Global Analytics & Insights Director - Oncology

Working at
Astra Zeneca means being entrepreneurial, thinking big, and working together to make the impossible a reality.

AstraZeneca is a
science-led, global biopharmaceutical company
with a focused portfolio in core therapies. We are committed to improving the health and lives of people across the globe through our broad research and development platform and growing late-stage pipeline. Operating in more than
100 countries
, AstraZeneca has strength in emerging markets, and its medicines are used by millions of patients and clinicians worldwide.

The
Global Analytics & Insights Director – Oncology
will join AstraZeneca’s
Global Analytics & Insights (GA&I)team and support the Oncology organization, with a focus on the
Direct Tumor
Oncology portfolio
.

The GA&I team’s mission is to improve the quality of decisions taken across AstraZeneca’s oncology assets by creating and delivering excellent
market, customer, and competitor insights
.

In this role, you will lead the generation of insights and analytics that shape strategy and inform material business decisions. You will lead cross-functional strategy and insights initiatives, synthesize complex analyses into clear storylines and recommendations, and influence senior leaders and expert stakeholders.

This is an opportunity for a critical thinker who can deliver well-researched, verified, and relevant analyses in a clear and impactful way. Success will require the ability to lead without authority, communicate effectively, influence across functions, and work confidently with incomplete data in a fast-growing organization.

• Shape strategic business questions
  :
  Frame key business questions in ambiguous situations and define the most appropriate analytical approach.

• Generate market and customer insights
  :
  Provide strategy-shaping analysis from a wide range of sources and integrate insights to advise material business decisions.

• Lead market research
  :
  Identify and plan market research that enables relevant actions to address brand business problems while generating tumor-level knowledge beyond the brand.

• Translate research into action
  :
  Interpret primary market research using strong business acumen to generate evidence-based, actionable insights.

• Develop competitive intelligence
  :
  Work closely with AstraZeneca colleagues and external partners to lead competitive analysis for a brand and ensure that implications are reflected in forecasts and embedded in brand team thinking.

• Lead revenue forecasting
  :
  Forecast revenues in a consistent, transparent, and robust manner to support investment decisions and resource planning.

• Drive forecast alignment
  :
  Lead cross-functional alignment on forecast development through well-evidenced and credible insights. Own the development, delivery, and team alignment of the product or brand forecast and related assumptions.

• Partner with local markets
  :
  Lead and negotiate with local markets to validate assumptions and market understanding. Share key knowledge and build collaborative relationships with market insights leads.

• Develop performance measurement
  :
  Lead performance and KPI development and reporting, including best-practice sharing, to enable a detailed understanding of brand performance and opportunities based on a variety of inputs.

• Communicate recommendations
  :
  Present analysis and synthesis to brand leaders in a succinct, persuasive, and decision-oriented way to drive team alignment.

• Build therapy-area expertise
  :
  Possess or develop deep therapy-area knowledge, bridging clinical development through commercialization.

You will bring
more than one
of the following:

• Advanced degree
  , ideally in a science- or mathematics-based field.
• Relevant pharmaceutical industry experience
  gained…