Director, Therapeutic Area Portfolio Analytics

At AstraZeneca, we put patients first and strive to meet their unmet needs worldwide. Working here means being entrepreneurial, thinking big, and working together to make the impossible a reality. If you are swift to action, confident to lead, willing to collaborate, and curious about what science can do, then you’re our kind of person.

Our Portfolio Analytics and Reporting team, Global Portfolio and Project Management (GPPM), is responsible for developing analyses to uncover opportunities and support R&D portfolio decisions across Therapeutic Areas and the Enterprise.

Accountabilities

We are seeking a curious and dynamic individual to join our team. You will be accountable for portfolio analytics with a particular focus on the CVRM Therapy Area.

This position will support the delivery of analytics, reports, and support for the pipeline strategy. These results will help support achievement of our business objectives and support planning and decision-making by both project teams and TA Leadership Teams.

You will apply your analytical skills, critical thinking, and the ability to communicate complex ideas in a simple way. You will independently drive for results and bring ideas to action, track key metrics, and find solutions to ‘hidden’ problems.

In this role your responsibilities will include:
- Strategic thinking: Working on various projects that require thorough analysis and finding clear ways to communicate the findings.
- Problem solving: Using structure and methodology to solve complex problems or questions.
- Create reports with compelling visualizations that will support decision making for senior stakeholders, including SET, Biopharma LT, and TA leadership teams.
- Data sets: Building and maintaining datasets or models for analysis of portfolio, ensuring data quality.
- Collaboration: Working with Analytics team, GPPM Leadership team, and Therapeutic Area Leadership teams to support business decisions as well as cross-functionally.
- Improving processes across the Analytics team: Feedback best practices across the group and work to support improvement of our systems.
- Ensuring all reporting and analysis adheres to high quality and consistency standards.

Essential Skills/Experience
- Education: Master’s degree in Biological Sciences or Chemistry, Pharmaceutical sciences, Finance, or Economics
- Experience: Minimum of 5 years of experience in portfolio management, financial analysis, or a similar role within the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry
- Technical Skills: Proficiency in data analysis tools and software (e.g., Excel, Tableau, PowerBI) and experience with data visualization and business intelligence
- Strategic Thinking: Strong strategic and analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex data sets and translate them into actionable business insights
- Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to create concise and compelling presentations to influence senior management and other stakeholders

Desirable Skills/Experience
- Education: PhD in Biological Sciences or Chemistry, or MD
- Experience: Minimum of 2 years in top Strategy Consulting companies for the Pharmaceutical industry

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.

AstraZeneca offers meaningful work that makes a bigger impact. Join at an exciting time of growth through innovation for AstraZeneca. Shape this journey by reimagining the way we work; at every turn we're innovating and taking intelligent risks. We do this to steer the enterprise, powering every function to run faster, more efficiently, and achieve more. Every single person plays a part in our story. Speak up, take the initiative, and make it yours. As key contributors to our evolution, we're comfortable stepping up whether it's guiding our tech and digital journey or harnessing disruptive technologies.

If you want to make a change, this is the place to do it. Apply now!

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 authorisation and employment eligibility verification requirements.