AstraZeneca
Associate Director, Distribution Analytics—Cell Therapy
$156K–$233K
US - Gaithersburg - MD · Director · Full-time · Posted Oct 29, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years in a relevant discipline.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Data Analytics, Supply Chain, Engineering, Computer Science, Statistics, Business Administration, Life Sciences, or a related field.
About the job
Leads distribution analytics and AI-enabled decision support to improve delivery reliability, inventory, logistics, and patient supply across AstraZeneca’s Cell Therapy network.
What you'll do
- Set the distribution analytics strategy, performance framework, dashboards, predictive tools, and data-governance practices.
- Develop analytics and AI tools to anticipate distribution risks and guide operational decisions across the supply chain.
- Lead cross-functional analytics capability, adoption, and performance improvement; present insights and recommendations to senior stakeholders.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
- 8+ years of experience in supply chain analytics, distribution analytics, logistics, business intelligence, data science, or a related discipline.
- Experience developing analytics strategies, dashboards, KPIs, predictive models, or decision-support tools for global supply chain or distribution operations.
- Experience implementing practical AI or machine-learning use cases in supply chain, logistics, operations, or a comparable business environment.
Nice to have
- Advanced degree in a related discipline.
- Experience supporting cell therapy, gene therapy, ATMPs, biologics, vaccines, or other specialized pharmaceutical products.
Pay
$155,516.80 - $233,275.20 USD base salary
Tools
Power BI, Tableau, SQL, Python, R, Excel, SAP
AI focus
Develops predictive and AI-enabled analytics to identify distribution and patient-supply risks, support decisions, and improve operations, with human oversight, transparency, governance, and monitoring.
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