Data Science Hiring Process at AstraZeneca [Video]

With over 45 years of presence in India, British-Swedish pharmaceutical and biotechnology giant AstraZeneca has data science and AI capabilities deeply ingrained across its entire drug development lifecycle. 

For the company, AI plays a pivotal role in accelerating target identification, drug discovery, clinical trials, and commercial analytics. AstraZeneca has implemented rigorous processes to ensure the responsible development and deployment of AI and ML solutions. 

Internally built use cases, solutions, or tools undergo an AI governance maturity assessment before production deployment to ensure compliance with the company’s responsible AI development standards, aligning with their data ethics principles. 

Teams from all business areas contribute to this process, fostering a collaborative approach to ensure AI is developed and deployed safely and responsibly.

AIM recently got in touch with Arun Maria, director of data and AI, R&D IT; Govind Cheramkalam, director of commercial reporting and analytics; and Anuradha Kumar, head HR, AstraZeneca, to understand more about the GCC’s …