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【Alexion Japan】Associate Director, IT Business Partner

AstraZeneca · Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan · Global

Health Tech
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Demand72
Career growth70
Healthcare fit34
Remote potential35
5-year outlook
Senior pharma IT business partner roles at Associate Director level typically command strong, competitive compensation with room to progress toward Director/Head of Digital roles. Exact figures vary by market and are not stated in the posting.
Clinical license
Not required
Applicant reach
narrow
Seniority
senior
Employment type
full-time
Date found
2026-09-28

Intelligence details

Flexible work details

Engagement type
Permanent
Hours
Full-time

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Why this is worth applying to

Worth considering only if you are a clinician who has already built a substantial IT/digital transformation career and is fluent in Japanese — otherwise the 8+ year IT experience bar makes this a poor fit. It is a strong long-term target for clinician-informaticists aiming at pharma digital leadership.

Who should apply

Physician or pharmacist informaticists with 8+ years in IT business partnering, digital transformation, or health-tech delivery; clinicians who have led Medical Affairs digital projects, omnichannel, or GenAI pilots; bilingual Japanese-English healthcare-tech leaders.

CV angle

Reframe clinical and Medical Affairs experience as business-facing digital partnership: highlight projects where you translated clinical/medical needs into technology requirements, led change management and adoption, managed vendors and budgets, and delivered patient- or HCP-facing digital solutions. Emphasize cross-functional stakeholder influence across business, IT, and medical teams, and quantify adoption, efficiency, or engagement outcomes.

Skills to highlight

  • Digital transformation strategy
  • IT business partnering with Medical Affairs
  • Change management and technology adoption
  • Vendor and budget management
  • Agile project delivery and business analysis
  • GenAI and emerging technology pilots
  • Omnichannel and HCP/patient digital engagement
  • Cross-functional stakeholder influence

Role summary

A senior IT business partner role within AstraZeneca's Alexion Japan rare disease unit, partnering with Medical Affairs to define and deliver digital and IT capabilities — including GenAI, patient apps, omnichannel, and marketing automation — while managing vendors, budgets, governance, and change adoption.

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