Associate Director, Oncology Clinical Intelligence & Applied Analytics

Biopharma Careers; Waltham (MA); On-site; USD 145,000 - 217,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Betriebliche Altersvorsorge

Paid time off

Health, dental, and vision coverage

Job summary

AstraZeneca in Cambridge/Kendall Square seeks a technical specialist for clinical intelligence and real-world evidence to translate complex data into decision-ready insights for Phase 3 investments and trial design. You will lead multimodal models across clinical, genomic, imaging, and real-world data, collaborate with Global Product Teams, and ensure analyses meet regulatory and HTA expectations.

The role emphasizes in-person collaboration with a minimum of three days in the office, with

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in quantitative discipline (PhD or equivalent).
• 5+ years in evidence strategy and real-world evidence or analytics.
• Strong methodological foundation in causal inference and observational design.
• Hands-on ML and multimodal modeling experience.
• Experience building external control arms or trial simulators.
• Understanding of regulatory and HTA evidence standards.
• Proficiency in Python, R, and SQL; cloud familiarity.

Responsibilities

• Prioritize evidence gaps across product lifecycle with Hematology stakeholders.
• Apply ML and causal inference to answer questions on stratification, external controls, and prognostic risk.
• Develop and validate multimodal patient models for trials and routine care.
• Turn data into decision-ready insights on standard of care, patient pathways, and benchmarks.
• Collaborate with platform teams to enable new tools and Hematology-specific intelligence.
• Coordinate with Translational Science and Clinical Development to integrate signals like digital endpoints and biomarkers.

Skills

Causal inference

Machine learning

Multimodal modeling

Python

R

SQL

Regulatory knowledge

External control arms

Prognostic modeling

Education

PhD or equivalent in quantitative field

Tools

Cloud platforms (AWS/GCP)

Job description

Are you ready to turn complex clinical and real- world data into evidence that shapes pivotal decisions in Oncology? Do you want your analytics to directly influence Phase 3 investments, trial design, and patient access?

In this role, you will operate where evidence generation meets hands-on analytics, partnering with stakeholders to pinpoint the highest-value evidence gaps and leading the delivery that closes them. You will move seamlessly from portfolio-level prioritization with Global Product Teams to building rigorous multimodal patient models or external control arm analyses that inform development and access.

Hematology is growing rapidly. As the technical specialist for clinical intelligence and real-world evidence, you will translate complex data into decision-ready insights, build persistent intelligence that compounds across use cases, and help steer how the portfolio advances for patients.

Accountabilities:

• Evidence Gap Prioritization: Partner with Hematology stakeholders and Global Product Teams to identify and prioritize evidence needs across the product lifecycle, including Phase 3 investment decisions, subpopulation discovery, and trial design.
• AI and Causal Inference Analytics: Apply machine learning and causal inference to deliver robust answers on patient stratification, external control arm construction, prognostic risk adjustment, and treatment effect heterogeneity, ensuring analyses meet regulatory and HTA expectations.
• Multimodal Patient Models: Deliver and validate patient-level models that integrate clinical, genomic, imaging, and real-world data for deployment in clinical trials or routine care, with emphasis on reproducibility and rigorous validation.
• Decision-Ready Insights: Turn internal and competitor trial data, alongside real-world data, into clear insight on standard of care, patient pathways, benchmarking, and unmet need to sharpen development and access strategies.
• Platform Enablement: Work with platform and tooling teams to bring new tools, agents, and experimental approaches into evidence generation, and build Hematology-specific intelligence that persists within the Phase 3 Investment Decision Intelligence Foundation.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Connect strategic evidence needs with technical delivery, aligning outputs to development, regulatory, and access milestones; collaborate with Translational Science and Clinical Development to incorporate novel signals such as digital endpoints, pathology AI, and biomarker panels.

Essential Skills/Experience:

• Advanced degree (PhD or equivalent) in a quantitative discipline - epidemiology, biostatistics, computational biology, machine learning, health data science, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience spanning both evidence strategy and real-world evidence and/or advanced analytics and data science.
• Strong methodological foundation in causal inference and observational study design, including propensity score methods, instrumental variables, target trial emulation, and comparative effectiveness research.
• Hands-on experience with machine learning and multimodal modeling, including supervised and unsupervised methods, deep learning for imaging or molecular data, and integration of heterogeneous data types into patient-level models.
• Experience building or contributing to external control arms, trial simulators, or prognostic models using real-world and/or clinical trial data.
• Understanding of regulatory and health technology assessment (HTA) evidence standards, with the ability to design analyses that meet the evidentiary bar for submissions and payer engagement.
• Proficiency in Python, R, and SQL, and familiarity with cloud-based analytics environments.

Desirable Skills/Experience:

• Domain expertise in hematology or oncology and familiarity with disease-specific endpoints, pathways, and standards of care.
• Track record of influencing cross-functional strategy with evidence, engaging product and clinical leaders to drive decisions.
• Experience deploying analytics into clinical trial operations, submissions, or payer engagements.
• Publications, conference presentations, or open-source contributions in causal inference, multimodal modeling, or real-world evidence.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms and MLOps practices to scale models and pipelines.
• Experience integrating digital endpoints, pathology AI, or biomarker panels into evidence strategies.
• Ability to design reusable data and model assets that generalize across indications and studies.

When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That's why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we're not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.

Why AstraZeneca:

Here, specialists sit close to decision-making and see their work move quickly from idea to impact. You will collaborate with diverse, down-to-earth experts who bring different perspectives to the same table, using cutting-edge analytics to shape how medicines reach patients. We blend rigor with creativity, pairing ambitious goals with the support and kindness needed to achieve them. You will grow in an environment that invests in your development, values curiosity, and gives you the autonomy to build solutions that scale across the enterprise while staying focused on what matters most, better outcomes for patients.

As AstraZeneca continues to put patients at the forefront of our mission, we are excited for our move to Kendall Square/Cambridge in 2026. Find out more information here: Kendall Square Press Release

The annual base pay (or hourly rate of compensation) for this position ranges from $144,648 to $216,973. Our positions offer eligibility for various incentives, an opportunity to receive short-term incentive bonuses, equity-based awards for salaried roles and commissions for sales roles. Benefits offered include qualified retirement programs, paid time off (i.e., vacation, holiday, and leaves), as well as health, dental, and vision coverage in accordance with the terms of the applicable plans.

• qualified retirement programs
• paid time off (i.e., vacation, holiday, and leaves)
• health, dental, and vision coverage in accordance with the terms of the applicable plans

Date Posted

11-Sep-2026

Closing Date

24-Sep-2026

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