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AstraZeneca · 1 day ago

Director, Patient Centered Science

Gaithersburg, MD

Full-time

Onsite

Lead/Staff, Director/Executive

$189K/yr - $283K/yr

5+ years exp

AstraZeneca is a company focused on putting patients first and addressing their unmet needs worldwide. The Patient Centered Science Director will lead project-level and therapeutic area-level strategies to generate evidence supporting patient outcomes and experiences, ensuring the patient voice is amplified in healthcare decision-making.

BiopharmaBiotechnologyHealth CareMedicalPharmaceuticalPrecision Medicine

Comp. & Benefits

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Drive patient-focused drug development so that the patient experience of disease and treatment is considered throughout drug development and generate evidence to better meet patient needs

Develop and deliver project and therapeutic area PCS strategies (eg, understanding patient experience of disease and treatment and how to best measure with PRO/COA; contributing to target product profiles and target product claims) to meet regulatory, payer, health care provider/system, and patient needs

Lead evidence generation to support PRO/COAs being fit-for purpose, including the selection and modification of available PROs/COAs, and the development of new PRO/COA instruments and endpoints

Ensure PCS strategy is implemented through cross-functional collaborations in clinical trials studies through authorship and reviews of clinical study protocols, statistical analysis plans, psychometric analysis plans, and results interpretation and reports

Lead interactions with health authorities and health agencies through development of PRO/COA evidence dossiers and briefing packages

Disseminate PCS-related evidence in scientific publications, internal and external presentations (eg posters and presentations at congresses), and in lay summaries to patients and other stakeholders

Drive methodological innovations that advance patient-centered science through internal and external partnerships and collaboration

Qualification

Patient-centered science strategiesEvidence generationCross-functional collaborationQualitative research methodsQuantitative research methodsClinical development knowledgeMaster's degree5 years biopharmaceutical experienceRegulatory interactions experienceHealth agency interactionsLeadership without authority

Required

Master's degree in relevant field (outcomes research, health services research, epidemiology, health policy or related fields)

5 years experience in the biopharmaceutical industry

Relevant experience of developing and implementing strategies of patient-centered science related work

Experience of conducting background research, landscape assessments, and literature reviews, and applying qualitative and quantitative research methods

Knowledge and experience of clinical development

Experience of cross-functional collaboration and leading without authority

Preferred

Doctoral degree in relevant field preferred

Participating in external partnership

Experience of regulatory and health agency interactions

Experience of working with respiratory and immunology therapies

Benefits

Short-term incentive bonus opportunity

Equity-based long-term incentive program (salaried roles)

Retirement contribution (hourly roles)

Commission payment eligibility (sales roles)

Qualified retirement program [401(k) plan]

Paid vacation and holidays

Paid leaves

Health benefits including medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage

Company

AstraZeneca

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AstraZeneca is a pharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets prescription medicines. It is a sub-organization of Investor.

Founded in 1999

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GBR

10001+ employees

https://www.astrazeneca.com

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