Associate Director, Research Strategy and Operations, Hematology R&D

AstraZeneca is a global, science‑led, patient‑focused biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialization of prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious diseases. We are more than one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies.

AstraZeneca has a multifaceted environment that cultivates collaboration and innovation. We attract top minds, and we nurture and build talent.

Within Hematology R&D, we are committed to advancing the science to deliver life‑changing medicines to patients most in need. With a combination‑focused pipeline that exploits the power of multiple scientific platforms (Immuno‑Oncology, Tumor Drivers and Resistance, DNA Damage Response, Antibody‑drug Conjugates, Cell Therapy and Epigenetics) to help address unmet clinical needs in a host of hematological cancers, we are motivated by a dedication to the scientific discovery and collaboration that will one day help eliminate cancer as a cause of death.

This unit has responsibility for the value chain from discovery through to late‑stage development, enabling rapid acceleration of promising early‑stage assets and life‑cycle management programs.

The Translational Medicine (TM) function exists within Hematology R&D to ensure effective and strategic biomarker studies for Hematology & Oncology project teams. Closely interacting with the pre‑clinical Bio Science and Discovery, Early Clinical Development, and Precision Diagnostics Development functions, the Hematology Translational Medicine team is the single point of accountability for delivery of robust, scientifically‑driven biomarkers to all Hematology project teams, providing feasibility assessments, technical validation, centralized biomarker analysis capability for clinical samples, delivery of translational science research and early clinical phase engagement.

This is a highly collaborative scientific leadership role for an individual who can connect strategy, data, and execution across Translational Medicine Leads, data scientists, translational research scientists, project teams, and internal and external partners. The successful candidate will translate complex scientific questions into coordinated workplans, ensure that diverse perspectives and datasets are integrated into clear recommendations, and help teams move from insight to decision and delivery.

• Serves as a scientific integrator across Translational Medicine Leads, data scientists, translational research scientists, project teams, and internal and external stakeholders, connecting scientific objectives, data‑generation plans, analytical approaches, and operational execution.
• Applies deep scientific knowledge of multi‑omic and phenotypic markers to support translational efforts and biomarker strategies such as tissue profiling, liquid biopsy, and MRD on an indication basis.
• Drives evaluation of external partners, conducting scientific and technical due diligence to inform partnership decisions, including MRD strategy.
• Leads internal and external meetings to drive translational deliverables, identify needs and risks, and develop risk mitigation strategies.
• Present and maintains relevant dashboards and associated data, leads coordination of science, and reports progress and projections across data science and the translational research portfolio.
• Coordinates compliance for samples and associated data moving into and out of internal and external laboratories, partnering with compliance, legal, quality, data science, and biosafety.
• Successfully navigates objectives within matrixed teams of non‑direct reports and influences without direct authority.
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