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

AstraZeneca•Gaithersburg, MD

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

Global Analytics & Insights (GA&I) mission is to improve the quality of the decisions taken on our oncology assets through the creation and delivery of excellent market, customer, and competitor analytics. This role is based in our Oncology team and will lead the generation of insight and analytics with in our lung cancer portfolio. The key to excelling in this role is your ability to turn analysis into a clear story and recommendations for senior leaders. To develop these, you will be a critical thinker capable of delivering well researched, verified, and relevant analyses in a clear and impactful way. This requires the ability to lead without authority alongside strong analytical and communication skills. You will be comfortable formulating cohesive, strategic arguments which may be used to respectfully challenge a group of experts. In addition, being resourceful, motivated, decisive and proactive will help equip you in this role. You must be able to prioritise in a fast-growing organization and be confident working with incomplete data.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in science, mathematics or data-related field
3 years relevant experience in the pharmaceutical industry, consultancy or investment bank
AI expertise or enthusiasm
Qualitative and quantitative market research experience
Oncology experience

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree (e.g., MBA, PhD)
Knowledge of real-world datasets such as Flatiron & IQVIA
Commercial brand strategy experience

Responsibilities

Work with data experts to conduct analysis of complex datasets, including electronic medical records, claims data, and quantitative survey raw data.
Share commercial and strategic acumen with data experts and ask the right questions to generate actionable insights to inform strategic decisions.
Design strategy-shaping qualitative and quantitative market research to build deep customer understanding.
Lead insights synthesis process, connecting dots and looking for patterns/disconnects between all analytics and primary market research materials and datasets.
Ensure every assumption is deeply interrogated with primary and secondary data and RWD analytics.
Direct forecast analysts to build and manage patient flow forecast models, and lead delivery of outputs for forecasting cycles.
Co-lead KPI development, in partnership with commercial, identifying best measures to assess delivery of commercial strategy.
Ensuring KPIs are measurable (data limitations) and actually drivers of business.
Analyze in-market performance, including source of business, to identify growth opportunities.
Move between being deep in data, to communicating findings in a succinct way that is tailored to the altitude of the stakeholder.
Possess or develop deep tumour knowledge, becoming an expert in designated tumours (which may include lung, BTC, HCC, HNSCC, cervical).