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AstraZeneca · 4 hours ago

Head of Clinical Data Science — Vaccines & Immune Therapies (V&I)

US - Gaithersburg - MD

Full-time

Hybrid

Director/Executive

AstraZeneca is a biopharmaceutical company focused on transformative medicines for complex diseases. They are seeking a Head of Clinical Data Science for Vaccines & Immune Therapies to lead a team and define the data science strategy, ensuring impactful delivery and collaboration across various teams.

BiopharmaBiotechnologyHealth CareMedicalPharmaceuticalPrecision Medicine

Comp. & Benefits

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Define and deliver the V&I data science strategy across clinical and operational/business domains, aligning to TA goals and strategy

Identify and prioritise new applications of data science in V&I; translate business problems into analytics questions and deliver solutions that inform decisions and predict outcomes

Line manage and provide inspirational leadership to data scientists at varied career stages; cultivate an inclusive, learning oriented culture

Serve as key expert and spokesperson; advise senior stakeholders on innovative analytics, generative AI, and related technologies, clearly communicating insights, uncertainty, and limitations

Drive adoption of best practices in model development, MLOps, validation, documentation, and data governance; define and implement TA specific training

Build effective collaborations across internal data science groups; shape and manage external partnerships and vendors to deliver value at speed and scale

Influence budgets and resourcing to maximise portfolio outcomes; contribute to and lead strategic initiatives across the TA

Share AZ’s work at internal forums and external conferences, strengthening our scientific presence

Qualification

Data science leadershipMachine learningData visualizationStatistical analysisRPythonSQLNoSQLCommunicationProblem solvingTeam management

Required

PhD or MSc in a relevant discipline (e.g., statistics, computer science, mathematics, engineering, physics) or equivalent experience

Proven data science leadership with end to end delivery: data collection and preprocessing, modelling for business and clinical problems, and decision oriented data visualisation

Significant experience in drawing conclusions from analysis and presenting analysis results in a succinct fashion to senior stakeholders, along with recommended actions

Knowledge of data analytic and visualization tools such as R, Python, Spotfire or Tableau

Experience working with database systems (eg SQL, NoSQL, graph)

Proven experience in leading and managing colleagues

Experience in influencing and controlling budgets

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Preferred

Master's degree in a quantitative field such as mathematics, computer science, engineering, physics, statistics, or economics

Life sciences or healthcare experience, especially within clinical development or biometrics

Experience operating in high performance computing or cloud environments

Success in a complex, global organisation

Experience in data mining, machine learning, large language models and/or operations research; strong fundamentals in statistics and algebra

Demonstrated problem solving aptitude and bias to action

Company

AstraZeneca

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AstraZeneca is a pharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets prescription medicines. It is a sub-organization of Investor.

Founded in 1999

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GBR

10001+ employees

https://www.astrazeneca.com

H1B Sponsorship

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