: Director, Clinical Imaging – Respiratory & Immunology (R&I)

Job description

About the role: Join Early Clinical Development in R&I to lead the strategy and execution of clinical imaging across our translational, early-, and late-stage portfolio. You will set the vision for how imaging accelerates decision-making from first-in-human through registrational studies, ensuring high-quality, quantitative endpoints and modern analytics are embedded into development plans. Imaging is a strategic capability for AstraZeneca, and this role is pivotal in crafting how we deploy it to deliver transformative medicines for patients with respiratory and immunology diseases. What you’ll do: Strategy and leadership: Define and lead the cross-program imaging strategy for assigned assets; translate disease biology into actionable imaging endpoints and decision points in the Clinical Development Plan (CDP). Serve as the imaging voice on Global Project Teams and Clinical Program Teams, influencing asset strategy and investment. Endpoint design and validation: Lead selection, technical validation, and qualification of imaging endpoints (standard and exploratory), including modality/sequence selection, acquisition/reconstruction parameters, site readiness, and harmonization plans....