Main Duties and Responsibilities
The Director, BPM Evidence Publications CVRM (Publications Lead) has direct accountability for the development and execution of strategic publication plans for global clinical registration studies (R&D) and non-clinical trial sources including HEOR, epidemiology, real-world evidence (RWE), payer, and non-interventional studies. The role drives timely, high-quality and compliant scientific communications by combining deep publications strategy and therapy-area expertise with the responsible use of advanced analytics and AI-enabled tool. As part of this role, the Publications Lead engages and collaborates with internal colleagues and external experts, investigators, journals, conference organizers and external bodies to deliver strategic publication and communication activities. The role also collaborates effectively with regional and country affiliates to develop and maintain integrated external scientific communications plans for regional and local healthcare professionals, payers, and patients. The Publications Lead is further responsible for ensuring ethical compliance with AZ standards and external publication guidelines of the publications plans and deliverables, and they ensure that all publications represent transparent and fair-balanced communications that enhance the Company’s external scientific reputation.
Experience of working globally, cross-culturally and cross-functionally.
Proven experience designing and scaling AI-enabled workflow (e.g. prompt libraries, fine-tuning/evaluating LLMs), with measurable impact, e.g. timelines.
The annual base pay for this position ranges from 164,000 - 247,000 USD Annual (80% - 120%). Hourly and salaried non-exempt employees will also be paid overtime pay when working qualifying overtime hours. Base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. In addition, our positions offer a short-term incentive bonus opportunity; eligibility to participate in our equity-based long-term incentive program (salaried roles), to receive a retirement contribution (hourly roles), and commission payment eligibility (sales roles). Benefits offered included a qualified retirement program [401(k) plan]; paid vacation and holidays; paid leaves; and, health benefits including medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans. Additional details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment. If hired, employee will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base pay (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.
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At AstraZeneca, work is driven by a clear purpose: bending the global mortality curve by bringing life-changing medicines to patients faster, shaping the future by spotting scientifically led opportunities and rapidly scaling them across the healthcare ecosystem. Teams combine deep scientific expertise with commercial insight to design evidence strategies that improve outcomes across the whole patient journey – from clinical trials through to real-world care – in an environment that values autonomy, experimentation, learning from failure and diverse perspectives. Here there is energy, pace and a strong sense of impact: collaborating with top talent across disciplines opens up countless opportunities to grow skills, build a varied career path and develop as a future leader while contributing to meaningful change in cardiovascular, renal, metabolic and other disease areas.
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Date Posted
08-Oct-2026
Closing Date
29-Oct-2026
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