AssociateDirector,ImplementationScience

**About AstraZeneca** AstraZeneca is a global, innovation-driven BioPharmaceuticals business that focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialization of prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious diseases. But we’re 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 and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. There’s no better place to make a difference to medicine, patients, and society. An inclusive culture that champions diversity and collaboration. Always committed to lifelong learning, growth, and development. **The Role** The Associate Director, Implementation Science is a strategic role within the US Evidence function, accountable for supporting the design and deployment of practice-change interventions that advance a data-enabled mindset shift, address clinical inertia, and accelerate adoption of evidence-based medicine (EBM) and Guideline-Directed Medication Therapy (GDMT) within assigned therapeutic areas. Reporting to Senior Director within the US Evidence Implementation Science team, the Associate Director is deployed flexibly across therapeutic areas based on portfolio priorities, working under the direction of senior team members to drive transforming-care initiatives that strengthen the clinical and economic value proposition of AstraZeneca’s products in alignment with US brand strategy. The Associate Director partners with US cross-functional stakeholders (Medical, Field Medical, Market Access, Commercial Insights, and Brand teams) to support practice-change initiatives, applying localized (regional-level) data and personalized insights for precision HCP engagement. The Associate Director maintains current awareness of the evolving US healthcare system — payer environments, policy shifts, quality measures, and value-based care models — and grows in their ability to translate landscape insight into