Global Analytics & Insights, Associate Director - Oncology (Lung)

AstraZeneca • Gaithersburg, MD

2d • $194,571 - $291,857 • Hybrid

About The Position

This role is within the Global Analytics & Insights (GA&I) team, focusing on the oncology lung cancer portfolio. The primary mission of GA&I is to enhance decision-making for oncology assets through superior market, customer, and competitor analytics. This high-impact position will be instrumental in shaping business strategy for upcoming oncology launches in lung cancer. Key responsibilities include generating foundational insights, developing long-term forecasts, and creating performance trackers to support business objectives. The role involves close collaboration with cross-functional partners, global commercial teams, and local markets to translate market understanding, analytics, and competitive dynamics into strategic recommendations, ensuring decisions are informed by a clear view of opportunity, risk, and action.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in science, mathematics or data-related field
• 5+ yrs experience in the pharmaceutical industry or a closely related field (e.g., life sciences consulting, investment banking).
• Demonstrated experience in at least two of the following: forecasting, primary market research, or advanced analytics.
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders through clear, evidence-based recommendations
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality work under time pressure

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree (e.g, MBA, PhD)
• Familiarity and proficiency with AI-powered analytical tools and platforms
• Learning agility and a demonstrated passion for mastering complex new topics
• Experience in Oncology is strongly preferred

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end design, execution, interpretation, and sharing of qualitative and quantitative market research, translating business priorities into clear research questions and actionable outputs.
• Integrate insights across primary research, secondary sources, real-world data, and other available evidence to identify strategic implications and inform brand and disease-area strategy.
• Lead long-term forecasting by integrating insights, performance, analytics, and competitive intelligence to develop robust assumptions and quantify commercial potential for inline and pipeline indications.
• Partner with global commercial teams and local markets to calibrate and align on a shared forecast view, and ensure outputs accurately reflect strategic choices, market dynamics, opportunities, and risks.
• Define what success looks like by co-leading KPI development with commercial teams, ensuring KPIs are informative, measurable, actionable to guide decisions that drive business growth.
• Monitor market dynamics, including AZ and competitor product performance, to identify growth opportunities, potential risks, and implications for evolving brand strategy.
• Partner with data experts to frame the right business questions and determine the most appropriate analytical approaches across complex datasets, including electronic medical records, claims data, and quantitative survey data.
• Understand the strengths, limitations, and trade-offs of different analytical approaches, and translate results into clear implications for commercial and local-market stakeholders to inform strategy and actions.
• Influence cross-functional teams and senior leaders by translating complex insights, analytics, and forecast into clear, compelling recommendations tailored to stakeholder needs.
• Apply strong business acumen to identify priority areas for insight generation and forecasting, proactively shaping the questions, analyses, and assumptions needed to inform brand and disease-area strategy.
• Develop deep subject matter expertise in your disease area and brand, becoming the go-to partner for market understanding, customer insights, and strategic priorities.

Benefits

• Qualified retirement programs
• Paid time off (i.e., vacation, holiday, and leaves)
• Health, dental, and vision coverage
• Eligibility for various incentives—an opportunity to receive short-term incentive bonuses, equity-based awards for salaried roles and commissions for sales roles.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior