Technical Start-Up and Delivery Director - Evinova

AstraZeneca GmbH; Gaithersburg (MD); Remote; USD 142,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

AstraZeneca is seeking a Technical Start-Up and Delivery Director to join their new health tech business, Evinova. This pivotal role encompasses leadership in technical delivery, project management, and ensuring regulatory compliance for digital clinical trials. The ideal candidate will thrive in a dynamic, collaborative environment, leveraging their expertise to enhance patient experiences through innovative solutions.

Benefits

401(k) plan

Paid vacation and holidays

Health benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage

Qualifications

• 5+ years of proven leadership experience in technical delivery.
• Experience in SaaS product implementation, particularly in health tech.
• Strong track record in regulated environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead teams in translating complex clinical protocols into configurations.
• Ensure ongoing maintenance and technical support throughout study lifecycle.
• Drive regulatory compliance and validation processes for study configurations.

Skills

Leadership

Problem-Solving

Communication

Team Management

Stakeholder Management

Education

High School or GED

Bachelor's Degree in Software, IT or other technology disciplines

Tools

ContentStack

Git Hub

Jira

PowerBI

Job description

Job Title: Technical Start-Up and Delivery Director
Location: Field Based (US East Coast Preferred)

At AstraZeneca, we pride ourselves on crafting a collaborative culture that champions knowledge-sharing, ambitious thinking and innovation – ultimately providing employees with the opportunity to work across teams, functions and even the globe.

This is a remote position for candidates on the US East Coast as a first preference, but also open to candidates based in Europe. We're seeking an independent problem solver with a collaborative spirit, eager to engage with team members around the globe. Join us and be part of a dynamic environment that values curiosity and teamwork!

Are you ready to be part of the future of healthcare? Can you think big, be bold, and harness the power of digital and AI to tackle longstanding life sciences challenges? Then Evinova, a global health tech business might be for you!

Transform patients’ lives through technology, data, and innovative ways of working. You’re disruptive, decisive, and transformative. Someone excited to use technology to improve patients’ health. We’re building a new Health-tech business – Evinova, a fully-owned subsidiary of AstraZeneca Group.

Evinova delivers market-leading digital health solutions that are science-based, evidence-led, and human experience-driven. Thoughtful risks and quick decisions come together to accelerate innovation across the life sciences sector. Be part of a diverse team that pushes the boundaries of science by digitally empowering a deeper understanding of the patients we’re helping. Launch pioneering digital solutions that improve the patients’ experience and deliver better health outcomes. Together, we have the opportunity to combine deep scientific expertise with digital and artificial intelligence to serve the wider healthcare community and create new standards across the sector.

Introduction to Role:

This role is central to Evinova’s success. We are establishing the teams, processes, and capabilities needed to ensure seamless configuration, validation, and sustained support of our products across global clinical trials. Our goal is to deliver reliable, compliant, and high-quality technical solutions that bring study protocols to life through a consistent, patient-centric digital experience.

You will play a pivotal role in shaping how our product is brought to life for each study. Working in close partnership with Commercial, Delivery, Product, and Clinical teams, you will ensure our products are accurately configured, thoroughly tested, and continuously supported throughout the study lifecycle. Your leadership will drive operational excellence, regulatory compliance, and trusted delivery, differentiating Evinova through quality and service.

Accountabilities:

This is a high-impact role; the teams you lead directly impact patient experience and you can shape how Evinova delivers its digital clinical trial solutions to sponsors and studies.

• Study Implementation & Configuration: You’ll lead teams responsible for translating complex clinical protocols and sponsor requirements into platform configurations, ensuring timely and accurate deployment. You’ll establish scalable, repeatable processes that enable rapid study start-up while maintaining the highest standards of compliance and quality.
• Ongoing Maintenance & Technical Support: Beyond initial implementation, you’ll ensure each study continues to run smoothly throughout its lifecycle. This includes owning the processes for technical maintenance, issue resolution, and updates or reconfigurations. You’ll build frameworks to support long-term study success, reducing cost, downtime and enhancing user satisfaction across patients, sites, and sponsors.
• Team Leadership & Capability Building: You’ll build and lead high-performing technical delivery teams, fostering a culture of ownership, learning, and continuous improvement. You’ll set clear expectations, provide mentorship and direction, and create pathways for growth as the team scales with the business. You’ll also define best practices for delivery, configuration, and study validation across the team.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: You’ll work closely with Product, Engineering, Clinical, and Delivery teams to ensure study-specific configurations are feasible, efficient, and aligned with the platform’s technical capabilities. While you won’t own the core product roadmap, you’ll provide critical input based on real-world delivery experience and operational feedback.
• Regulatory Compliance & Validation: Operating in a GxP and SaMD-regulated environment, you’ll ensure that all study configurations, testing activities, and documentation meet relevant quality and regulatory standards. You’ll own validation processes for each study and help ensure audit readiness across the delivery organization.
• System Integration & Interoperability: You’ll oversee the integration of the digital clinical trial solution with external systems, including EDCs, EMRs, CTMS, and sponsor data platforms. You’ll guide teams through data mapping, interface design, and testing, ensuring seamless and secure data flows.
• Customer Engagement & Delivery Excellence: You’ll act as a trusted technical leader in sponsor interactions, helping define expectations, manage timelines, and address risks proactively. Your ability to communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders will be key to ensuring sponsor satisfaction and building long-term partnerships.

