Change Lead - Digital Health R&D

Advances in digitalization, data and advance analytics are changing industries at pace with the pharma industry showing signs of movement.

The Digital Health Market will grow exponentially over the next 3 years, with new applications in digital showing in phase 3 studies significant benefits for patients including overall survival in Cancer.

AstraZeneca would like to leap frog in this area and has prioritized digital in R&D as a critical strategic area of focus by 2025, as part of the overall company strategy.

Digital Health R&D's ambition is to transform healthcare, powered by digital, science and collaborations, to deliver the healthcare outcomes and experience that patients care about the most.

The Digital Health R&D journey incorporates 3 key stages:

* Stage 1 - foundational, reimagine how we work, by maximizing the use of digital, data and analytics transform processes within R&D to gain significant benefits on speed of the portfolio (goal 9 months acceleration) productivity (goal -20% reduction in cost per patient per year) quality at source, patient experience and probability of success.
* Stage 2 - advanced, redefine clinical trials and digital health to improve overall patient experiences and outcomes, example redefining patient populations, remote clinical trials, patient apps to reduce/manage adverse events and improve patient outcomes (OS), using data from EHMr and RWE instead of control arms, and through PROs and continuous patient monitoring, creating new end points enabling studies in earlier stages of disease (ctDNA changes) prolonging significantly patients' lives
* Stage 3 - future-readiness, reimagine healthcare, examples, AZ as a healthcare provider beyond medicines for certain indications (example: Breast Cancer, proving monitoring, predictive analytics and therapies for improved outcomes)



We are now recruiting a Change Lead - Digital Health R&D. In this role you will be responsible for ownership of the Digital Health R&D change framework and design and delivery of change management strategies for Digital Health R&D products & initiatives.

This position can be located either at our site in Gothenburg, Sweden, Cambridge, UK or Gaithersburg, US.



What you'll do:

* Ownership and maintenance of the Digital Health R&D change framework & tools:

* Familiarise and onboard new team members with the framework
* Gather feedback and periodically update framework to drive continuous improvement

* Ownership and execution of the change strategy for assigned areas / initiatives, including cross Programme initiatives:

* Conduct change impact assessments
* Lead the 'People Team' for assigned initiatives
* Develop and deliver cohesive change and engagement plans, working closely with the L&D and Communications leads
* Measure adoption of new initiatives and identify / implement additional actions
* Gather regular feedback and evolve change plans to address

* Active contributor to Digital Change and Capability team activities supporting peer activities as needed



Essential for the role:

* Educated to University Degree Level
* Track record in delivering successful change management programs in a complex, global environment
* Demonstrated ability to set and manage priorities, resources, performance targets and project initiatives in a global and regional environment
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills as well as proven negotiation, collaboration and interpersonal leadership skills
* Capacity to embrace change and quickly adapt to new situations, changes in direction, and altering priorities
* Conceptual, analytical and strategic thinking



Desirable for the role:

* Experience of working in an Agile project environment
* Change management qualification
* Pharmaceutical / R&D knowledge
* Experience of digital transformation



Why AstraZeneca?

At AstraZeneca when we see an opportunity for change, we seize it and make it happen, because any opportunity no matter how small, can be the start of something big. Delivering life-changing medicines is about being entrepreneurial - finding those moments and recognising their potential. Join us on our journey of building a new kind of organisation to reset expectations of what a bio-pharmaceutical company can be. This means we're opening new ways to work, pioneering cutting edge methods and bringing unexpected teams together. Interested? Come and join our journey.



So, what's next!

If you're curious to know more then please reach out to Hiring Manager Anders Persson; Anders.SO.Persson@astrazeneca.com

We welcome your application (CV and Cover letter), no later than April 27th 2020. We will review applicants continuously.