Digital Science, Associate Director, Evinova
AstraZeneca

Digital Scientist, Associate Director, Evinova

Are you ready to lead and drive science-led, evidence-driven innovation opportunities? We are looking for a Digital Scientist to transform the experience of our customers including patients, care-participants, and clinical teams. This role is pivotal in identifying and bridging knowledge gaps, identifying digital tools for clinical decision support, and defining procedures for medical devices.

Accountabilities:

As a Digital Scientist, you will engage with collaborators to inform ground-breaking solutions, identify global experts and organizations, collaborate with multi-disciplinary partners to deliver strategies that use digital technology, foster an agile mindset, champion human centricity, and maintain knowledge of the digital healthcare landscape.

Essential Skills/Experience:

• Advanced degree with a strong quantitative and/or qualitative background (Master's or above in Public Health, Epidemiology, Pharmaceutical, Medical or related fields)
• Recognized as a subject matter authority with technical expertise with digital and patient-centered research methods
• More than 7 years of experience in the design, implementation, analyses, and value generation of quantitative and qualitative evidence in digital health
• Ability to lead and influence strategically and persuade thoughtfully
• Strong influencing and senior stakeholder management skills
• Ability to challenge the status quo, take ownership and holds self and others accountable
• Enthusiasm for finding innovative ways to apply research findings to complex, real-world contexts
• Highly efficient: able to navigate ambiguity and solve problems in a fast-paced environment; able to influence without authority
• Understanding of the regulatory landscape governing research with human subjects
• Excellent communication skills

Desirable Skills/Experience:

• Experience with RWD/RWE generation and data visualization technologies/tools
• Experience with clinical outcomes assessments to support evidence generation including development, validation, implementation or interpretation.
• Expertise in how and why people make decisions and applying this knowledge to guide teams in improving user's experience in clinical settings
• Experience with Human Factors testing, behavioral and/or social science projects to inform risk assessment and solution evaluation of digital solution including software as a medical device
• Experience with systems design; can interpret the moving pieces in a complex system and identify high-impact opportunities for intervention
• Experience in pharmaceutical industry with understanding of drug development process

About Evinova:

Are you ready to be part of the future of healthcare? Can you think big, be bold, and harness the power of digital and AI to tackle longstanding life sciences challenges? Then Evinova, a new healthtech business part of the AstraZeneca Group might be for you!

Transform billions of patients' lives through technology, data, and innovative ways of working. You're innovative, decisive, and transformative. Someone excited to use technology to improve patients' health. We're building a new Healthtech business - Evinova, a fully-owned subsidiary of AstraZeneca Group.

Evinova delivers market-leading digital health solutions that are science-based, evidence-led, and human experience-driven. Thoughtful risks and quick decisions come together to accelerate innovation across the life sciences sector. Be part of a diverse team that pushes the boundaries of science by digitally empowering a deeper understanding of the patients we're helping. Launch pioneering digital solutions that improve the patients' experience and deliver better health outcomes. Together, we have the opportunity to combine deep scientific expertise with digital and artificial intelligence to serve the wider healthcare community and create new standards across the sector.

Why AstraZeneca:

Join us on our journey to create the future of medicine. We are working towards our ambition to become a healthcare provider beyond medicines. We use technologies to better understand diseases, develop new medicines and support patients with all aspects of their disease. Be part of making the entire Research & Development cycle digitally-enabled: improving clinical trials and data collection, Digital therapeutics for rapid diagnostic, wearables, machine learning and visual analytics for informed decision-making, integrated data to improve patient outcomes, and insights to inform the next generation of products. Be empowered to act; here you can explore and disrupt whilst working on the cutting-edge. It takes a can-do, positive and resilient mindset, often overcoming setbacks as we evolve and innovate at the same time. If you thrive on adapting your skills and learning from failures, then this is the place for you.

Ready to take the next step in your career? Apply now and join us in transforming the future of healthcare!

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.

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