Associate Director, Translational Strategy & Operations

AstraZeneca; Gaithersburg (MD); On-site; USD 159,000 - 239,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan

Health benefits

Job summary

AstraZeneca is seeking an Associate Director for Research Strategy and Operations in Hematology R&D in the Gaithersburg area. You will connect strategy, data, and execution across Translational Medicine Leads, data scientists, and project teams to drive biomarker studies and translational science programs.

You will lead cross-functional collaboration, manage external partnerships, and deliver robust biomarker analyses and dashboards to support hematology projects.

Qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Outstanding ability to work independently and with a team, including problem solving, brainstorming, integrating data and helping other team members.
• Experience in highly matrixed structures in the pharmaceutical industry, diagnostics industry, or similar industries.
• Excellent organizational and documentation skills.
• Excellent data presentation skills.
• Familiarity with genomic and molecular data and the systems used to manage and present it.

Responsibilities

• Serves as a scientific integrator across Translational Medicine Leads, data scientists, translational research scientists, project teams, and internal and external stakeholders, connecting scientific objectives, data-generation plans, analytical approaches, and operational execution.
• Applies deep scientific knowledge of multi-omic and phenotypic markers to support translational efforts and biomarker strategies such as tissue profiling, liquid biopsy, and MRD on an indication basis.
• Drives evaluation of external partners, conducting scientific and technical due diligence to inform partnership decisions, including MRD strategy.
• Leads internal and external meetings to drive translational deliverables, identify needs and risks, and develop risk mitigation strategies.
• Presents and maintains relevant dashboards and associated data, leads coordination of science, and reports progress and projections across data science and the translational research portfolio.
• Coordinates compliance for samples and associated data moving into and out of internal and external laboratories, partnering with compliance, legal, quality, data science, and biosafety.
• Successfully navigates objectives within matrixed teams of non‑direct reports and influences without direct authority.
• Other responsibilities as needed.

Skills

Interpersonal communication

Independent work

Matrixed organization experience

Data presentation

Education

Master’s degree + 6+ years experience

Ph.D. + 2+ years experience

Job description

AstraZeneca is seeking an Associate Director for Research Strategy and Operations in Hematology R&D in the Gaithersburg area. You will connect strategy, data, and execution across Translational Medicine Leads, data scientists, and project teams to drive biomarker studies and translational science programs.

You will lead cross-functional collaboration, manage external partnerships, and deliver robust biomarker analyses and dashboards to support hematology projects.