Essential Skills/Experience:

• High School or GED
• 5+ years of proven leadership experience in technical delivery, implementation, or solution engineering roles, ideally within the life sciences, clinical trials, or healthtech sectors.
• Proven experience leading technical teams responsible for implementing configurable SaaS products, ideally in digital health, eCOA, ePRO, EDC, or similar regulated systems.
• Strong track record of delivering complex client-facing technical solutions in a regulated (GxP, SaMD) environment.
• Experience working cross-functionally with product, engineering, clinical, and commercial teams to translate customer requirements into technical implementations.
• Familiarity with clinical trial processes and protocol interpretation as it relates to digital system delivery.
• Solid understanding of clinical research systems and data workflows (e.g., eCOA, EDC, EMR, CTMS, IRT).
• Strong knowledge of validation and testing processes in a regulated environment
• Proven ability to build, manage, and develop high-performing technical teams, including managers, engineers, and validation specialists.
• Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to present technical topics to non-technical audiences, including sponsors and executive stakeholders.
• Comfortable working in fast-paced, ambiguous, or start-up environments, with the ability to drive action and scalable solution-building.
• Understanding of Agile delivery methodologies in technical and regulated environments.
• Ability to travel up to 20%.

Desirable Skills/Experience:

• Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience in Software, IT, or other technology specializations

• Desirable system experience; ContentStack, Git Hub, Bitbucket, Jira, Jira Service management, Exostar, PowerBI

• Experience of system automation

• JSON

Where can I find out more?

• Learn more about Evinova www.evinova.com
• Our Social Media, Follow AstraZeneca on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/1603/
• Follow AstraZeneca on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/astrazenecacareers/
• Follow AstraZeneca on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/astrazeneca_careers/?hl=en
• Our US Footprint: Powering Scientific Innovation - YouTube

Why Evinova?

Evinova is a global health tech business, separate company part of the AstraZeneca group. Together, we can accelerate the delivery of life-changing medicines, improve the design and delivery of clinical trials for better patient experiences and outcomes, and think more holistically about patient care before, during, and after treatment. We know that regulators, healthcare professionals, and care teams at clinical trial sites do not want a fragmented approach. They do not want a future where every pharmaceutical company provides its own, different digital solutions. They want solutions that work across the sector, simplify their workload, and benefit patients broadly. By bringing our solutions to the wider life sciences community, we can help build more unified approaches to how we all develop and deploy digital technologies, better serving our teams, physicians, and ultimately patients. Evinova represents a unique opportunity to deliver meaningful outcomes with digital and AI to serve the wider healthcare community and create new standards for the sector. Join us on our journey of building a new kind of health tech business to reset expectations of what a bio-pharmaceutical company can be. This means we’re opening new ways to work, pioneering cutting-edge methods, and bringing unexpected teams together. Interested? Come and join our journey.

Total Rewards:
The annual base pay for this position ranges from $142,740.80 to $214,111.20.Hourly and salaried non-exempt employees will also be paid overtime pay when working qualifying overtime hours.Base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. In addition, our positions offer a short-term incentive bonus opportunity; eligibility to participate in our equity-based long-term incentive program (salaried roles),to receive a retirement contribution (hourly roles), and commission payment eligibility (sales roles). Benefits offered included a qualified retirement program [401(k) plan]; paid vacation and holidays; paid leaves; and, health benefits including medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans. Additional details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment. If hired, employee will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base pay(as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

AstraZenecais an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion and providing a workplace that is free from discrimination. AstraZeneca is committed to accommodating persons with disabilities. Such accommodation is available on request in respect of all aspects of the recruitment, assessment and selection process and may be requested by [e-mail].

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