Director, AI for Cell Therapy Clinical Development

About the Company

Requirements

• ● Master's degree in AI/ML with experience applying these methods to clinical and/or biomedical data. We welcome strong candidates from adjacent computational or scientific fields whose expertise maps to the role.
• ● + years experience developing AI/ML for clinical, biomedical, healthcare, or other life-sciences problems.
• ● Applicable experience in drug development, clinical development, or the life sciences, sufficient to engage credibly with clinical and scientific teams.
• ● Familiarity with generative AI and agentic systems applied to clinical development or the life sciences.
• ● Demonstrated ability to define and frame scientific or clinical questions and to bridge between clinical, scientific, and technical teams.
• ● Demonstrated partnering and stakeholder-management ability, including building credibility with and influencing senior clinical and scientific leaders.
• ● Excellent grasp of how AI solutions are evaluated and validated, and what it takes for an AI solution to be trusted and adopted in a clinical development setting.
• ● Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills, with the ability to operate in an international matrix environment and bring structure and clarity to ambiguous problems.
• ● Comfort with ambiguity and a bias for action in a fast-moving, build-from-the-ground-up environment.
• ● Scientific or clinical experience in cell therapy (e.g., CAR-T and other engineered cell therapies).
• ● Hands-on experience designing or running cell therapy clinical trials.
• ● Familiarity with cell therapy-specific endpoints and measurements.
• ● A record of scientific contribution (e.g., peer-reviewed publications), ideally including AI/ML or clinical AI venues, that establishes credibility with technical, clinical, and scientific audiences.
• ● When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That's why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we're not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.
• ● Why AstraZeneca:
• ● Join a company where scientific curiosity meets purposeful delivery. You will collaborate with clinicians, data scientists and engineers who turn experiments into enterprise-grade solutions that reach global trials and, ultimately, patients. With a deep, innovative pipeline and sustained investment in R&D, we back teams to push scientific boundaries, publish at the highest levels and translate insights into medicines that change the practice of medicine. We bring diverse experts together to move fast and learn faster, and we value kindness alongside ambition so you can do your best work while contributing to a bold mission.
• ● Call to Action:
• ● Step into this pivotal role and lead how AI accelerates cell therapy clinical development-tell us how you will turn science into impact today
• ● Date Posted 15-Sept-2026
• ● Closing Date 01-Oct-2026