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
Are you ready to leverage AI and bioinformatics to accelerate drug discovery and development at AstraZeneca? Do you want to work directly with scientists to implement cutting-edge AI solutions—from traditional machine learning and deep learning to Large Language Models, Foundation Models, and Agentic AI workflows—that drive real impact across the drug development pipeline?
You will join a dynamic Predictive AI and Data team that partners with experts across both pre-clinical and clinical stages. Your work will focus on translating complex scientific data into actionable insights, demonstrating value by accelerating existing research processes, and helping build robust AI solutions in production alongside other data science and software engineering teams. This is a forward-deployed role, giving you the opportunity to work hands-on with end users, configure AI tools to meet their needs, and see your solutions move from concept to real-world application.
Accountabilities
- Collaborate with scientists from across the company to understand their challenges and work with them to build the platform that underpins their research.
- Build AIprototype solutions todemonstratevalue in accelerating routine scientific processes.
-CalculateROIandimpactfor AI projects obtaining necessary information and assumptions from stakeholders and future users
-Apply a range of data science methodologies, developing novel data science solutions where off-the-shelf methodologies do not fit
-Build and manage effective relationships with stakeholders to ensureutilizationand value of information resources and services. Clearly and objectively communicate results, as well as their associated uncertainties and limitations to shape solutions
- Champion a “production first attitude” to ensure the necessary infrastructure and platforms are available to scale exploratory research to production.
-Provide training and advice to collaborators onoptimaluse of key data, analysisplatformsand theappropriate useof data science.
- Be a part of a hard-working team, continuously improving AstraZeneca’s Machine Learning development environments, platforms, and tooling.
- Work closely and collaboratively with internal governance and compliance functions such asCyber Security and Data Privacy to securethe computing environmentwithout obstructing end-user productivity.
Essential Skills/Experience
-Bachelor’sdegree, orMaster’s (or equivalent years of experience) in mathematics, computer science, engineering, physics, statistics, computationalsciencesor a related field.
- Advanced skills in programming languages such as Python, and experience with AI libraries and frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow,PyTorch).
- Proven experience in AI and machine learning, in areas such as deep learning, natural language processing, computer vision, and reinforcement learning.
- Experience in prompt engineering, implementing Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), and LLM fine-tuning
-Demonstratedexperience in implementing generative AI workflows (large language models, other foundationmodelsor agentic frameworks) to automate existing process or enable new ones, ideally in the Pharma and/or Healthcare space
- Experience designing agentic AI workflows and an ability to plan strategically for the AI needs in a large organisation
- Strong knowledge of software developmentand machine learning deploymentprinciples
- Demonstratable experience working with AWS or a similar cloud environment
- Experience working with Kubernetes and/or container-based application deployments.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to convey complex AI concepts to non-technical partners.
- Strong leadership and project management skills, witha track recordof leading successful AI projects
- Knowledge of AI ethics and responsible AI practices
Desirable Skills/Experience
- Experience in life sciences,healthcare, or pharmaceutical industry.
- Experience in a complex global organization.
- Experience using DevOpsandMLOpsto enable automation strategies
- Experience with LLM frameworks (LangChain,AutoGen,LlamaIndex)
- Experience working in an Agile team with knowledge or experience of working in product or platform-focused delivery
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, science leads and data amplifies it. You will work with curious, courageous teams who bring together diverse expertise from industry, academia and biotechs to tackle complex diseases with speed and rigor. We combine cutting-edge AI with deep biological insight, empower people to think differently, and back bold ideas with the tools and platforms to scale them. It is an environment where unexpected teams in the same room unleash bold thinking, where lifelong learning is real, and where your models can move from exploration to publication to patient impact.
If you are ready to build production-grade AI that turns transcriptomics into insights for therapies, take the next step today and help shape what science can do.
Date Posted
22-dic-2025Closing Date
25-ene-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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