Hybrid Head of Clinical Data Science – Vaccines, Immune Therapies

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About the role

  • Head of Clinical Data Science leading data strategy for Vaccines & Immune Therapies at AstraZeneca. Championing innovations and guiding a skilled data science team for impactful solutions.

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.

Requirements

  • 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.

Benefits

  • Professional development opportunities
  • Flexible working hours
  • Health insurance

Job title

Head of Clinical Data Science – Vaccines, Immune Therapies

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Postgraduate Degree

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