Associate Director, Global Commercial Diagnostics

At AstraZeneca, we turn ideas into life-changing medicines. Working here means being entrepreneurial, thinking big, and working together to make the impossible a reality. We are committed to leading a revolution in oncology and beyond, seeking to redefine patient care and address unmet needs around the world. Through relentless innovation and our diverse portfolio, we are setting new standards for what science can achieve in the clinic and commercial marketplace alike.

AstraZeneca is more than one of the world’s leading biopharmaceutical companies—we are united in our dedication to make a meaningful difference to patients, healthcare, and society. With a culture that champions diversity, inclusion, and collaboration, AstraZeneca is a place where people are empowered to continuously learn, grow, and shape the future of healthcare.

We are seeking a highly motivated Associate Director, Global Commercial Diagnostics to join our Global Commercial Diagnostics team.

You will play a pivotal role in channeling our scientific capabilities to generate a positive impact and help to improve patients' lives. This role will support commercial diagnostics across the indications of our launch brands.

You will utilize your knowledge and experience of diagnostics and precision medicine to contribute to development of the Commercial Diagnostic Strategy for lung cancer diagnostics across multiple indications and brands.  You will be responsible for supporting the development of the diagnostics commercialization strategy and marketing plans related to activities specific to each diagnostic, and ensuring launch readiness and execution of the diagnostic is aligned with the Global franchise brand plan.  In this role you will work directly with our diagnostic partners to ensure launch readiness. 

You will work collaboratively with multiple stakeholders, including the franchise commercial team, medical affairs, R&D, insights & analytics, market access, and other critical functions within Global and across key markets.  During your activities, you will develop partnerships with external oncology stakeholders and decision makers through AZ’s involvement with patient advocacy and policy groups, diagnostic developers, thought leaders, and HTA/payer organizations to help create best in class diagnostics capabilities which are aligned with the commercial needs of our portfolio.

This role requires a well-rounded commercial leader with demonstrated product-marketing capabilities, strong analytical skills, the ability to drive cross-functional collaboration, and hands-on leadership.  A deep scientific and commercial understanding of the biomarker testing landscape in Lung Cancer, as well as issues which may impact patient journeys and sample testing pathway, is important.

Your key objective is to ensure markets have effective and well-supported plans in place to drive Awareness, Adoption, Access, Availability and Accuracy of biomarker testing to guide patient treatment.  This role will allow you to lead key activities, work across multiple functions, and progress your career in precision medicine.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelors’ degree (business or life sciences)

• 6 years of pharmaceutical and/or diagnostics marketing experience

• Experience in digital and computational pathology

• Proven track record in launch and commercialization of diagnostic(s), particularly in oncology

• Team-oriented leader with excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to influence and lead at all levels of a matrix organization.

• Demonstrated track record of formulating Global or in market commercial strategies and executing commercial tactics

• Ability to problem-solve in a rapidly changing, competitive environment

• Excellent analytical skills, demonstrated by the ability to turn analysis into insight and action

• Demonstrated ability to take an enterprise view in leading and facilitating discussions in cross-functional teams

• Thorough understanding of drug development and commercialization processes

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree (MD, PhD, PharmD, MBA) is a plus

• Global marketing experience, including diagnostic and therapeutic launch experience

• In-market launch experience

• Solid technical background in diagnostics development and biomarker science

This is based at our Gaithersburg, MD campus headquarters for the US Oncology Business Unit. When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge percep