Cell Therapy - Field Clinical Advisor

Position: Cell Therapy - Field Clinical Advisor at AstraZeneca
Accountabilities   Cell Therapy Expertise:
Build and continuously maintain deep knowledge across indications and assets; be the go-to expert who shapes guidance, training, and best practices that raise execution quality and consistency.
Strategic Communication:
Lead clear, compliant communications that convey strategy, portfolio breadth, and product differentiation; align messaging across regions to ensure consistency for assigned protocols and sites.
Site Readiness and Training:
Support and deliver site initiation content and advanced protocol education; implement competency-based training to drive readiness, shorten start-up timelines, and improve protocol adherence.
Enrollment Optimization:
Translate inclusion/exclusion criteria and patient flow into pragmatic site actions that raise enrolment rates, reduce screen failures, and minimize attrition.
Insight Generation and Continuous Improvement:
Capture and synthesize field insights on feasibility, bottlenecks, and patient pathways; support protocol and process adjustments and drive preventive actions to reduce deviations and data queries.
Local Initiatives and Scaling:
Co-create and implement high-impact local initiatives with trialists and key experts; track outcomes and scale successful approaches aligned to program priorities for broader impact.
Scientific Engagement and Governance:
Facilitate timely, high-quality scientific dialogues with investigators and internal partners; capture learnings and ensure governance compliance.
Cross-Functional Coordination and Service:
Coordinate with Clinical Operations, Clinical Development, Medical Affairs, Supply/Logistics, Patient Operations, and Country teams to provide rapid, reliable service to study sites;
Compliance and Regulations:
Maintain current knowledge of local regulations, guidelines, and internal policies; translate requirements into site actions to support inspection readiness.
External Engagement and

Innovation: Attend relevant scientific meetings; synthesize and share insights. Build relationships across the ecosystem to identify, pilot, and scale innovations that shorten cycle times, improve quality, and enhance site experience.
Country Strategy and Governance Alignment:
Provide country-specific field insights to priority initiatives; shape strategies and deliverables for scalable, locally compliant adoption.
Partner with Medical Affairs on scientific plans and field content; coordinate within governance to reflect market dynamics, ensuring traceability from field signals to decisions and operating within policies and SOPs.
Essential Skills / Experience

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in a health-related field required; advanced degree (PharmD, PhD, MSc, NP/PA, MD/RN) preferred.
Strong prior experience in clinical research or field-facing roles within oncology/hematology or advanced therapies; direct cell therapy experience strongly preferred.
Working knowledge of GCP, clinical trial operations, and cell therapy patient journey.
Excellent stakeholder management, presentation, and training skills; ability to translate complex protocols into practical site actions.
Willingness to travel regionally/nationally and internationally to support sites and program needs.
- Patient- and site-centric mindset with a bias for action and problem solving.
Data informed approach to identify trends, risks, and opportunities for operational improvement.
Agility to support multiple studies and indications in a dynamic portfolio environment.
Desirable Skills / Experience   Prior ownership of site performance metrics.
Prior account leadership and existing relationships in C/D suites.
Proven ability to lead trainings, influence without authority, and translate complex protocols into pragmatic site actions, adept at…