DIGITAL HEALTH IMPLEMENTATION LEAD – EVINOVA

Are you ready to be part of the future of healthcare? Are you able to think big, be bold, and harness the power of digital and AI to tackle longstanding life sciences challenges?  Then Evinova, a new health-tech business part of the AstraZeneca Group might be for you!    Transform billions of patients’ lives through technology, data, and pioneering, ways of working.
You’re innovative, decisive, and transformative.
Someone excited to use technology to improve patients’ health.
We’re building a new health-tech business – Evinova, a fully-owned subsidiary of AstraZeneca Group.
Evinova delivers market-leading digital health solutions that are science-based, evidence-led, and human experience-driven.
Thoughtful risks and quick decisions come together to accelerate innovation across the life sciences sector.
Be part of a diverse team that pushes the boundaries of science by digitally empowering a deeper understanding of the patients we’re helping.
Launch impactful digital solutions that improve the patient experience and deliver better health outcomes.
Together, we have the opportunity to combine deep scientific expertise with digital and artificial intelligence to serve the wider healthcare community and create new standards across the sector.
We are accelerating our transformation efforts to ensure we deliver the best in leading-edge technology capabilities to keep us at the forefront of future drug development.
The Digital Patient Health & Innovation function is part of Digital Health R&D and works across 4 key areas by defining our digital health strategies, developing and deploying novel endpoints as well as digital patient solutions to support our full R&D clinical development and commercial drug portfolios in partnership with R&D and IT teams.
Our mission is to.
Transform clinical development, through development of patient and site centric digital solutions that improve access to clinical trials for all patients, whilst delivering faster and more efficiently for both site and sponsor  Improve outcomes for our patients and trials through remote data collection and patient support providing enriched data sets to support regulatory submissions and differentiated labelling  Partner with the healthcare industry to determine how digital technologies can improve diagnosis, access to treatments, and outcomes for patients including remote diagnosis tools and multi-modal healthcare data and AI approaches  Optimize real-world medication use by patients and deliver digital interventions to improve clinical outcomes with our medicines  Evinova develops digital solutions to support our development and commercial drug portfolios.
These digital solutions range from the innovative and optimized use of electronic Clinical Outcomes Assessments (eCOA), all the way through to stand-alone Digital Therapeutics and typically encompass connected devices, and sensors, patient-completed questionnaires that can be coupled with medical device software to.
Generate patient-relevant evidence as support of novel digital endpoints Improve clinical development, by optimizing data collection and data use by AZ, HCP, and patients Provide enriched data sets to support regulatory submissions and differentiated labeling Optimize real-world medication use by patients through digital interventions and improve clinical outcomes Moreover, it includes digital solutions to support the patient and investigator experience in the clinical trial, based on feedback from patients and sites, some examples of these include.
E-Consent Solutions to help patients navigate the trial requirements Telemedicine to have virtual visits/remote visits not all physical Remote monitoring and assessments Medication management Providing and receiving feedback to and from the patient regarding the study Key Accountabilities.
As part of the Evinova Team, the Implementation Lead will be responsible for the execution of the GPT Digital Strategies.
This is in alignment with the SET and Board-approved goal to have Digital Strategies reviewed across 90% of projects in .
The holder of this role will collaborate and partner within an extended team structure across CPTs, Digital Health – Oncology, Clin Ops, and Dev Ops to craft, develop, and implement digital patient solutions to support the execution of clinical trials, and digital therapeutics crafted to augment the efficacy of AZ pharmaceutical products.
The role holder will also contribute to defining processes and ways of working for now and the future.
This role includes but is not limited to.
Work closely with the Director, of Digital Health Implementation to support the implementation of the digital technology strategies approved by the GPT.
Accountable for the operational implementation of the digital strategy, as approved by GPT within the agreed scope and budget.
Accountable for the digital strategy implementation, extracting takeaways, and taking corrective actions where needed.
Supports cross-functional project working (or sub) teams tasked with the delivery of digital plans.
Ensure risks, issues, and opportunities at the operational level are transparent and actively managed.
Develop and manage relationships with external and internal partners to support innovative approaches.
Partner closely with IT Roles (Study Onboarding Business Analyst & ITPM) to successfully deliver to the study team the respective digital solutions.
Build a strong network of local/site-based contacts to support implementation and troubleshooting.
Ensure that local requirements associated with digital technology are incorporated in operational delivery plans – to enable successful digital technology implementation.
Work closely with CPTs, Global & Local Study Teams, Supply Teams, and other GPT sub-teams to deliver a smooth implementation of digital support solutions and medical devices.
Help build a learning organization.
ensure that any learning associated with the program is shared with the Digital Organization.
Minimum Qualifications.
Bachelor’s Hons Degree in a scientific field or equivalent At least 3 years of relevant experience in R&D and strong knowledge of Drug Development processes Knowledge of Digital Health applications Developed Project management skills, including managing vendors, budgets, timelines, and risks Ability to work collaboratively in a cross-functional setting with internal as well as external partners Ability to challenge the status quo, take ownership, and hold self and others accountable Senior Collaborator management skills together with proven negotiation, collaboration, and interpersonal leadership skills Effective problem and conflict solving skills Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to deal with ambiguity and create clarity Passion for Patients, representing the needs of diverse patient backgrounds and views in all decision-making Desired Qualifications.
Extensive cross-functional and cross-TA network to rely on and collaborate with to enable Digital Health – Oncology solutions to be effectively embedded within the Drug Development ways of working.
Experience in developing products to support patients in AZ’s therapy areas Device, software development, and/or clinical project management Comprehensive understanding of dynamics affecting the pharmaceutical industry and the need for transformation Ability to work globally including international travel 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.
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