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
The Associate Director, Data Products will play a critical role in accelerating the transition from legacy data and reporting capabilities to the organisation's strategic data platform. The role will focus on translating business priorities into scalable data products, enabling delivery of the Data Platform and Data transformation roadmap, and ensuring continuity of business-critical services during the transition.
Working across business, technology, analytics, and project teams, the role will balance transformation delivery with operational stability, helping establish trusted, reusable, and adoption-ready data products that support reporting, analytics, AI, and future digital capabilities.
Key Responsibilities
1. Data Platform Transition
Enable the delivery of data products and platform capabilities that support the transition from legacy solutions to the strategic data platform.
Support the Data Platform owner to facilitate the prioritisation and execution of transformation initiatives aligned to Xcelerate and broader business objectives.
Identify and manage dependencies, risks, and trade-offs across legacy and future-state solutions.
Support adoption of new capabilities while ensuring continuity of critical business services.
2. Data Product Delegate Owner
Define and manage data product roadmaps, priorities, and delivery plans.
Translate business requirements into clear product outcomes and implementation priorities.
Through robust testing, documentation, and governance, ensure data products deliver measurable business value and support future scalability.
Balance immediate business needs with long-term platform strategy.
3. Business Partnership and Demand Management
Interface between business stakeholders and delivery teams.
Shape demand into use cases for prioritisation and product requirements.
Facilitate decision-making by clearly communicating impacts, dependencies, and delivery options.
Partner with functional, portfolio, and analytics teams to align product investments with business outcomes.
4. Platform, Data and Technical Alignment
Collaborate with engineering and architecture teams to deliver scalable, trusted, and reusable data product solutions.
Support platform modernisation, migration, integration, and data transformation activities.
Enable emerging capabilities including advanced analytics, AI, unstructured data, and data marketplace services.
Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture, governance, and data management standards.
5. Operational Excellence and Adoption
Ensure reliable operation of data products and supporting services.
Drive continuous improvement, simplification, and service optimisation.
Promote strong data product governance, data quality, and stewardship practices.
Lead stakeholder engagement, change management, and adoption activities to maximise business value.
6. Leadership and Influence
Influence cross-functional teams across business, technology, analytics, and external partners.
Build strong stakeholder relationships and foster alignment around transformation goals.
Support vendor, budget, and delivery governance activities where required.
Champion a culture of innovation, accountability, and data-driven decision-making.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as Data Science, Computer Science, Information Management, Engineering, Business, or a related discipline.
Significant experience in data product management, product ownership, digital product leadership, data management, or related roles.
Proven ability to define strategy and/or deliver data or digital products that create measurable business value.
Strong experience working in cross-functional, agile, and fast-paced environments.
Demonstrated capability to translate business priorities into clear product requirements, roadmaps, and delivery plans.
Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills within complex, matrixed organisations.
Solid understanding of data engineering and data management concepts, including ETL/ELT, data modelling, data platforms, integration, governance, metadata, and business intelligence.
Experience balancing business needs, technical feasibility, operational stability, and value delivery when making prioritisation decisions.
Strong communication skills with the ability to simplify complexity, align stakeholders, and drive execution.
Experience leading cross-functional teams, directly or through influence.
Experience applying FAIR data principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) to enterprise data product design and delivery
Desired Skills
Advanced degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field.
2+ years of experience with ontology standards for defining a domain.
Experience in pharmaceutical, R&D, or Project and Portfolio Management environments.
Familiarity with modern cloud data platforms and tooling such as Azure, AWS, GCP, Databricks, or Snowflake.
Experience with data catalogue, metadata management, and lineage tools such as Collibra.
Experience supporting or enabling AI/ML and advanced analytics use cases.
Experience with Power BI or similar enterprise reporting and self-service analytics tools.
Vendor management, commercial oversight, and budget management experience.
Relevant certifications in product management, data management, agile delivery, or cloud technologies.
Date Posted
25-ago-2026Closing Date
09-sept-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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