The Associate Director, Patient Centricity enables patient-centredpractices across R&D by supporting the delivery of strategy, processes, tools and governance acrossPatient-CentredDevelopment(PCD), Representation in Clinical Trials, Health Equity in Science and Bioethics.

Working globally in a matrix environment, the role partners with therapy areas(TAs)and enterprise functions to embed patient voice,generate and applypatient experience data,representativeness, health equity and ethical guardrails into development strategy,designand delivery.

The role helps scale consistent ways of workingacross theTAsbydeveloping and evolvingframeworks, StandardOperatingProcedures (SOPs), templates,trainingand resources that support compliant, inspection-readypatient centered development.

The rolewillsupportwithportfolio planning, milestone tracking, risk and issue management, metrics,trackingand reporting todemonstrateadoption, businessvalueand continuous improvement. This will be achievedthoughcoordination ofcross-functional workstreams,vendorsand external partners.

Role-specific accountabilities:Patient-CentredDevelopment Enablement

• Partner with Patient Centricity, therapyareaand cross-functional teams to implement the Patient-CentredDevelopment framework, ensuring alignment with external expectations including regulators, HTA bodies and payers.

• Support disease-level patient experience summaries forprogrammeteams, including delivery planning, creation of the summaries, impact measurement, stakeholderengagementand vendor coordination.

• Develop,maintainand promote tools, resources and training that enable effective and consistent adoption of the Patient-CentredDevelopment framework across teams.

• Manage PCD activity trackers and related operational processes, ensuring alignment with relevant data systems and partnership with PCD Directors.

Education, qualifications,skillsand experience

Essential

•Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in life sciences, health sciences, ora relateddiscipline.

•Experience building infrastructure or managing processes, operating models, guidance,templatesand training in a global matrixorganisation.

•Demonstratedability to work with cross-functional stakeholders including Clinical Development, Clinical Operations, Regulatory, and other potential external partners.

•Strong understanding of drug development, clinical trial design and delivery, and the role of patient voice and patient experience data in R&D decision-making.

•Strong project management skills, including planning, stakeholder management anddelivery totime,qualityand cost.

•Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex requirements into practical, user-friendly guidance and executive-ready materials.