Associate Director, Translational Data Science, Hematology R&D at AstraZeneca
Waltham, MA
$138,393–$207,589from the description
Aug 16, 2026
Waltham, MA
Sep 25, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A translational data science role at AstraZeneca's Cambridge, MA site focused on hematologic malignancies. The position involves applying AI/ML and statistical learning to single-cell RNA-seq, bulk sequencing, and clinical biomarker datasets to generate insights that guide study design and patient stratification. The role also requires building dashboards and analytical tools for non-expert users, leading reproducible analytical workflows, and mentoring junior data scientists across the translational portfolio.
Senior level · 5+ years · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH · Master's required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 610 people in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (data scientists). range 160–800
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $134,944 (middle half $104,979–$169,773). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 18, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The alt SOC (15-1252 Software Developers) reflects a genuine secondary signal: the role explicitly requires building dashboards, interfaces, and analytical applications, and desirable skills include package development, automated testing, and CI/CD — substantial software engineering scope alongside the core data science work.
The salary range is presented as '80%–120%' of a midpoint, suggesting the posted band is the full range rather than a base-only figure; no further breakdown is provided.
MRD (minimal residual disease) analysis and hematologic malignancy domain expertise are hard-gated in the requirements section but name no specific tool or platform, so they are not emitted as skills per extraction rules.
Data visualization is required (building dashboards/interfaces for non-experts) but no specific visualization library is named in the required section; Shiny/Dash/Streamlit appear only under Desirable Skills.
The posting's closing date of 03-Sept-2026 and date posted of 17-Aug-2026 appear to be future dates relative to the current period — noted in case of a data entry anomaly.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): Single-cell RNA-seq.
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