It Director Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, information systems, life sciences, data science, or a related field.
• Twelve or more years of technology leadership experience in pharmaceutical, biotech, or life sciences, particularly supporting Medical Affairs, Medical IT, or adjacent business areas.
• Demonstrated experience leading and delivering large, complex projects or programs in a global, matrixed organization.
• Strong business acumen and experience implementing or optimizing enterprise technology, digital, data, or analytics platforms in a regulated environment, including GxP and GDPR requirements.
• Working knowledge of Generative AI and Predictive AI concepts, with experience contributing to AI, analytics, automation, or digital initiatives from use-case definition through adoption and value measurement.
• Understanding of responsible AI principles, including privacy, security, transparency, bias awareness, human oversight, and risk-based governance in a regulated environment.
• Track record of building productive relationships with executive stakeholders and influencing and negotiating to align strategy and delivery.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, including translating business needs into technology solutions.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present to senior leaders.
• Demonstrated people leadership, including developing teams and fostering a collaborative, high-performance environment.
• Ability to lead technology-enabled change through role modeling, coaching, capability building, and reinforcement of new behaviors, including responsible AI-assisted ways of working.
• Strong organizational, prioritization, and project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.

Nice To Haves

• Expertise in Business Relationship Management as a strategic partner to senior business stakeholders in a complex, matrixed life sciences or healthcare organization.
• Experience building and scaling partnerships between Medical functions and IT, influencing business strategy and enabling transformation through technology.
• Deep pharmaceutical or biotech industry knowledge, particularly Medical Affairs processes, digital engagement models, and technology enablement.
• Experience developing and leading innovation programs, pilots, or co-creation initiatives that deliver measurable business value and stakeholder engagement.
• Experience supporting governed Generative AI pilots or products in life sciences, including collaboration with data, architecture, risk, compliance, and change-management partners.
• Advanced interpersonal skills, including stakeholder management, conflict resolution, and networking across business, technical, and vendor communities.
• Experience facilitating business process redesign, business case development, or value-realization exercises with functional and technical leaders.
• Strong understanding of governance frameworks for business demand management, prioritization, and value delivery in a Medical or regulated environment.
• Additional language capabilities beyond English.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted advisor and thought partner to Global Medical Affairs leadership, translating business strategy and needs into actionable technology initiatives.
• Build and maintain a comprehensive Medical IT roadmap aligned with RDU priorities and global enterprise IT strategy.
• Lead delivery of Medical IT projects and programs, including process improvements, data integration, and system digitization, ensuring quality, timeliness, and regulatory compliance.
• Facilitate business cases, value-realization plans, and executive communications for Medical technology investments.
• Partner on cross-functional initiatives with Commercial, R&D, and enabling functions.
• Evaluate and adopt innovative technologies, including digital health, data analytics, and AI, to address Medical business challenges and improve Medical-to-Market capabilities.
• Translate priority AI use cases into governed pilots and scalable solutions with success measures, user feedback, and value-realization plans.
• Apply AI governance, privacy, security, GxP, and validation requirements across the solution lifecycle and escalate higher-risk use cases to appropriate governance forums.
• Work with Medical, Data & AI, and data-owner teams to improve priority data readiness, quality, governance, and appropriate reuse, aligned with FAIR principles where applicable.
• Enable AI-assisted ways of working through role-based AI literacy, change management, user support, and transparent communications, maintaining human oversight and accountability.
• Define and monitor measures for AI-enabled initiatives, including adoption, usability, quality, efficiency, stakeholder outcomes, and realized business value; use results to guide iteration or retirement.
• Oversee change management, communications, and solution adoption across Medical teams and stakeholders.
• Develop collaborative relationships across AstraZeneca/Alexion IT, the broader RDU, and external partners and vendors.
• Lead post-implementation reviews and apply lessons learned to improve project delivery and process performance.
• Manage and develop talent within the Medical IT business partnership, fostering high performance, learning, and continuous improvement.
• Model responsible use of AI in day-to-day leadership, encourage appropriate experimentation and learning, and reinforce human accountability, sound judgment, and compliance.
• Lead organizational change for AI-enabled ways of working by setting expectations, coaching, addressing adoption barriers, sharing lessons, and creating a psychologically safe environment for responsible testing and improvement.
• Support enterprise activities including annual operating planning, system strategy, and regulatory reporting related to Medical.

Benefits

• Qualified retirement programs
• Paid time off, including vacation, holidays, and leave
• Health coverage
• Dental coverage
• Vision coverage
• Positions may be eligible for short-term incentive bonuses and equity-based awards for salaried roles