Hybrid Senior Director, Diagnostic Assays/Cancer Biomarker Development

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About the role

  • 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

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

$182,646 - $273,968 per year

Degree requirement

Postgraduate Degree

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