Digital Strategy Director, Oncology
About The Position
As a member of Evinova’s Digital Strategy Team, the Digital Strategy Director partners with AstraZeneca R&D, other pharmaceutical companies, and biotech companies to develop and implement AI and digital health strategies and solutions that accelerate clinical development and enhance patient outcomes. The role combines strategy consulting and solution design to deliver value for Evinova and its partners, with a particular focus on oncology and haematology clinical development. The position advises clinical program teams, global product teams, and R&D functional leaders; develops digital strategies, operating models, roadmaps, and quantified business cases; and defines digital health solution options and implementation approaches. It also optimizes clinical trials, supports adoption and product roadmaps, brings practical AI innovations into clinical development, and leads pilots and scaled implementations of digital health technologies. The role works on average at least three days per week from the office, with flexibility balanced against that expectation. The annual base pay range is $203,709.60–$305,564.40 USD. The position also offers a short-term incentive bonus opportunity and, for salaried roles, eligibility to participate in an equity-based long-term incentive program. Benefits include a qualified retirement program (401(k)), paid vacation and holidays, paid leaves, and medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage, subject to applicable plan terms.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree.
- At least 6 years of experience.
- Demonstrated experience in clinical development, with a strong focus on applying digital health within healthcare, clinical development, clinical operations, or biomarker strategy.
- Strong AI capabilities, including demonstrated understanding of AI’s role in drug research and development.
- Outstanding project delivery and communication capabilities, with a proven ability to build and maintain trusted relationships.
- Experience in oncology and/or haematology clinical development, including patient care and trial delivery.
- Strong working knowledge of combination strategies and next-generation mechanisms of action, such as ADCs, cell therapy, and T-cell engagers.
- Hands-on involvement contributing to clinical protocols and operational plans in which digital tools inform endpoints, assessments, or data collection.
Nice To Haves
- Advanced degree such as an MS, MPH, PhD, PharmD, or MBA.
- Proven track record building, evaluating, and implementing digital health solutions, such as ePRO/eCOA, DHT-enabled endpoints, trial delivery capabilities, or patient apps and portals, including regulatory knowledge and technical fluency.
- Experience in CVRM, Respiratory/Immunology, Infectious Diseases, and/or rare disease.
- Experience delivering pharmaceutical or healthcare consulting engagements in a consulting organization or an internal pharmaceutical company consulting function.
- Experience with analytical or clinical validation of digital measures, human factors engineering, and usability studies.
- Familiarity with SaaS products or a product management background for digital tools or platforms used in trials or patient support.
- Delivery experience across multi-country studies and understanding of site and patient variability and localization needs.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a trusted advisor to AstraZeneca clinical program teams, global product teams, and R&D functional leaders.
- Develop digital strategies, operating models, and roadmaps aligned with the development portfolio and individual assets.
- Build quantified business cases and use financial competence to articulate value to senior partners.
- Define problem statements, solution options, vendor landscapes, and selection criteria for digital health solutions, including patient recruitment, remote data collection and monitoring, ePRO/eCOA, digital measures, and patient engagement platforms.
- Define workflows, user experience, and measures of adoption and success for digital solutions, ensuring alignment with therapeutic area strategy and regulatory expectations.
- Optimize clinical trial designs to reduce cost and timelines, improve patient and site experience, and minimize environmental impact without compromising scientific quality.
- Develop expertise in Evinova products and help AstraZeneca apply them effectively to realize value.
- Capture insights and unmet needs to inform Evinova product roadmaps.
- Track AI trends relevant to clinical development, operations, and processes, and bring forward pragmatic innovations that deliver portfolio value.
- Work with therapeutic area, program, and functional leaders to incorporate AI into team operations and decision-making.
- Translate between business and technical teams, including data science, IT, and digital teams, so solutions improve day-to-day execution and strategic direction.
- Lead pilots and scaled implementations of digital health technologies, including feasibility studies, validation frameworks, vendor due diligence, interoperability planning, data governance, and change management.
Benefits
- Short-term incentive bonus opportunity.
- Eligibility to participate in an equity-based long-term incentive program for salaried roles.
- Qualified retirement program (401(k) plan).
- Paid vacation and holidays.
- Paid leaves.
- Medical coverage.
- Prescription drug coverage.
- Dental coverage.
- Vision coverage.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
