Cell Therapy – Field Clinical Advisor

AstraZeneca

Cell Therapy Field Clinical Advisor managing clinical trials and ensuring patient journey optimization. Collaborating across AstraZeneca's global clinical operations team to support cell therapy programs.

Posted 4/28/2026full-timeOsaka • 🇯🇵 JapanMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Google Cloud Platform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Cell Therapy Field Clinical Advisors (FCAs) are part of the Global Cell Therapy Clinical Operations team and play a critical role in the successful execution of cell therapy clinical trials—driving recruitment, retention and safety management while enabling early insight generation.
FCAs focus on clinical study protocol expertise and education, optimizing the patient journey, and cell therapy pipeline engagement.
Typical Accountabilities include:
Scientific Expertise and Education Pipeline Mastery at Scale.
Recognized Thought Leadership.
Initiative Ownership and Execution.
Education Gap Identification and Closure.
Insight Generation and Influence.
Clinical Trial Support Advanced Education and Readiness.
Recruitment and Retention Performance.
Issue Triage, Escalation, and Risk Mitigation.
Structured, Compliant Scientific Exchange.
Insight Loop and Continuous Improvement.
Operational Cross-functional orchestration.
Portfolio coverage and resiliency.
Regulatory and policy stewardship.
External scientific engagement.
Innovation sourcing and scaling.
Cross Functional Global workstreams.
Medical Affairs.
Commercial (within governance).
Evidence and insights.
Governance.
Impact Operational velocity and quality to directly improve speed, quality, and consistency of AstraZeneca’s cell therapy trials.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in a health-related field required; advanced degree (PharmD, PhD, MSc, NP/PA, MD/RN) preferred.
5+ years in clinical research or field-facing roles within oncology/hematology or advanced therapies; direct cell therapy experience strongly preferred.
Concentrated understanding of GCP, clinical trial operations, and cell therapy patient journey.
Excellent stakeholder management, presentation, and training skills; ability to translate complex protocols into practical site actions.
Willingness to travel regionally/nationally and internationally to support sites and program needs.
Patient- and site-centric mindset with a bias for action and problem solving.
Data-informed approach to identify trends, risks, and opportunities for operational improvement.
Agility to support multiple studies and indications in a dynamic portfolio environment.

Benefits

Comp & perks

AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.

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Hard Skills & Tools

clinical researchcell therapyGCPclinical trial operationsdata analysisrisk mitigationpatient journey optimizationinsight generationevidence generationregulatory compliance

Soft Skills

stakeholder managementpresentation skillstraining skillsproblem solvinginitiative ownershipcommunicationagilitycollaborationinfluenceeducation gap identification

Certifications

Bachelor’s degreePharmDPhDMScNP/PAMDRN