Senior Director, Head Of Ai For Clinical Development, Late Oncology

AstraZeneca

Base: $203,213.60 - $304,820.40 annual usd; bonus/...
Hybrid
Phd in computer science or md with cs background
8+ years ai/ml and clinical development experience
Expertise in python pytorch hugging face cloud platforms
This role leads the science and team that turns AI promise into real-world improvements in late phase clinical trials for AstraZeneca's oncology pipeline

Job Summary

  • This role leads the science and team that turns AI promise into real-world improvements in late phase clinical trials for AstraZeneca's oncology pipeline.
  • The successful candidate will partner with regulatory teams to develop AI-enabled development standards and contribute AI evidence components to submission packages.
  • The position offers a competitive annual base pay ranging from $203,213.60 to $304,820.40 USD along with short-term incentives and equity-based long-term programs.

Matching Summary

This role leads the science and team that turns AI promise into real-world improvements in late phase clinical trials for AstraZeneca's oncology pipeline.

Salary

Base: $203,213.60 - $304,820.40 Annual USD; Bonus/Equity: Short-term incentive bonus and equity-based long-term incentive program available; Benefits: Qualified retirement program (401k), paid vacation/holidays, leaves, medical/dental/vision coverage

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • PhD in Computer Science or MD with CS background
  • 8+ years AI/ML and clinical development experience
  • Expertise in Python PyTorch Hugging Face cloud platforms
  • Experience with multimodal foundation models and causal inference
  • Hands-on code review and model deployment skills

Nice-to-have

  • Comfort with ambiguity and learning in public
  • Experience contributing to FDA EMA submissions
  • First-author publications at top ML venues
  • Open-source contributions or standards-body participation
  • Direct industry experience in late-phase Oncology

Key Requirements

  • PhD in CS, ML, Computational Biomedical Sciences, or MD with advanced CS training
  • Minimum 8 years combined experience in AI method development and clinical research
  • Demonstrated track record of translating AI methods into clinical decision-making applications

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