Associate Director, Data, Analytics & AI Lead

Join us at AstraZeneca as an Associate Director, Data, Analytics & AI Lead in our Enabling Units IT group. This role focuses on Assurance Insight and Global Payment Transparency. You will have the opportunity to use your expertise in data, analytics, and AI to drive the development and deployment of innovative solutions that enhance our capabilities in these critical business areas.

In this role, you will build strong strategic relationships with sophisticated customer groups and senior partners, developing a deep understanding of the short-term and long-term business direction. You will assess and prioritize requirements in line with IT strategy, develop and maintain the customer account plan, manage a portfolio of investments, lead high-level investigations on requirements specifications and feasibility studies, and lead business impact assessments. You will also proactively see opportunities for IT to deliver innovative technology solutions to provide competitive advantage. You will work multi-functionally with:

• Business and IT leadership teams and other senior partners to build their understanding of IT strategy, programs and challenges

• IT Strategy, Architecture, Portfolio Management and Project/Program Management to agree the future shape of proposed solutions and initiate projects in partnership

• Other customer area Business Relationship Managers to create alignment and identify cross-business innovative opportunities

• Business analysts to manage requirements and build business cases

• Portfolio Managers and solution delivery leads to initiate projects, clearly define scope and monitor the delivery of project value compared to the promised benefits

• Customer Service function to ensure the IT services plans are established for the customer group and are operating effectively

Required Skills/Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree

• 7+ years of meaningful experience

• Experience in Cloud technologies like AWS (EC2, S3, EMR, IAM, ECS, RDS, Redshift, Machine Learning/Sagemaker), Snowflake

• Expertise in handling large scale Data Warehouse, Snowflake, Star Schemas

• Expertise in ETL Tools (Talend, FriveTran, DBT) and Databases (Redshift, Oracle, SQL Server)

• Experience in and knowledge of bio-pharma industry – Compliance/Regulatory/Transparency Reporting

• Evidence of leading and developing innovative solutions

• A proven track record of delivering results

• Experience of building high value business cases & mobilizing high value investments

• Experience of leading teams with a demonstrable track record of motivational, results oriented leadership

• Experience leading third party supplier relationships with strong networking and consulting skills

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• High level awareness of developments in the Information Technology marketplace

• Demonstrated relationship building skills with the ability to influence others to achieve objectives

• Proficiency in planning, change management and problem solving with the ability to resolve highly complex and strategic issues

• Demonstrable ability to relate and respond to business needs in an IT environment

• Ability to lead negotiations, expectations and solutions across complex groups

Desired:

• Involvement in pharma thought leadership networks and organizations

• Agile development methodologies

• Ability to work well in and across diverse global teams

• Ability to partner and work in a matrix organization

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.

At AstraZeneca, we are leading a transformation by fusing our digital and data capabilities with backing from the business. We apply our skills for good, positively impacting patients across the world. We accelerate the business forward by bringing to bear our leading technologies and exploring data to make improved decisions. We're always applying the newest technologies and ways of working. It all helps the business get to better scientific outcomes, quicker.

AstraZeneca 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.