AI Research Director for Oncology Clinical Development

AstraZeneca; Barcelona; Presencial; EUR 150.000 - 190.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

AstraZeneca is seeking a Director of AI Research to lead the AI strategy for Oncology clinical development in a global biopharmaceutical setting. This full-time role emphasizes scientific leadership, cross-functional influence, and external partnerships in Barcelona and Madrid.

You will mentor scientists, drive innovation in AI methods, and shape the roadmap for cutting-edge cancer research initiatives. Visa sponsorship and a strong R&D culture are available.

Formación

• PhD in a quantitative discipline such as computer science, bioinformatics, computational biology, mathematics, physics, biophysics, computational neuroscience, biostatistics.

Responsabilidades

• Define and drive the AI strategy and roadmap for Oncology early and late phase clinical development, and align AI/ML priorities with clinical and business objectives.
• Lead, by matrix influence and scientific authority, delivery of complex, high-stakes AI projects.
• Evaluate, develop, and champion cutting-edge AI methods, end-to-end, including problem definition, data considerations, governance, algorithm development, validation, and adoption.
• Build cross-functional relationships with clinical development, biometrics, regulatory, and study teams to embed AI strategy and validated solutions into clinical study design, execution, strategy, and decision-making.
• Establish and maintain external collaborations with academic institutions, technology partners, and industry consortia to access novel capabilities and advance the AI roadmap.
• Represent AstraZeneca at scientific conferences, standards bodies, and peer-reviewed venues; contribute first-or-last-author publications in leading ML and clinical AI journals.
• Establish best practices; help shape and promote team culture.
• Mentor and support more junior level scientists within the team.

Conocimientos

Software development

Biology domain knowledge

Machine learning fundamentals

Model training & deployment

Educación

PhD in quantitative discipline

4–8 years post-PhD experience

Herramientas

Frontier coding agent frameworks

Computing hardware knowledge

Descripción del empleo

AstraZeneca is seeking a Director of AI Research to lead the AI strategy for Oncology clinical development in a global biopharmaceutical setting. This full-time role emphasizes scientific leadership, cross-functional influence, and external partnerships in Barcelona and Madrid.

You will mentor scientists, drive innovation in AI methods, and shape the roadmap for cutting-edge cancer research initiatives. Visa sponsorship and a strong R&D culture are available.