Senior Director, Global Analytics & Insights, Cell Therapy

About the role

Within the AstraZeneca Cell Therapy Enterprise, the Global Analytics & Insights mission is to improve the quality of decisions for assets and disease areas by providing high‑quality market, customer, and competitor analytics. The Senior Director, Global Analytics & Insights, Cell Therapy reports to the Global Commercial Head, Cell Therapy, and leads a program of insights and analysis for the Cell Therapy Enterprise, supporting priority assets from clinical development through commercialization across prioritized disease areas. The role also provides deep insights and strategic direction for enterprise‑level initiatives and key commercial decisions.

Responsibilities

• Act as the Global Analytics & Insights point of contact for the Cell Therapy Enterprise, partnering with cross‑functional leaders and priority markets to shape portfolio strategy, asset development plans, and long‑range business planning.
• Build personal and institutional knowledge of key disease areas, including HCP and patient insights, market dynamics, competitive landscape, and implications for the AstraZeneca portfolio.
• Lead strategic projects across the cell therapy portfolio in partnership with Cell Therapy Enterprise leadership and cross‑functional teams.
• Serve as a cell therapy insights expert, building capabilities, evidence, and market understanding needed to support clinical development plans, asset prioritization, indication strategy, and future commercialization.
• Develop deep therapy‑area knowledge bridging from clinical development through commercialization; uncover strategic understanding of patients, markets, collaborators, competitors, and brands to drive competitive advantage.
• Partner strategically with Global Commercial, R&D, Medical, Regulatory, Market Access, and Operations teams, bringing objective insights to key asset and portfolio decisions.
• Provide an independent view in decision‑making bodies with an external perspective and future‑oriented focus.
• Integrate insights from clinical, market, customer, competitor, access, and treatment‑delivery sources to inform target product profiles, development choices, indication sequencing, portfolio prioritization, and opportunity‑focused forecasts.
• Develop quantitative analyses and business cases that reflect cell‑therapy‑specific considerations, including eligible patient identification, referral pathways, treatment‑center readiness, manufacturing capacity, vein‑to‑vein time, access, and scalability.
• Manage relationships and budgets with external market research, forecasting, and data/analytics vendors and partners.
• Explore advanced analytics and predictive modeling suited to the unique delivery model of cell therapy.

Essential Skills/Experience

• Advanced degree in a Science or Mathematics discipline and/or MBA.
• Minimum 6 years of analytical and market research experience in the pharmaceutical/consulting industry.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Experience with senior executive engagement and communication.
• Experience in a similar strategy role within the pharmaceutical industry or life‑science consulting.
• Ability to use data and analysis to affect, influence, or change the understanding of a market or customer.

Desirable Skills/Experience

• Cell therapy, advanced therapies, or oncology development experience (strongly preferred).
• 4 + years of experience in a consulting, advisory, or investment firm working within the pharmaceutical industry.
• Experience supporting early‑stage or pre‑launch assets, including indication prioritization, target product profile development, forecasting under uncertainty, and commercialization readiness.
• Experience working in a global team.

Pay

Annual base pay ranges from $218,330 to $327,494. Base pay may vary depending on market location, job‑related knowledge, skills, and experience. The position also includes a short‑term incentive bonus opportunity, eligibility for an equity‑based long‑term incentive program (for salaried roles), retirement contributions (for hourly roles), and commission eligibility where applicable.

Benefits

• Qualified retirement program (401(k) plan)
• Paid vacation and holidays
• Paid leaves
• Health benefits including medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage

Posted 22‑Sept‑2026; closing 15‑Oct‑2026.