Director, Technology Alliance Management (Alliance Lead)

• Owning key technology vendor relationships - IRT, eCOA, medical imaging, and similar platforms - across strategy, governance, performance, and risk.
• Defining vendor strategy - the right partners, the right sourcing models, aligned to AstraZeneca's clinical and R&D goals.
• Designing and implementing governance frameworks that work in practice - structures, escalation pathways, and metrics that keep alliances accountable.
• Acting as the strategic bridge between technology providers and AstraZeneca's business - ensuring vendors understand our priorities and that internal teams fully harness what the technology delivers.
• Translating business requirements into clear vendor expectations - and bringing vendor innovation and roadmaps back into the business as tangible opportunities.
• Monitoring performance, driving continuous improvement, and integrating lessons learned across the portfolio.
• Leading governance forums where issues get resolved and decisions get made.
• Managing risks proactively - being the steady hand when things get complicated.
• Coaching and supporting junior members of the alliance management team.

Requirements:

• Degree in life sciences, technology, business - or equivalent experience.
• Strong demonstrable experience with clinical trial technologies - IRT, eCOA, medical imaging, CTMS and eTMF.
• Recent demonstrable experience as an Alliance Lead in a large matrix pharmaceutical organisation building, implementing and managing vendor strategies and governance frameworks from scratch
• Experience defining and monitoring vendor performance indicators, service levels, quality measures, financial performance, with evidence of driving measurable improvement.
• Hands on experience as the owner of the governance framework managing performance reviews, escalations and relationship health, not merely contract administration
• Strong experience from within the pharmaceutical industry or clinical research organization
• Line management experience with demonstrated experience directly managing, coaching, and developing team members, including setting objectives, providing regular feedback, supporting performance and career development.
• Demonstrable experience leading strategic external partners across multiple functions, geographies and seniority levels
• Hands on experience leading business reviews, governance forums, performance reviews and executive-level discussions
• Evidence of taking ownership, managing ambiguity, maintaining momentum through complex situations, and delivering agreed outcomes across multiple vendors and stakeholders.
• Demonstrable experience translating performance data, KPIs, trends and operational signals into actionable insights and recommendations
• A natural ability to bridge technology and business - experience with software implementation team and a Chief Operating Officer.
• Strong influencing and relationship management skills, especially without direct authority
• Detailed knowledge of clinical and pharmaceutical drug development process at various phases of development
• Comfortable across global teams, functions, and time zones
• Familiar with ICH-GCP and the regulatory context shaping clinical trial technology.

In Office Requirement:

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.