Role: Strategy Director (Consultant) – Clinical Development – Evinova Location: Cambridge UK Salary: Competitive + Excellent Benefits Introduction to role Are you ready to make a difference in the world of digital health? As a member of the Digital Strategy Team within Evinova you will partner with both AstraZeneca R&D, Top 10 pharmaceutical companies & biotechs to develop and implement AI and digital health strategies & solutions that accelerate clinical development and enhance patient outcomes. This dynamic role combines strategy consulting & solution design, all driving value realization for Evinova. If you have experience in Clinical Development and the ability to work with a consulting mindset & problem solve with internal and external stakeholders, this is the opportunity for you! Accountabilities Strategic Partnering: Serve as a trusted advisor to both AZ and external organisations across clinical development, clinical operations, and medical. Shape digital strategies, develop operating models, and roadmaps that align with the development portfolio and individual assets. Project engagement: Core member of project / engagement teams to develop & deliver digital health strategies, with the ability to develop into project leader, owning engagement delivery. Digital Health Strategy & Solutioning: Define problem statements, solution options, vendor landscapes, and selection criteria for digital solutions including patient recruitment, remote data collection and monitoring, ePRO/eCOA, digital biomarkers, and patient engagement platforms. AI leadership: Maintain a strong pulse on trends in AI tools transforming clinical development, operations and processes, bringing forward pragmatic, value-led innovations that deliver value across portfolios. Protocol Development Support: Contribute to study protocol design where digital tools are used (e.g., endpoint rationale, sensor selection, sampling frequency, feasibility, burden, data flows, and risk management). Ensure alignment with therapeutic area strategy and regulatory expectations. Protocol Feasibility and Execution: Utilize tools to support clinical development and operations teams in optimizing protocols through AI-driven solutions to minimize cost, accelerate timelines, improve patient and site experience, and minimize environmental impact without compromising scientific quality. Implementation & Evaluation: Support pilots and scaled implementations of digital health technologies, including feasibility studies, validation frameworks, vendor due diligence, interoperability planning, data governance, and change management. Essential Skills/Experience - Experience: Previous proven Clinical Development, with a strong focus on application of digital health within healthcare (clinical development and/or clinical operations or biomarker strategy). - AI in clinical development: Strong AI capabilities including demonstrated understanding of the role AI will play in drug discovery and development. - Project & Stakeholder Management: Exceptional project delivery and communication capabilities, with a proven ability to build and maintain trusted relationships. - Therapeutic Area Exposure: Experience with one or more therapeutic area, across Oncology, CVRM, Respiratory/Immunology, Infectious Diseases and/or rare disease, where digital endpoints are emerging. - Protocol Development: Hands-on involvement contributing to or reviewing clinical protocols and operational plans where digital tools inform endpoints, assessments, or data collection. - Project Accountability: Demonstrated significant contributions to projects in clinical development teams, from initiation through delivery. - Education: Bachelor’s degree in life sciences, engineering, data science, or related field; advanced degree (MS, MPH, PhD, PharmD, MBA) preferred. Desirable Skills/Experience - Digital Health Delivery: Proven track record evaluating and implementing digital health solutions (e.g., wearables, sensors, ePRO/eCOA, DHT-enabled endpoints, trial delivery capabilities, patient apps/portals), including regulatory knowledge and technical fluency. - Therapeutic Area Exposure: Experience with two or more therapeutic area, across Oncology, CVRM, Respiratory/Immunology, Infectious Diseases and/or rare disease, where digital endpoints are emerging. - Consulting Experience: Experience delivering pharmaceutical / healthcare consulting engagements, either within a dedicated consulting organisation (e.g. management consulting firm) or an internal pharmaceutical company consulting function. - Technical Landscape Expertise: Familiarity with eCOA, sensor/wearable trial design and delivery vendors; experience running RFPs and technical due diligence. - Validation & Qualification: Experience with analytical/clinical validation of digital measures, human factors engineering, and usability studies. - Product Mindset: Background in product management for digital tools or platforms used in trials or patient support. - Global Programs: Delivery experience across multi-country studies with an understanding of site/patient variability and localization needs. Why Evinova (AstraZeneca)? Evinova draws on AstraZeneca’s deep experience developing novel therapeutics, informed by insights from thousands of patients and clinical researchers. Together, we can accelerate the delivery of life-changing medicines, improve the design and delivery of clinical trials for better patient experiences and outcomes, and think more holistically about patient care before, during, and after treatment. We know that regulators, healthcare professionals, and care teams at clinical trial sites do not want a fragmented approach. They do not want a future where every pharmaceutical company provides its own, different digital solutions. They want solutions that work across the sector, simplify their workload, and benefit patients broadly. By bringing our solutions to the wider healthcare community, we can help build more unified approaches to how we all develop and deploy digital technologies, better serving our teams, physicians, and ultimately patients. Evinova represents a unique opportunity to deliver meaningful outcomes with digital and AI to serve the wider healthcare community and create new standards for the sector. Join us on our journey of building a new kind of health tech business 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? Are you already imagining yourself joining our team? Good, because we can’t wait to hear from you. Where can I find out more? Learn more about Evinova: www.evinova.com Follow Evinova on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/evinova/ When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That’s why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we’re not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world. #LI-HYBRID Date Posted 03-Nov-2026 Closing Date 13-Nov-2026 Our mission is to build an inclusive and equitable environment. We want people to feel they belong at AstraZeneca and Alexion, starting with our recruitment process. We welcome and consider applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of characteristics. We offer reasonable adjustments/accommodations to help all candidates to perform at their best. If you have a need for any adjustments/accommodations, please complete the section in the application form. AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company. We focus on discovering, developing and commercialising prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious diseases. But we are more than one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies. At AstraZeneca, we’re dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science, challenge convention and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. To embrace differences and take bold actions to drive the change needed to meet global healthcare and sustainability challenges. There is no better place to make a difference in medicine, patients, and society. An inclusive culture where you will connect different thinking to generate new and valuable opportunities. Where you will find a commitment to lifelong learning, growth and development for all. Our Inclusion & Diversity (I&D) mission is to create an inclusive and equitable environment where people belong, using the power of our diversity to push the boundaries of science to deliver life-changing medicines to patients. Inclusion and diversity are fundamental to the success of our company, because innovation requires breakthrough ideas that only come from a diverse workforce empowered to challenge conventional thinking. We’re curious about science and the advancement of knowledge. We find creative ways to approach new challenges. We’re driven to make the right choices and be accountable for our actions. As an organisation centred around what makes us human, we put a big focus on people. Across our business, we want colleagues to wake up excited about their day at the office, in the field, or in the lab. Along with our purpose to bring life-changing medicines to people across the globe, we have a promise to you: to help you realise the full breadth of your potential. Here, you’ll do work that has the potential to change your life and improve countless others. And, together with your team, you’ll shape a culture that unites and inspires us every day. This is your life at AstraZeneca.

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