Associate Director, Global Analytics & Insights - Hematology

Working at AstraZeneca 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 a growing late‑stage pipeline. Working in over 100 countries, we have strength in emerging markets, and our medicines are used by millions of patients and clinicians worldwide.

Mission is to ensure the decisions taken on our oncology assets are based on the highest quality market, customer, and competitor insights/analytics.

This role is within our rapidly growing Hematology team, who is charged with leading strategic insights and analytics across assets spanning market‑leading small molecules and novel early‑stage modalities including ADCs, TCEs and CAR‑Ts. Building on the success of our best‑in‑class BTK‑inhibitor, AstraZeneca has made a strong commitment to becoming a leader in Hematology, and the candidate selected for this role will directly contribute to the growth of this promising company focus.

The key to excelling in this impactful role is your ability to turn analysis into clear strategic recommendation. To accomplish this, you will be a critical thinker capable of delivering well researched, verified, and relevant analyses in a clear and impactful way. This requires the ability to lead without authority alongside strong analytical and communication skills. You will be comfortable formulating cohesive, strategic arguments which may be used to respectfully challenge a group of experts.

In addition, you need to be resourceful, motivated, decisive and proactive. You must be able to prioritize in a fast‑paced organization and be confident working with incomplete data at times.

• Frame key business questions with ambiguity and define best analytical approach. Provide strategy‑shaping market and customer analysis from a wide range of sources and lead the integration of insights and analysis to advise material business decisions.

• Identify and plan market research that enables relevant actions to solve business problems for the brand, as well as generating tumor level knowledge above brand. Ensure interpretation of primary market research with strong business acumen to generate evidence‑based and actionable insights.

• Employ a range of resources and techniques to forecast revenues in a consistent, transparent, and robust manner to support investment decisions and resource planning. Be responsible for the development, delivery and team alignment of the product/brand forecast and related assumptions.

• Present your analysis and synthesis to brand leaders in a way that is succinct, persuasive, and decision‑oriented to drive team alignment.

• Work closely with AZ colleagues and Agency analysts to lead the generation of competitive analysis for a brand, and that the implications are reflected in forecasts and embedded in the brand team’s thinking.

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

• Possess/develop deep therapy area knowledge bridging from clinical development through to commercialization.

• Lead performance/KPI development and reporting, including best practice sharing, enabling a detailed understanding of brand performance and opportunities based on a variety of inputs.

• Analyze in‑market performance to identify growth opportunities for in‑line products and inform market shaping strategies for pipeline products at tumor level.

• Support licensing and business development opportunities where relevant.

• Bachelor’s degree in science, mathematics or a commercial‑related field (advanced degree preferred, e.g. PhD, MBA)

• 7+ years relevant experience in the pharmaceutical industry, advisory firm or investment bank

• Relevant experience in pharmaceutical forecasting

• Experience in the use and manipulation of real‑world data sources

• Strong understanding of market…