Senior Director

Job Title: Senior Director, External Science Engagement Strategy LeadLocation: Remote, UK (occasional travel to London/ Cambridge may be required)Duration: 6 monthsIR35 Status: Inside
The Senior Director, External Science Engagement Strategy Lead supports the ORD Strategy - Academic Partnerships mission of driving and integrating insights, biosamples, capabilities and accelerating clinical trial delivery through our industry-leading academic ecosystem.
Specific responsibilities include ownership of External Science Panels and the generation of milestone-informing insights that support individual tumor and asset strategies as well as the overall Oncology R&D Strategy. It will drive cross-functional collaboration across Early Oncology, Late Oncology, Tumor Councils, and ORD Strategy teams. This role will lead critical team-wide initiatives and workstreams.In this role you will utilize your experience, leadership, and extensive expertise in oncology to lead effective cross-functional working teams of internal stakeholders in Oncology, Haematology and Cell Therapy R&D and leverage the vast AZ network of external experts in order to drive and deliver the AZ Oncology strategy.
What you will do:With senior ORD & CTU leadership, identify highest-priority strategic topics for External Engagements and integrate learnings and insights into strategic plans.Lead the External Science Panel portfolio, and deliver ESPs end-to-endManage multiple cross-functional, cross-disciplinary working teams to deliver External Engagements.Work with ORD-LT members to socialize and integrate critical outputs, actions, and recommendations into strategic plans.Maintain up-to-date knowledge of AZ pipeline, strategy, vision, and SBDA priorities.Collaborate with broad functional teams across the early and late-stage oncology organization (Early Oncology, Late Oncology, Tumor Councils, and SBDA).Lead subset of External R&D internal workstreams in close collaboration with other members of the Leadership Team.Manage Key External Expert (KEE) relationships and participate in meetings with external partners; prepare and deliver external presentations.Contribute to budget management, governance
processes, and annual planning processes.Maintain compliance with all company compliance and regulatory guidelines governing external interactions.

Qualifications: PhD or MD (desirable) in life sciences, biomedical sciences, healthcare, or a related field, with experience working in or consulting with the pharmaceutical industry.Management consulting, investment banking, private equity, or other similar professional experience.Critical strategic thinker comfortable with designing and executing workplans and communication cascades within a highly matrixed organization.Highly collaborative with exceptional interpersonal skills and the capacity to influence stakeholders across Oncology departmentsExcellent written and verbal communications comfortable engaging and leading conversations with senior leadership.Highly organized with demonstrated strength in project management, and cross-function team managementExperience working in a matrixed organization with demonstrated ability to influence across an organization.Experience representing an organization to external stakeholders and experts.Knowledge of Oncology drug development,
strategy and process.