Healthcare Innovation & Transforming Care Manager

MISSION

The Healthcare Innovation Team designs projects and initiatives to address unmet needs within the healthcare system and alleviate pain points in the patient journey to Transform Care. These often involve designing, testing and deploying solutions to optimize diagnosis processes, care pathways, or patient monitoring and chronic disease management.

The Healthcare Innovation Managers act as “business partners” and as the single point of contact of one of AZ’s therapeutical areas, responsible for the strategy definition and design of the healthcare innovation transforming care programs that will become core elements of the Therapeutical Area (TA) strategic and tactical plans, aligned to the overarching Transforming Care priorities.

A holistic view of the needs across therapeutic areas and market access, combined with a deep understanding of pathologies and patient journeys, is essential. This expertise allows the HCI Manager to effectively coordinate and oversee the projects under his/her scope. They ensure the creation of a plan for each program/solution and contribute to the prioritization process by analyzing the associated brand plan. Many of the designed programs will require the understanding of new technologies (such as AI) and will require a proactive scouting of the healthcare ecosystem.

RESPONSABILITIES

1. TA Business Partner

• Be an active part of the Brand Teams of the TA under scope.

• Have a comprehensive understanding of the patient journey of the pathologies under the TA.

• Assess and prioritize patient journey pain points/challenges, alongside with the rest of the Brand Team.

• Identify and follows-up all Transforming Care projects being performed under his/her scope.

• Bring knowledge and expertise in building value-based projects, covering healthcare ecosystem needs from design and ensuring impact on health and across value chain.

• Provide deep understanding and expertise, ensuring that health information systems are properly embedded on health innovative solutions.

• Engage regularly with the field implementors, the “Healthcare Innovation Partners” to feed in leads on Transforming Care projects, under the “One Innovation team” philosophy and to monitor and supervise deployment

2.Transforming Care Solutions Design

• Ideate and designs Innovative Solutions that address prioritized pain points in the patient journey or healthcare system

• Proactive scouting and relationship with the healthcare and tech ecosystem (startups, tech giants, entrepreneurs and HCOs working on transforming the healthcare system)

• Elaborate program cases that show the return planned for the designed Innovative Solutions (in terms of value added to patients, healthcare system and healthcare professionals)

• Assess and supports the Brand Team on the prioritization process of initiatives to be included in the Tactical Plans.

3.Innovation Strategy & Partnerships

• Provide TA teams with continuous assessment and support to build next generation health innovative solutions integrating patient, health professional and business needs on every step of the process.

• Serve as SPOC of the therapeutical area with the innovation partners and start-ups during the ideation and design process of Innovative Solutions.

• Attend to Innovation events and the Scientific Summits related to the TA to scout potential solutions and trends, representing AZ innovation values and strategy.

4.Piloting and coordination of project delivery and follow-up

• Be responsible for the implementation of transformational projects under his/her TA, assuring time and budget compliance

• Ensure consistent quality and maximum value delivery and no duplication of efforts

• Measure project performance feeding projects’ key indicators for follow up and evaluation of results

• Provide periodic executive reports to Project Sponsors, identifying potential project blocks and red flags

• Participate in AZ project follow-up sessions to present key achievements

• Provide Project Management methodology to ensure pilot optimization

5.Compliance

• Guarantee that all activities related to the job comply with applicable external andinternalregulations(policies,procedures,standards,guidelines,andcodeof conduct).

PROFILE REQUIREMENTS

1. Essential

• University degree in Life Sciences, Health Sciences, Engineering, Business or similar.

• At least 6 years of experience in healthcare, pharma, consulting, med-tech or digital health.

• Solid understanding of patient journeys, care pathways and chronic disease management.

• Experience in designing and/or implementing innovation or digital transformation projects.

• Strong project management skills (timelines, budgets, KPIs, stakeholder coordination).

• Ability to work cross-functionally and act as a strategic partner to therapeutic area teams.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with ability to prioritize needs and assess impact.

• Excellent communication and presentation skills (ability to interact with medical, commercial, and external partners).

• Proactive, autonomous and comfortable working in dynamic and ambiguous environments.

• Excellent level of spoken and written English (level C1).

2. Desirable

• Master’s degree (MBA, Digital Health, Health Economics or similar).

• Experience working with hospitals, health systems, clinicians or patient organizations.

• Familiarity with health information systems, interoperability, RWE and digital platforms.

• Experience collaborating with startups, tech players, or innovation ecosystems.

• Understanding of emerging technologies in healthcare (AI, remote monitoring, digital therapeutics, etc.).

• Knowledge of agile methodologies, service design, design thinking or user-centric innovation.

• Previous experience in life science / healthcare corporate environment.

• Strong knowledge of healthcare ecosystem dynamics and innovation drivers.

• Up-to-date on innovation trends, digital health best practices and value-based healthcare

FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS

1. Internal Relationships

• Innovation team

• Brand Teams

• Practice Change and Medical Excellence Team

• Medical Team

• Access Team

• Global Team: Innovation

2. External Relationships

• External critical stakeholders

• Key providers

The requirements to opt for an internal position are to have been in their current position for 1 year, to keep their direct manager informed of their participation in the process, not to have established a current Improvement Plan.

AstraZeneca is a company that promotes equal opportunities. AstraZeneca will consider all persons who meet the profile for the position without discrimination based on disability, sex or sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity/paternity period, race, or origin (national or ethnic), age, religion or belief, gender identity, marital status or common-law relationship and/or any other characteristic protected by law. AstraZeneca only employs people with work permits in the country or countries where the position is advertised.

Date Posted

17-nov-2025

Closing Date

08-dic-2025

AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity.  We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills.  We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.  We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics.  We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.

AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorisation and employment eligibility verification requirements.