AI Leader, Oncology Clinical Development (Equity Eligible)

ASTRAZENECA UK LIMITED; Hartford; On-site; GBP 109,000 - 163,000; Full time

Job summary

AstraZeneca UK Limited is seeking a technical lead to drive AI strategy for oncology clinical development. You will guide high-stakes AI projects across study design, data governance, and decision-making processes, collaborating with clinical development, biometrics, and regulatory teams.

You will foster external collaborations and contribute to scholarly publications in premier ML and clinical AI journals, advancing the late-stage drug pipeline and our objectives.

Qualifications

• PhD plus at least 2+ years' work experience outside of PhD with measurable impact.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to AI strategy and roadmap for Oncology clinical development.
• Serve as a technical lead in matrixed teams to deliver complex AI projects.
• Evaluate and develop cutting-edge AI methods across problem definition, data, governance, and validation.
• Partner with clinical development, biometrics, regulatory, and study teams to integrate AI into study design and decision-making.
• Establish external collaborations to access novel capabilities and advance the AI roadmap.
• Represent AstraZeneca at conferences; contribute publications in ML and clinical AI venues.

Education

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

Job description

AstraZeneca UK Limited is seeking a technical lead to drive AI strategy for oncology clinical development. You will guide high-stakes AI projects across study design, data governance, and decision-making processes, collaborating with clinical development, biometrics, and regulatory teams.

You will foster external collaborations and contribute to scholarly publications in premier ML and clinical AI journals, advancing the late-stage drug pipeline and our objectives.