Associate Director, AI-Driven Digital Diagnostics

AstraZeneca; Dublin; On-site; EUR 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

AstraZeneca in Dublin, Ireland, seeks an Associate Director to lead Digital Diagnostics & AI, combining AI, diagnostic science, and patient-centric care to advance precision medicine. You will guide a team of data scientists and engineers, shaping AI-driven diagnostics in collaboration with AZ partners and external collaborators.

Lead end-to-end AI lifecycle, from data acquisition and labeling to deployment, monitoring, and retraining, while communicating complex concepts to diverse audiences

Qualifications

• Advanced degree (M.S./Ph.D.) in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Data Science, or a related field.
• 3–5 years proven industry experience delivering data science and ML/AI solutions in production at scale.
• Proficiency in statistics, machine learning, deep learning, with multi-modal data in a variety of applications.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Leadership experience to motivate a team of data scientists to success.
• Experience in AI healthcare: digital pathology, medical imaging, genomics, or diagnostics.

Responsibilities

• Develop the next generation of AI-driven digital diagnostic technologies to support AstraZeneca’s 2030 ambition and increase access to our medicines.
• Optimize the quality and depth of insight from clinical biomarker data, supporting faster data-driven decisions and empowering future strategy and planning for AZ’s assets.
• Unlock the full potential of both internal and real‑world biomarker data sources by developing or leveraging existing tools and analytics for deep exploration.

Skills

Analytical skills

Critical thinking

Project management

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Education

Advanced degree in CS/Statistics/Data Science

Tools

Git

Python

PyTorch

Docker

MLFlow

Sagemaker

CI/CD/MLOps

AWS / GCP / Azure

Job description

AstraZeneca in Dublin, Ireland, seeks an Associate Director to lead Digital Diagnostics & AI, combining AI, diagnostic science, and patient-centric care to advance precision medicine. You will guide a team of data scientists and engineers, shaping AI-driven diagnostics in collaboration with AZ partners and external collaborators.

Lead end-to-end AI lifecycle, from data acquisition and labeling to deployment, monitoring, and retraining, while communicating complex concepts to diverse audiences