Associate Director, HCP Engagement Operations Analytics & Strategy

Recognizing the importance of individualized flexibility, our ways of working allow employees to balance personal and work commitments while ensuring we continue to create a strong culture of collaboration and teamwork by engaging face‑to‑face in our offices 3 days a week. Our head office and BlueSky Hub in downtown Toronto are purposely designed with collaboration in mind, providing space where teams can come together to strategize, brainstorm and connect on key projects.

This is what you will do:

This role sits within theUS AlexionHCP Engagement Operations team, a cross-functional group responsible for supporting and driving HCP engagements—including speaker programs, consulting, advisory boards, and commercial sponsorships for US commercial stakeholders. TheAssociate Director, HCP Engagement Operations Analytics &Strategywill support all disease areas within the Rare Disease Unit and report to the Director of HCP Engagement Operations. The role collaborates closely with Disease AreaHCP EngagementOperationsLeads, the Commercial Sponsorship Manager, Commercial Leadership, Compliance & Analytics colleagues.You will enable high‑quality analytics, evidence‑based decision‑making, dashboard development, and operational support. You will work across functions to address national and regional HCP engagement questions,identifycompliance risk trends, and support sales and marketing in evaluating engagement performance against annual needs assessments.Youranalysis,insightsand recommendationswill directly shape how commercial teams engage with HCPs and how leadership navigates key business decisions.

Responsibilities:

• Design, lead, and execute qualitative and quantitative analyses to address business questions (e.g., speaker program attendee analysis, risk trend identification, and risk mitigationstrategy).

• Translatedataobservationsinto insights and recommendations.

• Understand business needs and lead cross-functional collaborators acrossBusiness Operations Commercial Excellence (BOCE)and external vendors, serving as a subjectmatter expert.

• Ensure HCPEngagementOperations and its outsourced partnersmaintainstrong internal controls to support audit readiness.

• Develop,maintain, and updateSmartsheetsto support compliant processes and controls aligned to policy.

• Respond to ad hoc insight requests, providingaccurate, succinct, and well-contextualized data narratives for internal and external stakeholders.

• Support strategy and execution of data quality and data strategy initiatives.

• Support CRM strategy and operational needs for HCP Engagement Operations.

• Serve as SME for cross-system and cross-vendor data integration initiatives.

• Participate in team huddles toidentifyprocess gaps and support continuous improvement.

• Partner with stakeholders to develop tools, dashboards, reporting, and process enhancements.

• Manage competing priorities through clear communication, expectation setting, and time allocation.

• Execute all responsibilities in a compliant manner andassistin developing and updating procedures and policies.

• Build strong partnerships with Marketing, Sales, Compliance, and other cross‑functional teams.

• Ensure relevant team members are aligned and engaged at key project stages.

You will need to have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Life Science, Data Science, Business, or Marketing.

• At least5years of experience in advanced analytics and reporting, ideally within pharma/biotech.

• Advancedproficiencyin Smartsheet and Excel.

• Strong technical aptitude and comfort working across multiple systems.

• Expertise indata manipulation, harmonization, and integrationforanalytics.

• Experience in user‑centric dashboard design and development.

• Experience creating mockups, markups, and proof‑of‑concept models.

• Ability to translate business needs to technical requirements and drive outcomes.

• Strong ability toidentifyand resolve data quality issues.

• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

• Strong requirements‑gathering and stakeholder‑management capabilities.

• Ability to independently lead projects andengageleadership.

• Ability to derive insights from complex and disparate data sources.

• Ability to travel <10%.

• Fluency in written and spoken English.

• Ability to work in an office environment with typical requirements (computer use, communication, problem solving, collaboration).

We wouldpreferyou to have:

• Bachelor’s degree in data scienceor an advanced degree (MBA/PhD) in Marketing, Market Research, or Statistics.

• Understandingofcompliance guidelines and USPhRMAcode for speaker programs.

• Project Management certification.

• Methodical approach to problem‑solving.

• Ability toidentifyopportunities and continuously pursue solutions that add value.

• Self‑directed and self‑motivated work style.

• Experience with speaker program data analytics.

• Experience in advanced healthcare analytics (pharma/biotech, consulting, research).

• Experience with specialty, orphan, or rare disease therapies.

• Strong storytelling capabilities.

• Expertisewith SQL, Qlik, Tableau.

• Experience with external datasets such as claims, EMR, and third‑party practitioner data.

• Experience with CRM, alignment, and analytical applications.

• Statistical and regression analysis skills.

Annual base salary for this position ranges from 134,708.00 to 176,804.25.

AstraZeneca is committed to providing fair and equitable compensation opportunities to all colleagues. Our compensation policies and practices have been designed to allow colleagues to progress through the salary range over time as they progress in their role. The range provided in this posting represents an offer pay range used in a majority of situations. The base pay offered will vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including the candidate's skills and experience, job‑related knowledge, and other specific business and organizational needs. In some cases, offers outside the range may also be considered to address unique circumstances.

In addition, our permanent positions offer an annual Variable Pay Bonus/Short Term Incentive opportunity as well as eligibility to participate in our equity‑based long‑term incentive program (if applicable to role). Benefits offered for permanent roles include a competitive Flex Benefits & Retirement Savings Program, 4 weeks’ paid vacation, and annual Personal Days. Fixed Term Contract/Temporary positions (excluding students) are offered a Contract Benefits Program.

We are using AI as part of the recruitment process.

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