Chief Digital and AI Enterprise Partner Lead

AstraZeneca • Gaithersburg, MD

8h • Hybrid

About The Position

Evinova is a global AI-powered health tech business focused on transforming and accelerating clinical development. Our AI-native platform covers the entire clinical development lifecycle. As the Chief Digital and AI Enterprise Partner Lead, this role serves as the executive liaison between Evinova and AstraZeneca, fostering collaboration, innovation, change management, and strategic alignment of digital and AI solutions across AstraZeneca’s clinical development. This position reports directly to the President of Evinova and is part of the Evinova Leadership Team, holding sole responsibility for the partnership's depth, quality, and strategic impact, ensuring digital health and AI ambitions are met through strategy, adoption, roadmap alignment, and coordinated innovation across all Evinova functions.

Requirements

• 15+ years of progressive experience in clinical development within Pharma.
• Deep experience managing complex, multi-year enterprise relationships with large pharmaceutical organizations at the most senior levels, including C-suite and VP engagement, governance, and contract oversight.
• Proven track record of leading digital and AI transformation programs within or in partnership with large pharma or life sciences organizations, with measurable outcomes in adoption, process change, and business value.
• Strong understanding of clinical development processes, eClinical technologies, and the regulatory landscape (GCP, ICH E6, 21 CFR Part 11, EU Annex 11) as they relate to digital and AI-enabled solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate cross-functional internal teams—including product, delivery, commercial, and customer success—to deliver against complex enterprise customer commitments and milestones.
• Experience designing and delivering training and enablement strategies at scale within large, matrixed organizations.
• Exceptional executive presence and communication skills: able to operate with equal credibility at board level and with operational working teams; skilled at translating complex technical and AI topics for non-technical audiences.
• Strong commercial competence: experience with enterprise contract structures, strategic account planning, and value realization frameworks.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, global, matrixed environment; adept at building relationships and driving outcomes across geographies, cultures, and time zones.
• Fluency in English (written and spoken).

Nice To Haves

• Direct experience working within or as a strategic partner to AstraZeneca or a comparable top-tier global pharmaceutical organization.
• Experience with AI-powered clinical development platforms, including protocol design, patient recruitment optimization, risk-based monitoring, or regulatory intelligence tools.
• Formal qualification or significant experience in change management, organizational transformation, or enterprise program management.
• Experience in Clinical Development at Scale in multiple therapeutic areas.
• Familiarity with AI governance, responsible AI frameworks, and their application within regulated pharmaceutical environments.
• Additional languages are an advantage given the global scope of the role.

Responsibilities

• Lead the strategic digital and AI partnership with AstraZeneca, acting as the primary executive point of contact and ensuring Evinova’s solutions are integrated into clinical development strategy, portfolio decisions, and key programs.
• Co-create and maintain a multi-year digital and AI roadmap and joint scorecard, driving quarterly governance with AstraZeneca’s senior R&D leaders.
• Shape and execute strategic planning cycles to identify new innovation opportunities, emerging use cases, and areas where AI can accelerate study timelines, enhance data quality, and strengthen regulatory readiness.
• Serve as the executive voice of AstraZeneca within Evinova, translating strategic priorities into clear direction for product, delivery, commercial, science, and innovation teams.
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with AstraZeneca’s executive collaborators, including C-suite leaders, VPs in Clinical Development and Operations, Chief Operating Officers, and Heads of Regulatory and IT.
• Chair or co-chair senior governance forums, steering committees, and executive business reviews to ensure alignment, resolve issues, and maintain milestone accountability.
• Proactively manage executive-level risks and issues, personally leading the resolution of high-priority partner concerns with speed and transparency.
• Represent Evinova at AstraZeneca internal conferences, digital health forums, and executive off-sites, positioning the partnership as a benchmark for clinical AI and digital health collaboration.
• Drive innovation at the intersection of digital health and AI by identifying, scoping, and delivering joint initiatives in areas such as AI-assisted document authoring, predictive analytics for study design, and decentralized trial enablement.
• Partner with Evinova’s Chief Product Officer and technology leaders to shape the product roadmap based on AstraZeneca’s unmet needs and strategic priorities, ensuring investments deliver measurable value.
• Lead proof-of-concept programs that translate AI innovation into scalable, validated clinical solutions deployed across global study portfolios.
• Stay abreast of industry trends in AI, regulation, and clinical technology, bringing external insights to both Evinova’s leadership team and AstraZeneca’s strategic planning.
• Design and operate an executive communication framework providing clear visibility of program status, milestones, risks, and outcomes across AstraZeneca’s leadership layers.
• Build dashboards, scorecards, and strategic briefings for real-time insight into Evinova-enabled programs.
• Act as editorial authority for all AstraZeneca-facing communications from Evinova, ensuring accuracy, alignment, and tailored messaging from working teams to board level.
• Coordinate with marketing and communications to amplify partnership successes, case studies, and joint innovation stories in external forums.
• Own the strategic coordination of training and enablement programs for AstraZeneca partners across clinical, IT, data, and regulatory functions.
• Partner with Customer Success, Professional Services, and Product teams to design structured learning pathways, role-based curricula, and ongoing capability-building programs.
• Identify and nurture a network of digital and AI champions within AstraZeneca who act as advocates and change agents for Evinova adoption.
• Track training coverage, proficiency levels, and adoption metrics to refine enablement approaches and accelerate time-to-value for new deployments.
• Act as an internal orchestrator across Evinova’s delivery, product, commercial, regulatory, and customer success functions to ensure aligned workstreams that deliver on AstraZeneca program milestones.
• Own the master program plan for AstraZeneca, integrating timelines, dependencies, and accountabilities for a coordinated customer experience.
• Promote a culture of proactive issue identification and cross-functional problem-solving to surface and resolve risks early.
• Establish joint operating rhythms, including program reviews, planning sessions, and escalation protocols, to maintain focus on shared priorities.
• Provide organizational leadership by building, leading, and inspiring a high-performing enterprise partnership team of approximately 30 specialists.
• Define the capabilities, skills, and operating model for a world-class enterprise partnership function; recruit, develop, and retain top talent in collaboration with People & Culture.
• Set OKRs, KPIs, and performance governance for the function, providing regular reporting on partnership health to the Evinova Leadership Team and President.
• Contribute actively to company-wide strategy, culture, and performance beyond the AstraZeneca remit, championing innovation, training, and transformation.

Benefits

• Competitive total compensation including base salary, annual performance bonus, and long-term incentive plan.
• Qualified retirement programs.
• Paid time off (i.e., vacation, holiday, and leaves).
• Health, dental, and vision coverage.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Education Level: No Education Listed