Director, Team Lead, RWE Data Scientist

Do you have expertise in and a passion for Medical Affairs in Oncology? Would you like to apply your expertise with a company that follows the science and turns ideas into life-changing medicines? Then AstraZeneca might be the place for you! 

At AstraZeneca, we put patients first and strive to meet their unmet needs worldwide. Working here means being entrepreneurial, thinking big, and collaborating to make the impossible a reality. If you are swift to action, confident in your leadership, willing to collaborate, and curious about what science can achieve, then you’re our kind of person. 

AstraZeneca’s vision in Oncology is to help patients by redefining the cancer treatment paradigm, with the 2030 oncology ambition to have medicines that can potentially treat at least half of all cancers. Our broad pipeline of next-generation medicines is focused principally on five disease areas: breast, lung, liver, ovarian, and hematological cancers. In addition to these tumor types, we are targeting cancers through five key platforms: immunotherapy, the genetic drivers of cancer and resistance, DNA damage repair, HER2, and antibody-drug conjugates, all underpinned by personalized healthcare and biomarker technologies. 

The Role 
 
Step into a pivotal leadership role where your role as team lead for Oncology Data Analytics (ODA) team will lead the way in NextGen EvGen. As a team lead, your leadership and collaboration will span across multiple functional stakeholders within Medical Evidence Generation.  

The Centre for Oncology Data Excellence (CODE) is a function that is focused on delivering best in-class scientifically rigorous research to support the Global Medical Evidence Generation organization.  Oncology Data Analytics (ODA) is a key team within CODE and is responsible for RWD analysis, Data Foundation & Governance, Analytics Platforms and Tools and innovative AI capabilities.  The study execution within ODA is used for research directed to answer key clinical questions, and where applicable, to support payer or reimbursement submissions.  

This Director, Team Lead role reports to the Head of CODE and serves as a member of CODE Leadership Team.   

The ideal candidate will manage a team of RWE Data Scientists, ensuring end-to-end delivering of RWE studies with accuracy, timeliness and innovation. He or she will bring a proven track record of delivering value through the utilization of routinely collected data from healthcare settings, providing health analytics and insights in various contexts, including Public Health, Pharmaceutical Research and Development, and Commercial/Payer sectors. They will collaborate with colleagues in Oncology Outcomes Research, and Statistics to provide scientific and technical guidance on study design, real-world (RW) data selection, and best practices in RW data utilization. This role will define the vision and drive the development and growth of our suite of Generative AI /Agentic AI capabilities.  

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