Why choose AstraZeneca Spain?
AstraZeneca Spain is a rising force in our global business. With headquarters in Madrid and our global hub in Barcelona, we’ve become an important international centre of excellence in the fight against critical disease. Boasting vibrant universities and business schools, the Barcelona ecosystem is a place where scientists can thrive. We attract a diverse workforce from across the globe, shining a beacon for innovation in a country that’s committed to clinical development.
We invite you to bring your talents to Barcelona where our respiratory medicine R&D and Global Marketing centre offers opportunities in R&D, IT, Commercial and HR. Or join us in Madrid and shape our growth in our BUs (Respiratory, Oncology & CVRM ), and a range of Corporate functions. Additionally, you can find sales roles throughout the country. Together, we’re contributing to a world-leading pipeline of therapeutics and delivering life-changing medicines to patients.
Who do we look for?
Calling all tech innovators, ownership takers, challenge seekers and proactive collaborators. At AstraZeneca Spain, breakthroughs born in the lab become transformative medicine for the world's most complex diseases. Alongside technical expertise, colleagues have the resilience, energy and collaborative mindset to change lanes, work with different teams and start projects from scratch.
Here, diverse minds and bold disruptors can meaningfully impact the future of healthcare using cutting-edge technology. Whether you join us in Madrid or Barcelona, you can make a tangible impact within a global biopharmaceutical company that invests in your future. Join a talented global team that's powering AstraZeneca to better serve patients every day.
Success Profile
Ready to make an impact in your career? If you're passionate, growth-orientated and a true team player, we'll help you succeed. Here are some of the skills and capabilities we look for.
Diverse collaborators
This is a speak-up culture that values collaboration. You’ll proactively bring your unique perspectives, experiences and skills to the table and seek the same from others. With our international team composition and the need for fast-paced collaboration, you’ll always be building new connections with colleagues.
Cutting-edge innovators
When you join us, you’ll be part of a team that embraces digital technology and data to transform the way we work and the work we do. Every day, you’ll help make history, empowered to ignite your creativity and build something enduring.
Resilient trailblazers
Here, the answers aren’t always available. So, you’ll need to bring a fearless, self-starter mindset to navigate uncharted territories. You’ll harness your ceaseless energy to discover and make the necessary connections with colleagues to shape the future and achieve maximum impact.
Agile movers
Seize ownership and excel with autonomy to enjoy the constant rush of ground-breaking discovery. Your ability to anticipate sudden shifts and adapt swiftly will prove critical as you make your mark in an environment that rewards initiative and resilience.
Responsibilities
Location: Barcelona - Spain (3 days working from the office and 2 days working from home)
Introduction to the role
The Operational Data Strategy team arelooking foranexceptionalcandidatetosupport agrowingportfolio of dataassets.Reporting to the Director, Data Products, the Associate Director,DataProducts will set the visionand drive the execution ofa suite ofdataproductsthat will be utilised across R&D. The role translates business problems into compelling product capabilities, orchestrates multidisciplinary delivery teams, and ensures every release delivers measurable valueto the business.
The successful candidatewill ownend-to-end product lifecycle management for assigned data products. They shape product strategy in partnership withR&DITand functional stakeholders; create andmaintainoutcome-driven roadmaps; manage product backlogs and technical debt; govern data quality, privacy, and FAIR principles; and champion user adoption and continuous iteration. Acting as the single point of accountability, they balance short-term deliverables with long-term platform scalability while navigating a regulated, global environment.
Typical Accountabilities
Engage business leaders to surface high-value use-cases fordata productsunder your remit; convert those needs into clear product charters, north-star metrics, and release plans.
Partner with architecture and engineering leads to design solution blueprints that blend structured data assets, unstructured document repositories, and advanced AI servicesand related tooling
Drive agile ceremonies, backlog prioritisation, and sprint planning, ensuring every user story is testable, regulatory compliant, and traceable to business value.
Protect and enhance data quality by embedding robust stewardship practices and metadata management across structured clinical data and document-derived entities.
Define product KPIs (e.g., query success rate, time-to-insight, document-extraction precision) and manage benefit realisation against agreed targets.
Lead change-management, communication, and training efforts so that clinicians, trial managers, and data scientists rapidly adopt newfeatures and workflows.
Identifyand mitigate risks spanning technical feasibility, ethics, regulatory constraints (ICH E6(R3), GDPR), and model-governance requirements.
Education, Qualifications,Skillsand Experience
Essential
Candidates mustdemonstrateproven success guiding data-heavy products from concept to value realisation, ideally within life-sciences R&D
Fluent in product-management principles, agile and DevOps ways-of-working; skilled atgathering and documenting technical requirements, data mapping, user stories, and process flows.
Strong technical backgroundand familiaritywithfoundational data-engineering topics such as data modelling, data lakes, and APIs.
Ability to explaintransformer models, vector search, prompt engineering, and retrieval-augmented generation at a level sufficient to align with architects and data scientists.
A bachelor’s degree in a scientific, technical, or quantitative discipline isrequired.
Proficiencyin English (spoken and written).
Knowledgeof SQL, data querying, and data manipulation.
Desirable
Familiarity with enterprise data platforms (Starburst, Snowflake).
Familiarity with data visualization tools such as Tableau, Power BI, or similar.
Understanding of operational data management principles and methodologies.
Knowledge of data governance, data quality management, and regulatory requirements for healthcare data.
Experience with clinical-trial systems (e.g., CTMS, eTMF, CDMS), knowledge of Snowflake ecosystem services (Cortex AI,Snowpipe,Streamlitin Snowflake), anda track recordof delivering analytics products will beadvantageous.
A master’s or PhD,GxPfamiliarity, andagile certifications (e.g.SAFe)are desirable differentiators.
Date Posted
23-mar-2026Closing Date
09-abr-2026AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.
Reasons to Join
Thomas Mathisen
There are many things I enjoy when working at AstraZeneca, mainly the Speak up culture, the great colleagues that are in my teams, the great products that AstraZeneca provides to our patients and the challenging conversations I have around our medicines.
Christine Recchio
Working at AstraZeneca has impacted my life in such a positive way. I now have an improved work-life balance through creating my own schedule and time management, I feel a balance that I didn’t have before.
Stephanie Ling
There are a lot of reasons why I enjoy working in AstraZeneca, my colleagues being one of them. My team members and the managers have provided a great deal of guidance in helping me to be more confident in my daily work.
What we offer
We're driven by our shared values of serving people, society and the planet. Our people make this possible, which is why we prioritise diversity, inclusivity, balance and sustainability. Discover what a career at AstraZeneca could mean for you.
An award-winning company
We're passionate about being a great place to work, and 84% of our employees would recommend us as an employer. We've been recognised as a Top Employer in Spain, an EFR Family Responsible Business, and we achieved third place in Forbes Spain's Top 50 Best Places to Work list.
Inclusive environment
Diversity and inclusion are embedded in everything we do, and our different views, experiences and strengths enrich our culture. There's no salary gap at AstraZeneca, and the number of female employees has increased by four per cent over the last three years. We've also made all positions fully accessible.
Work-life balance
Your wellbeing means a lot to us, and we're here to support you through all of life's ups and downs. That's why we offer an unpaid leave policy, annual leave, reduced-hours timetables and a host of benefits, including a retirement plan, long service award, and health and travel insurance.
Sustainability initiatives
We're committed to harnessing the power of science to become a more sustainable business. We've reduced our carbon footprint by over 9,000 kg of CO2 over the last two years, and we lead the European GoGreen Project, which aims to introduce environmentally friendly options in our fleet of corporate vehicles.
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