Senior Director for Diagnostic Assays/Cancer Biomarker Development at AstraZeneca. Leading efforts to optimize patient therapy matching and clinical trial decisions using innovative biomarker strategies.
Responsibilities
Define and execute strategies that use biomarkers to match patients to the right treatment and assess efficacy as early as possible, with an initial emphasis on circulating tumor DNA.
Guide assay selection, validation, and deployment for minimal residual disease, response monitoring, and earlier patient identification, ensuring clinical utility and scalability.
Design and implement biomarker-driven trial approaches that accelerate decision-making and strengthen evidence for new therapies.
Provide expert advice to shape technology platforms and data analytics internally and with partners, anticipating future clinical development needs.
Combine data on new compounds and targeted disease biology to create assay strategies that de-risk programs and sharpen portfolio decisions.
Liaise with medical and technology leaders across academia, diagnostics, and industry to track advances and translate them into our trials.
Serve as the subject matter expert and governance reviewer for strategic initiatives and specific proposals.
Lead regulatory communication and prepare high-level documents that support biomarker and assay use in clinical development.
Manage or support complex and groundbreaking projects to improve processes within translational science and introduce new technologies and approaches at national, regional, or global scale.
Ensure your work and the function’s activities align with Good Laboratory Practice, Safety Health and Environment standards, and all relevant internal and external regulations.
Requirements
PhD or equivalent, MD or equivalent preferred
Experience of the development and application of circulating tumor DNA assays for clinical use
5+ years of experience in aligned to the drug development or process in industry or academia or equivalent
Extensive experience of crafting and implementing clinical trials using novel biomarker approaches for earlier identification of patients
Well-developed understanding of biomarker analysis
Experience of communicating complex science to a clinical audience including external professional and regulatory bodies
Proven experience managing and designing clinical trials
Benefits
Health benefits including medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage
Paid vacation and holidays
Paid leaves
Qualified retirement program (401(k) plan)
Short-term incentive bonus opportunity
Eligibility to participate in equity-based long-term incentive program
Job title
Senior Director, Diagnostic Assays/Cancer Biomarker Development
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