global RWE generation

• Extensive knowledge of the latest technical and regulatory expectations related to generation / use of RWD.

• Familiarity with the latest research and thinking in data visualization.

• Experience in building dashboards or other tools for summarizing data.

• Effective problem and conflict resolution skills and validated team focus.

The annual base pay (or hourly rate of compensation) for this position ranges from $229,047