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Hybrid Senior Director, Diagnostic Assays/Cancer Biomarker Development
Posted 2 months ago
About the role
- Senior Director for Diagnostic Assays/Cancer Biomarker Development at AstraZeneca. Leading efforts to optimize patient therapy matching and clinical trial decisions using innovative biomarker strategies.
Responsibilities
- Define and execute strategies that use biomarkers to match patients to the right treatment and assess efficacy as early as possible, with an initial emphasis on circulating tumor DNA.
- Guide assay selection, validation, and deployment for minimal residual disease, response monitoring, and earlier patient identification, ensuring clinical utility and scalability.
- Design and implement biomarker-driven trial approaches that accelerate decision-making and strengthen evidence for new therapies.
- Provide expert advice to shape technology platforms and data analytics internally and with partners, anticipating future clinical development needs.
- Combine data on new compounds and targeted disease biology to create assay strategies that de-risk programs and sharpen portfolio decisions.
- Liaise with medical and technology leaders across academia, diagnostics, and industry to track advances and translate them into our trials.
- Serve as the subject matter expert and governance reviewer for strategic initiatives and specific proposals.
- Lead regulatory communication and prepare high-level documents that support biomarker and assay use in clinical development.
- Manage or support complex and groundbreaking projects to improve processes within translational science and introduce new technologies and approaches at national, regional, or global scale.
- Ensure your work and the function’s activities align with Good Laboratory Practice, Safety Health and Environment standards, and all relevant internal and external regulations.
Requirements
- PhD or equivalent, MD or equivalent preferred
- Experience of the development and application of circulating tumor DNA assays for clinical use
- 5+ years of experience in aligned to the drug development or process in industry or academia or equivalent
- Extensive experience of crafting and implementing clinical trials using novel biomarker approaches for earlier identification of patients
- Well-developed understanding of biomarker analysis
- Experience of communicating complex science to a clinical audience including external professional and regulatory bodies
- Proven experience managing and designing clinical trials
Benefits
- Health benefits including medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage
- Paid vacation and holidays
- Paid leaves
- Qualified retirement program (401(k) plan)
- Short-term incentive bonus opportunity
- Eligibility to participate in equity-based long-term incentive program
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