Director – Commercial Reporting & Analytics Delivery

Key Responsibilities

• Supervise the delivery of high-quality, timely, and accurate reporting and analytics services to support business decision-making. Act as point of escalation to resolve operational issues.
• Drive the adoption of new technologies, including sophisticated analytics and artificial intelligence, to enhance commercial insight generation and operational productivity.
• Lead, coach, and develop commercial reporting and analytics teams across multiple locations, ensuring high performance and engagement including early talent graduate programs.
• Continuously review and improve reporting and analytics processes to increase efficiency, quality, and value for the business.
• Collaborate with commercial and functional partners to understand business needs and deliver actionable analytics solutions, translating data to insight, that support strategy and growth.
• Lead transitions of reporting and analytics work from external providers to internal teams, supporting proof of concept projects, considering various resourcing models, ensuring smooth handover and capability development.
• Lead external 3rd party partners ensuring resources/services delivered by our partners are of high quality and good value.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement by championing standard processes, innovation, and learning within the reporting and analytics function.
• Establish and maintain robust data governance, ensuring data accuracy, consistency, and compliance with company policies.
• Supervise industry trends and standard processes in commercial analytics and reporting, proactively integrating relevant advances and insights.
• Act as a role model for AstraZeneca values, ensuring that all activities align with what we value, policies, and the Code of Conduct.

Qualification & Requirements

Essential Skills/Experience

• Extensive Pharmaceutical Experience: At least 10 years in forecasting, analytics, or insights roles, with a minimum of 6 years in the pharmaceutical or healthcare sector.
• Team Leadership & Development: Shown ability to lead, empower, and develop direct and multi-functional teams, driving partnership and high performance.
• Project Management: Proven track record in handling multiple, sophisticated projects, including planning, risk management, and delivering business outcomes. Track record of accepting Agile methodologies to support pod-model and iterative delivery methods.
• Business Partnership: Skilled at building trusted relationships and working efficiently across functions such as marketing, analytics, operations, and technology.
• Change & Continuous Improvement: Shown ability to inspire change, influence collaborators, and nurture a culture of ongoing improvement and innovation.
• Technical and Analytical Skills: Experience leading reporting and analytics transformations, demonstrating modern BI/AI platforms (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Snowflake, Azure, Databricks).
• Communication & Presentation: Good interpersonal, presentation, and negotiation skills, with the ability to engage audiences at all levels.
• Shared Services & Supplier Management: Experience working within shared services or large organizations, including handling third-party partners or vendors.

Desirable Skills/Experience

• This is an excellent opportunity for a strategic leader who grows with enabling business growth through data, inspires high-performing teams, and accepts innovation in the evolving field of commercial analytics.

Benefits

Here, you’ll be encouraged to grow and progress in your own way, building connections with the people around you and sharing in our sense of belonging. Your life at AstraZeneca is defined by you and guided by us. And, to help you and all of our people to enjoy a consistent experience on a global scale, we align our approach around four key principles:

Aligned to performance

• Our approach is designed to deliver great performance – stimulating our commercial growth, scientific advancement, collaboration and personal development.

Balanced

• Our offering is flexible where possible, empowering you to choose the benefits that work for you. Typical benefits include healthcare, life insurance, saving for the long term and, in many markets, a range of benefits for you to tailor.

Holistic

• We aim to reward everything you do here and to help you create authentic connections to our purpose. We believe that being valued for who you are and the difference you bring is at the heart of a rewarding experience at work.

Sustainable

• We build reward practices so that they are sustainable and affordable for the business, now and into the future.