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Global Analytics & Insights Director - OncologyAstraZeneca · US - Gaithersburg - MD
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Global Analytics & Insights Director - Oncology

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🗓️ Posted 2026-10-06 US - Gaithersburg - MD Full-time Hybrid ICT
💰 Salary Not shared 📊 Market 15,000 GBP–25,000 GBP/mo

About the Company

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 growing late-stage pipeline. Operating in more than 100 countries , AstraZeneca has strength in emerging markets, and its medicines are used by millions of patients and clinicians worldwide. Role Summary The Global Analytics & Insights Director - Oncology will join AstraZeneca's Global Analytics & Insights (GA&I) team and support the Oncology organization, with a focus on the Immuno-Oncology portfolio . The GA&I team's mission is to improve the quality of decisions taken across AstraZeneca's oncology assets by creating and delivering excellent market, customer, and competitor insights . In this role, you will lead the generation of insights and analytics that shape strategy and inform material business decisions. You will lead cross-functional strategy and insights initiatives, synthesize complex analyses into clear storylines and recommendations, and influence senior leaders and expert stakeholders. This is an opportunity for a critical thinker who can deliver well-researched, verified, and relevant analyses in a clear and impactful way. Success will require the ability to lead without author

Responsibilities

  • ● Shape strategic business questions : Frame key business questions in ambiguous situations and define the most appropriate analytical approach.
  • ● Generate market and customer insights : Provide strategy-shaping analysis from a wide range of sources and integrate insights to advise material business decisions.
  • ● Lead market research : Identify and plan market research that enables relevant actions to address brand business problems while generating tumor-level knowledge beyond the brand.
  • ● Translate research into action : Interpret primary market research using strong business acumen to generate evidence-based, actionable insights.
  • ● Develop competitive intelligence : Work closely with AstraZeneca colleagues and external partners to lead competitive analysis for a brand and ensure that implications are reflected in forecasts and embedded in brand team thinking.
  • ● Lead revenue forecasting : Forecast revenues in a consistent, transparent, and robust manner to support investment decisions and resource planning.
  • ● Drive forecast alignment : Lead cross-functional alignment on forecast development through well-evidenced and credible insights. Own the development, delivery, and team alignment of the product or brand forecast and related assumptions.
  • ● Partner with local markets : Lead and negotiate with local markets to validate assumptions and market understanding. Share key knowledge and build collaborative relationships with market insights leads.
  • ● Develop performance measurement : Lead performance and KPI development and reporting, including best-practice sharing, to enable a detailed understanding of brand performance and opportunities based on a variety of inputs.
  • ● Communicate recommendations : Present analysis and synthesis to brand leaders in a succinct, persuasive, and decision-oriented way to drive team alignment.
  • ● Build therapy-area expertise : Possess or develop deep therapy-area knowledge, bridging clinical development through commercialization. Required Qualifications You will bring more than one of the following:
  • ● Advanced degree , ideally in a science- or mathematics-based field.
  • ● Relevant pharmaceutical industry experience gained in-house, within a management or strategy consulting firm, or in investment banking or equity analysis.
  • ● Qualitative and quantitative market research experience .
  • ● Understanding of commercial brand strategy .
  • ● Oncology experience .
  • ● In addition, you will be expected to demonstrate the ability to lead cross-functional initiatives, synthesize complex information into clear recommendations, influence without authority, and work effectively with incomplete data. Preferred Qualifications
  • ● Immuno-Oncology experience or experience within a related oncology portfolio.
  • ● Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills , including the ability to respectfully challenge a group of experts with well-supported strategic arguments.
  • ● Resourcefulness and decisiveness , with the ability to remain proactive and prioritize effectively in a fast-growing organization.