Senior Director Patient Centered Clinical Trial

Reporting to the Head of R&D Patient Science, the Senior Director is a global role that will provide leadership to a team of experts responsible for advancing patient centered development and for establishing R&D ways of working, in partnership with the Therapy Areas. The Senior Director will be a critical discussion partner with senior stakeholders to embed and scale the framework across the organization. The role will also requires a close partnership with enabling functions to build on existing patient and vendor partnerships, and to identify and create new engagements strategies based on the needs of the portfolio and patients.,

• Build and lead a diverse, cross-functional and inclusive team of experts that will establish the tools and processes needed to engage and embed the use of patient experience data into drug development
• Implement and scale a cross-functional operating model with key stakeholders and the corresponding processes to embed patient centered development strategies, and tactics across R&D
• Build on existing patient and provider partnerships and identify new ways to gather insight based on the needs of the portfolio and patients.
• Establish a robust process with key functions to ensure patient experience data and insight are systematically captured, collated and shared to inform strategy and planning that will deliver competitive advantage to AZ
• Establishing metrics and dashboard to track and measure the impact of patient centric design on the portfolio.
• Significantly contribute and champion the culture change needed to embed a patient-centered mindset in R&D
• Contribute to the external visibility of AZ in the area of patient engagement
  
  Bachelor or advanced degree in science
• Effective leader with more than 10 years experience in Pharmaceutical Industry
• Proven people management experience
• Track record of delivering and implementing patient engagement projects at a global scale in a pharmaceutical company
• Proven experience in engaging with patients and sites (i.e. Patient and Site Engagement)
• Proven experience of leading and working with global project team
• Ability to challenge effectively, influence, and build/maintain relationships with senior stakeholders in conflicting priority environment
• Experience in working with clinical programs and studies (eg Protocol development, Inform Consent Form, Patient Facing Material)
• Project management skills, strategic thinking, good written and communication skills,
• Ability to manage multiple activities with competing deadline
Desirable Skills/Experience:
• Passion for patients and desire to optimise patient experiences in clinical studies
• Self-directed, driven strategic thinker with global development expertise
• Exceptional interpersonal, networking, oral and written communication, skills
• Understanding of patient and site burden in clinical trials
• Ability to operationalize concepts and strong analytical skills to evaluate outputs
• Proven experience working with partners, CROs/AROs
• Proven experience in data analysis and data interpretation to inform decision making