AI Digital Precision Healthcare Program Director

THE ROLE:

As AI Digital Precision Healthcare Program Lead, you will be responsible for driving the design and execution of cutting-edge, AI-enabled programs that optimize the oncology care pathway, from early patient identification and diagnosis to clinical development acceleration and adoption of innovative medicines.

You will act as the primary liaison between internal sponsors (Commercial, Medical, R&D, Market Access, and Diagnostics) and external partners co-developing clinical decision support (CDS) and AI-based care optimization solutions. Your mission is to leverage data, technology, and scientific excellence to close key gaps in patient care and create measurable clinical and business value across the ecosystem.

This position will work in close collaboration with the Value-Based Partnership team, ensuring the identification, evaluation, and integration of external partners specialized in AI-driven clinical decision tools and health data platforms.

Key responsibilities include:

1. Strategic and Scientific Leadership

• Define and prioritize business needs with internal stakeholders

• Define, prioritize, and lead the design and execution of AI-based clinical decision support solutions addressing key care pathway needs.

• Act as product owner for assigned initiatives — translating business objectives into scientifically sound methodologies and data-driven tools.

• Design and deliver innovative solutions that:

  • Support physicians in diagnosis, treatment selection, and adoption of innovative medicines.

  • Optimize the patient journey through activation and personalized support tools.

  • Strengthen AstraZeneca’s capacity in AI-based precision medicine and health data utilization.

​2. External Partnership Development

• In collaboration with the Value-Based Partnership team, identify and engage with digital health and precision medicine vendors offering unique capabilities in CDS and data analytics.

• Critically evaluate partner methodologies, providing scientific and strategic input to ensure innovation, compliance, and impact alignment.

• Integrate external insights with internal priorities to ensure co-created, high-value outcomes.

3. Internal Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Coordinate multi-stakeholder collaborations across Commercial, Medical, R&D, Market Access, and Diagnostics to analyze business opportunities and deploy solutions regionally or globally.

• Build strong relationships with business owners and maintain transparent communication on program strategy, milestones, and results.

• Align projects with therapeutic and regional strategies, ensuring compliance with local regulatory and operational frameworks.

4. Program Execution and Governance

• Oversee the full lifecycle of assigned programs, from initiation to delivery and impact assessment.

• Manage program budgets, contracts, and cross-functional processes in collaboration with Legal, Compliance, Procurement, and IP teams.

• Track operational performance, risks, and opportunities to ensure timely delivery and measurable outcomes.

• Define and ensure adherence to data, digital, and regulatory frameworks governing project execution.

5. Leadership and Capability Building

• Contribute to the development and mentorship of the Digital Healthcare Delivery team by sharing expertise in precision medicine, AI-enabled CDS tools, and digital biomarkers.

• Foster internal and external collaborations with commercial, R&D, and market access teams, key markets, external experts, and patient communities to ensure that initiatives address prioritized unmet needs.

Initial Focus and Expected Outcomes

• Partner with business owners to identify and create data- and AI-driven value propositions aligned with oncology strategic priorities.

• Launch and manage high-impact AI care pathway optimization programs, ensuring measurable value delivery across therapeutic areas and geographies.

• Collaborate across clinical, commercial, and market access functions to accelerate the adoption of innovative medicines in local markets.

In this role you will also:

• Contribute to the personal development of the Digital Healthcare Delivery team members. Providing expert advice on strategic and innovative precision medicine approaches, or AI embedded clinical decision tools to regional leads.

• Grow and maintain internal and external collaborations commercial organisation and R&D, key markets, external leaders and our patients to ensure prioritised needs are met in everything we do.

YOUR EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Strong leadership

• Ability to work with all stakeholders to identify their requirements:

  • Medical / Scientific knowledge in Oncology / Biopharma

  • Good knowledge in Market Access (Value Based Healthcare)

  • Good knowledge on Clinical Trials (Design & Solutions)

  • Knowledge in compliance / Legal (Medical device, Data)

• Substantial amount of experience in digital healthcare project management

• Track record in developing and deploying impactful healthcare digital program

• Very good understanding information systems such as Electronic Medical Record, Clinical Trial Management, and Electronic Data Capture platforms.

• Strong communication and organizational skills

• Detail oriented, and enjoy a highly collaborative working relationship that encourages sharing

• Strong knowledge of International ecosystem (key stakeholders, healthcare system, actors, payers, compliance, start-up/tech partners enviroment…)

• Proven experience in partnering and unlocking access to novel data partnerships

• Understanding of the rapidly changing external environment including new innovative digital technology innovations

• Experience on bringing innovation that is solving complex and multi-dimensional issues from an operational, technical, financial and human perspective

• Experience In driving global change in complex organisations, covering multiple cultures and significant number of functions

• Highly developed communication and influencing abilities across organizational teams and levels in a large complex operating environment

• Results driven approach to work and project development

• Ability to express complex ideas in clear and compelling way to multiple external and internal stakeholder groups

• Entrepreneurial with the highest level of integrity and the ability to foster trust and loyalty

• Motivated by delivering digital innovation in service of enhanced patient outcomes and treatment experience