Associate Director, Global Analytics & Insights & Oncology

AstraZeneca; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A global biopharmaceutical company is seeking an individual for an analytics role within their oncology team. This role will involve generating insights and recommendations for the breast cancer portfolio, requiring a Bachelor's degree in a scientific field, strong quantitative and qualitative market research experience, and a solid understanding of commercial brand strategy. The ideal candidate will be skilled in analytical thinking, presenting to leadership, and collaborating with teams. This position is located in Cambridge, UK.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical and communication skills are required.
• Ability to lead without authority and work with incomplete data.
• Resourceful, motivated, decisive, and proactive.

Responsibilities

• Frame key business questions and define best analytical approach.
• Conduct market research that solves business problems for the brand.
• Forecast revenues to support investment decisions.
• Present analysis to brand leaders to drive team alignment.
• Generate competitive analysis sharing insights with brand teams.
• Collaborate with local markets to validate assumptions.
• Develop deep therapy area knowledge.
• Lead performance/KPI development and reporting.

Skills

Qualitative market research experience

Quantitative market research experience

Commercial brand strategy understanding

Oncology experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in a science or math-based field

Job description

Overview

Working at AstraZeneca means being entrepreneurial, thinking big and working together to make the impossible a reality.

AstraZeneca is a science-led, global biopharmaceutical company, with a focused portfolio in core therapies. We are committed to improving the health and lives of people across the globe, through our broad research and development platform, and a growing late-stage pipeline. Working in over 100 countries, we have strength in emerging markets, and our medicines are used by millions of patients and clinicians worldwide.

Global Analytics & Insights (GA&I) mission is to improve the quality of the decisions taken on our oncology assets through the creation and delivery of excellent market, customer, and competitor analytics. This role is based in our Oncology team and will lead the generation of insight and analytics within our breast cancer portfolio.

The key to excelling in this role is your ability to turn analysis into a clear story and recommendations for senior leaders. To develop these, you will be a critical thinker capable of delivering well researched, verified, and relevant analyses in a clear and impactful way. This requires the ability to lead without authority alongside strong analytical and communication skills. You will be comfortable formulating cohesive, strategic arguments which may be used to respectfully challenge a group of experts.

In addition, you need to be resourceful, motivated, decisive and proactive. You must be able to prioritize in a fast-growing organization and be confident working with incomplete data.

Accountabilities:

• Frame key business questions with ambiguity and define best analytical approach. Provide strategy-shaping market and customer analysis from a wide range of sources and lead the integration of insights and analysis to advise material business decisions.

• Identify and plan market research that enables relevant actions to solve business problems for the brand, as well as generating tumor level knowledge above brand. Ensure interpretation of primary market research with strong business acumen to generate evidence-based and actionable insights.

• Employ a range of resources and techniques to forecast revenues in a consistent, transparent, and robust manner to support investment decisions and resource planning. Be responsible for the development, delivery and team alignment of the product/brand forecast and related assumptions.

• Present your analysis and synthesis to brand leaders in a way that is succinct, persuasive, and decision-oriented to drive team alignment.

• Work closely with AZ colleagues and Agency analysts to lead the generation of competitive analysis for a brand, and that the implications are reflected in forecasts and embedded in the brand team’s thinking.

• Lead and negotiate with local markets to validate assumptions and market understanding. Share key knowledge and build a collaborative relationship with market insights leads.

• Possess/develop deep therapy area knowledge bridging from clinical development through to commercialization.

• Lead performance/KPI development and reporting, including best practice sharing, enabling a detailed understanding of brand performance and opportunities based on a variety of inputs. Analyze in-market performance to identify growth opportunities for in-line products and inform market shaping strategies for pipeline products at tumor level.

Essential Skills/Experience:

• Bachelor's degree (ideally in a science or math-based field).

• Qualitative and quantitative market research experience.

• Commercial brand strategy understanding

• Oncology experience with direct experiences in one or more following tumor areas: Prostate, Ovarian, and Endometrial

Desirable Skills/Experience:

• A background in pharmaceutical investment banking analysis

Date Posted

02-Feb-2026

Closing Date

09-Feb-2026

Our mission is to build an inclusive and equitable environment. We want people to feel they belong at AstraZeneca and Alexion, starting with our recruitment process. We welcome and consider applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of characteristics. We offer reasonable adjustments/accommodations to help all candidates to perform at their best. If you have a need for any adjustments/accommodations, please complete the section in the application form.