Senior AI Impact & Translational Innovation Strategist

ASTRAZENECA UK LIMITED; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

AstraZeneca UK Limited is seeking a Senior AI Impact & Applied Innovation Specialist to translate frontier AI into practical oncology R&D insights. You will lead cross-department projects, map high-value AI questions, and guide evaluation frameworks to ensure responsible deployment in drug discovery and development.

Lead scientific translation from frontier AI to actionable decision-making, coordinating expertise across AI science, oncology R&D, and Biopharma.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in quantitative biology or computational discipline is required.
• Experience applying AI/ML to clinical, genomic, transcriptomic, or biomedical data in drug development.
• Strong scientific literacy across oncology drug development pipeline.
• Ability to frame rigorous scientific questions and translate to tractable AI problems.
• Experience evaluating AI model quality in clinical contexts.
• Track record of working across multidisciplinary teams and communicating to senior audiences.

Responsibilities

• Maintain an interactive framework of AZ AI capabilities and frontier models.
• Identify high-priority scientific questions where frontier AI adds value.
• Design evaluation approaches for generative and agentic systems and run red-teaming.
• Translate hypotheses into time-bound projects with clear success criteria.
• Communicate AI science priorities and recommendations to senior stakeholders.

Job description

AstraZeneca UK Limited is seeking a Senior AI Impact & Applied Innovation Specialist to translate frontier AI into practical oncology R&D insights. You will lead cross-department projects, map high-value AI questions, and guide evaluation frameworks to ensure responsible deployment in drug discovery and development.

Lead scientific translation from frontier AI to actionable decision-making, coordinating expertise across AI science, oncology R&D, and Biopharma.