Associate Director, Oncology Outcomes Research

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Our role:
Do you have expertise in, and curiosity for leading Medical Affairs teams in Oncology? Apply your experience to changing the way cancer is treated at AstraZeneca, a company that follows the science and turns ideas into life changing medicines. Help to advance our incredible pipeline by applying expertise and accelerating our pathway to finding a cure. A dedicated Oncology Business Unit (OBU), this is the place to build a best-in-class career. AstraZeneca’s vision in Oncology is to help patients by redefining the cancer-treatment paradigm with the bold ambition to eliminate cancer as a cause of death. We are proud to work on ground-breaking science with one of the broadest and deepest Oncology pipelines in the business.
The Associate Director is an individual contributor role and will be a key member of an Asset team that is collectively responsible for delivering strategic plans and driving projects. The Associate Director reports to the Asset Lead, Oncology Outcomes Research, and will be responsible for supporting the development of strategy and leading the execution of health outcomes and real-world strategies and studies on a global and US market level. This role is also responsible for working with key internal collaborators in the design, execution and communication of studies. This position requires an individual with scientific knowledge of HEOR and its application throughout development process, business acumen, and interpersonal skills
What You'll Do:

• Maintain in-depth knowledge of the disease state, market & customer dynamics, the competitive landscape, and reimbursement issues
• Responsible for supporting the development and leading the execution of asset specific Global and US Regional health outcomes strategy.
• Responsible for strategically communicating and influencing a diverse group of internal and external collaborators in GMA, OBU and ORD.
• Translate output from research into tools and resources for field teams
• Responsible for the execution of the Asset strategy including real world evidence, and other activities to assess, quantify and communicate the value proposition for the asset.
• Supports the asset lead in key internal review and governance meetings to ensure the scientific difficulty of AZ sponsored research including ERT.
• Manage relationships and budgets with vendors to ensure timely completion of high quality, projects
• Present research findings at scientific congresses and participate in the development and writing of manuscripts for publication in peer-reviewed journals

Minimum Qualifications:

• Scientific expertise in oncology with knowledge of different data sources
• Knowledge of the Global and US healthcare systems and their changing needs for health economic and payer analytic information.
• Understanding and knowledge and application of epidemiological/health outcomes methodology within pharmaceutical industry at an international level.
• Travel-10-15%
• In-depth expertise with research methods for real world research, HEOR projects including pharmacoepidemiologic models.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience, preferably in the pharmaceutical industry, graduate degree strongly preferred (PhD, MS, MPH) in health economics, epidemiology, outcomes research and/or related fields.
• Demonstrated expertise in analytical, judgment and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced Scientific degree
• Standout teammate and supports the asset team within the O2R organization.
• Developed conceptual and integrative thinking with capability to access internal and external resources for advice.
• Oncology experience preferred
• Strong written and verbal communication skills as well as interpersonal skills.

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