Feasibility and Recruitment Lead

Location: UK (Field based)

Salary: Competitive

Introduction to role:

Are you ready to shape UK feasibility for cutting-edge cell therapy studies and translate bold science into timely trials that change patient outcomes? This role positions you at the intersection of science, data and delivery, where your decisions influence study design, site selection and recruitment trajectories across the UK.

As the Local Feasibility Lead, you will guide end-to-end feasibility for internally delivered early and late stage cell therapy studies, partnering with country study teams and global stakeholders. You will turn market intelligence and digital insights into clear choices that accelerate execution, reduce risk and ensure the right patients access the right trials at the right time. Can you see yourself steering UK feasibility so investigators are ready, sites are primed and recruitment is predictable?

Accountabilities:

• Own UK feasibility from study concept through baseline and re-baseline, ensuring robust local input drives optimal protocol design, right-size country/site allocation and realistic recruitment forecasts.
• Serve as the single accountable contact for all stages of local feasibility assessment, delivering actionable, timely feedback that informs global decision-making and milestones.
• Contribute to design remit and study specification validation by surfacing UK standards-of-care considerations, identifying delivery challenges from investigator responses and aligning with local clinical practice.
• Act as the country expert for feasibility and recruitment, championing planning platforms and analytics; oversee and train local users to standardize tool adoption and data quality.
• Leverage internal and competitor performance data to set cost-efficient, sustainable recruitment targets and strategies, with early transparency on approaches such as vendor use and site-level tactics.
• Build and steer UK and site-specific recruitment and retention plans that capitalize on feasibility findings, align resources to impact and adapt as signals evolve.
• Collaborate across study management and monitoring to shape risk registers, contingency plans, escalations and corrective actions that protect timelines and quality.
• Track pipeline changes, policy shifts, competitor activity and site trends; share early insights with local leaders to enable proactive planning and frontloaded input.
• Ensure critical feasibility data and assumptions transition cleanly to local study teams at handover, securing continuity from planning to start-up and beyond.
• Drive simplification and process improvement in feasibility, recruitment and retention; stay alert to new technologies, regulations and practices that raise performance.
• Partner with medical, site partnerships, patient operations and field teams; champion recruitment and retention practices and facilitate knowledge transfer across teams.
• Participate in onboarding and mentoring of local study team members, reinforcing ICH/GCP and internal procedural standards while fostering a culture of quality and efficiency.

Essential Skills/Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field (e.g. life sciences, business management, or project management) or project management certification.
• Significant experience in the drug development processes in pharmaceutical industry.
• Proven experience in managing, influencing, building and maintaining relationships, and achieving results with senior stakeholders in a challenging environment.
• Proven experience in developing and delivering study delivery strategies and tactical/operational plans aligned to commercial and regulatory objectives.
• Clinical trial patient and investigator recruitment and retention experience.
• Proven experience in project and budget management.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, negotiation, collaboration, and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent knowledge of international guidelines ICH/GCP, basic knowledge of GMP/GDP.
• Good knowledge of relevant local regulations.
• Good medical knowledge in relevant AZ Therapeutic Areas.
• Good understanding of Clinical Study Management including monitoring, study drug handling and data management.
• Ability to travel required, approximately 15%.
• Ability to deliver quality according to the requested standards.
• Ability to look for and champion more efficient and effective methods/processes of delivering quality clinical trials with reduced budget and in less time.
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrates ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks with conflicting deadlines.
• Ability to understand the impact of technology on projects and to use and develop skills while making appropriate use of systems/software in an e-enabled environment.
• Team oriented and flexible; ability to respond quickly to shifting demands and opportunities.
• Ability to work in an environment of remote collaborators.
• Manages change with a positive approach for self, team and the business. Sees change as an opportunity to improve performance and add value to the business.

Desirable Skills/Experience:

• New product development experience within the pharmaceutical industry.
• Prior involvement in developing study delivery strategies and tactical/operational plans aligned to local regulatory objectives.
• Proven project management or other complex/cross-border management experience.
• Proven experience working with partners, Clinical Research Organizations (CRO) and Academic Research Organizations (ARO).
• Experience in cell therapy.
• Ability to influence strategically and persuade tactfully, to obtain desired outcomes while maintaining effective, positive, organizational relationships.
• Process Innovation Mindset: Ability to critically evaluate current workflows and identify opportunities where AI can drive efficiency, quality, or innovation.

Why AstraZeneca:

Join a community where bold science meets real-world delivery and teams mix perspectives to unlock new ideas. Here, academia blends with industry, and unexpected groups gather in the same room to accelerate progress against some of the toughest cancers. You will work alongside colleagues who value curiosity and compassion in equal measure, with opportunities to learn from leaders across disciplines and geographies. With a deep pipeline, advanced platforms and strong external collaborations, your local feasibility leadership will translate into faster studies and broader patient impact. We value kindness alongside ambition, and we back people who take smart risks and learn quickly so that together we move discoveries from concept to clinic.

So, what’s next?

Are you already imagining yourself joining our team? Good, because we can’t wait to hear from you! We welcome your application no later than 7th June 2026.

Our mission is to build an inclusive and equitable environment. We want people to feel they belong at AstraZeneca and Alexion, starting with our recruitment process. We welcome and consider applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of characteristics. We offer reasonable adjustments/accommodations to help all candidates to perform at their best. If you have a need for any adjustments/accommodations, please complete the section in the application form.