At AstraZeneca, science is at the core of everything we do. Working here means being entrepreneurial, thinking big and working together to make the impossible a reality. Our purpose is to push the boundaries of science to deliver life-changing medicines. Would you like to be a part of helping us achieve this ambition?

Explore the possibility of joining us as a Clinical Information Science Director (CISD) within one of our key scientific focus areas; Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolism (CVRM). Embedded in the late stage drug project teams, you will be an authority on innovative use of information and data to help shape our trials, decision making and portfolio.

Role

You will play a leading role in supporting global clinical teams in finding and structuring clinical information for late stage drug development decisions. The position sits within our Information Practice unit who drives optimal use and value of clinical information and scientific knowledge retention for better informed decision-making in clinical development.

Late-stage Development CVRM Biometrics consists of statistical, programming and information experts for drug development in phase II and beyond. You will be part of a truly global team alongside some of the most respected specialists in the industry.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

As a strategic information expert embedded within dynamic drug project teams, you will lead the delivery of information that clinical teams need to make decisions in the drug development process. For example, using a variety of information sources such as scientific literature, competitive intelligence, internal and external clinical trial databases.

You will be accountable for full Information Practice delivery scope in one or more drug projects or across a franchise, by own contribution and leadership of other information practice staff, partners and suppliers. You will also be accountable for proactive development and execution of the Project Information Strategy, providing foresight into what information will be needed to support upcoming drug project needs to achieve goals and milestones, and to drive the active re-use of Information assets and clinical data.

You will be using techniques such as specialist information search and analysis, text mining, data visualization and benchmarking to extract and present key relevant information.

Significant areas for contribution are:

• Support decision-making in clinical design, submission and interpretation by identifying, extracting and presenting back meaningful facts and data via internal and external information sources
• Enable quality decisions by providing comprehensive access to key decisions and rationale for study designs and project milestones from phase II and throughout the project life cycle, helping the organization to grow and maintain scientific knowledge
• Information strategy for project and TA, proactively assessing information gaps that needs to be filled, enable re-use of information between project and TA and define new ways of working cross projects applying knowledge of external environment and trends

Requirements

To succeed in this opportunity you will have a real passion for clinical data and information and proven insightful ability to know what information to seek, how to find it, and how to share it with the teams in a clear and meaningful way. You will be a creative thinker with an appetite for doing things differently.You’ll be excited by the prospect of playing a lead role within late stage drug development projects. An excellent communicator with great listening skills, who can absorb information and respond in a concise manner.

In addition, you will also have:

• Bachelors or advanced degree in a Life Science, or related discipline
• Deep understanding of the pharmaceutical clinical drug development process (with a preference for late-stage drug development in in cardiovascular, renal, and metabolism)
• Good understanding of project management techniques and methods, and proven ability to lead teams towards a common goal
• Experience in clinical information or science information setting in the application of information and knowledge management (settings could include, but are not limited to clinical drug development, medical writing, medical affairs, clinical operations, competitor intelligence, regulatory intelligence)
• Demonstrated leadership capability – including ability to influence stakeholders
• Good organizational skills and the ability to multitask; can set priorities and follow a timeline
• Great attention to detail

For more information about the position please contact Åsa Ström at Åsa.H.Strom@astrazeneca.com

Welcome with your application no later than September 20th.

Additional information

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