Associate Director, Business Process and Analytics

Job Title: Associate Director, Business Process and Analytics
Location: Gaithersburg, MD open to Waltham
 

At AstraZeneca, we put patients first and strive to meet their unmet needs worldwide. Working here means being entrepreneurial, thinking big and working together to make the impossible a reality. If you are swift to action, confident to lead, willing to collaborate, and curious about what science can do, then you’re our kind of person.
 

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Introduction to Role:

Join our Haematology R&D Projects Team within Oncology R&D, where we provide strategic leadership and execution support across the Haematology portfolio. As an Associate Director, Business Process and Analytics, you will partner closely with Haematology R&D senior leaders to support portfolio discussions, translate complex portfolio information into clear insights that enable prioritization, resource planning, and decision-making.
 

Accountabilities:
 

Portfolio narrative, analytics, and reporting

• Own the portfolio narrative linking strategy, milestones, risks, and resourcing to enable Senior Executive Team planning and prioritization
• Maintain a forward-looking Hematology portfolio slide deck and deliver the monthly portfolio slide update (Portfolio Updates, Scorecard Goal Tracker, GPL Roster Changes, etc.)
• Manage ad hoc slide updates with the Internal Communications Director and External Congress Director
• Consolidate Hematology abstract views, aligning content across programs and congresses, ensuring consistency of messages
• Run the Haem Project Seminar Series in collaboration with Global Project Leads to keep stakeholders up to date on the evolving Hematology portfolio, coordinating speakers, content, and follow-up material
   

Portfolio planning, reviews, and GPT readiness

• Lead annual portfolio reviews including discovery portfolio review (Haematology Discovery Days), clinical portfolio review, and scorecard goal planning
• Coordinate and execute ad hoc Hematology Portfolio Reviews with relevant stakeholders and decision makers, including face-to-face reviews as needed

• Review monthly workload distribution to ensure balanced assignment of Global Project Leaders
• Ensure Global Project Leaders and Global Project Managers are assigned at least three months before Lead Optimization review at the Oncology Research Board
• Maintain a forward-looking governance interaction list for the Hematology R&D Leadership Team
• Lead ad hoc portfolio information validation requests, coordinating with program teams to ensure data accuracy and alignment with governance standards
   

Hematology Project Advisory Board (HPAB)

• Serve as HPAB Secretariat
• Develop and maintain the forward agenda aligned to portfolio milestones and governance needs
• Run the end-to-end process including pre-reads, surveys, timekeeping, decision capture, action tracking, and next-step ownership
• Continuously evolve scope and ways of working as the portfolio grows
   

Innovation, ways of working, and business cycle

• Explore AI and new technologies to improve portfolio analytics and ways of working, partnering with GPPM and Oncology Portfolio Managers to pilot and scale
• Support VP of Projects and Haem Projects Group on GPT effectiveness initiatives and ad hoc tasks, including prompt libraries, workflow integration, and training
• Support the annual business cycle to demonstrate portfolio growth and advocate for FTE growth in collaboration with BPO, Finance, and capacity owners

Essential Skills/Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree

• 5 years of experience

• Prior experience supporting senior leaders in a fast-paced company setting

• Strong interpersonal skills

• Experience in establishing and maintaining collaboration across senior leaders’ community

• Proficient in oral and written English and with excellent communication skills

• Proven track record to develop knowledge in relation to business processes
• Experience using Planisware (PLANIT) at the portfolio level, including extracting data and managing portfolio views
   

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The annual base pay (or hourly rate of compensation) for this position ranges from $123,786 to $185 679.  Our positions offer eligibility for various incentives—an opportunity to receive short-term incentive bonuses, equity-based awards for salaried roles and commissions for sales roles. Benefits offered include qualified retirement programs, paid time off (i.e., vacation, holiday, and leaves), as well as health, dental, and vision coverage in accordance with the terms of the applicable plans.

AstraZeneca is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion and providing a workplace that is free from discrimination. AstraZeneca is committed to accommodating persons with disabilities. Such accommodation is available on request in respect of all aspects of the recruitment, assessment and selection process and may be requested by emailing AZCHumanResources@astrazeneca.com.

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Date Posted

31-Mar-2026

Closing Date

09-Apr-2026

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