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Director, Country Operations Management
Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals Lp · 🇺🇸 US - Boston - MA
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 99 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 31 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals Lp paid sponsored hires in similar roles1 certified filing for “Associate Director, Oncology Portfolio Analytics” (Management Analysts) in MD: $157k–$157k, median $157k. Most were filed at wage level II (100%) — 2 lottery entries, ≈31% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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Sponsor Radar — Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals Lp
The US Department of Labor certified 99 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 31 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
Location: Boston, Seaport Hybrid: 60% onsite The Director Country Operations Management (DCOM) will lead a local execution team, fully accountable for all study deliverables and quality for programs in their country). The DCOM is accountable for execution of all assigned operational trial deliverables, for assigned programs completed according to timelines, operational procedures, quality standards, SOPs and guidelines. Focus is on high quality delivery in a timely and cost-effective manner, in accordance with local regulations and ICH/GCP guidelines, and as aligned with country level ways of working. The DCOM is a key contributor in the overall deliverables for the country, including early planning, feasibility, site selection, study start-up, enrollment, data deliverables, and close-out, and works in partnership with global study team, SDHCO, Dir SSU and Site Partnership, and RHCO to define those deliverables. DCOM is accountable for leading, managing, training, and developing a dedicated team of direct reports, and is responsible for planning and optimization of reporting resources including objective setting, performance follow-up, and contributes to shaping processes to standardize ways of working country level and managing change . The DCOM will play a central role in maintaining oversight and effective management of vendors including CROs and will create an effective communication pathway with other stakeholders within their country e.g. Local Medical Affairs and Legal (where applicable). You will be responsible for: • Leads local execution team for assigned programs consistent with country level ways of working • Utilize available technology proficiently to manage local study delivery and identify opportunity for operational optimization • Directing country execution team to achieve quality and timeliness of all study deliverables (site identification, feasibility, start up, recruitment, data deliverables). • Ensuring resource optimization of assigned team to deliver to committed clinical program targets. • Development and performance management of direct reports and ensuring each direct report has development and training plans according to company policy and people plans. Hands-on support and coaching direct line reports on a regular basis to address challenges and needs • Participate in succession planning and talent development discussions • Prepares salary and bonus proposals for direct reports based on their performance, in close consultation with SDHCO and local HRBPs. • Contributing to transformation initiatives, shaping processes to standardize ways of working country level, and manages change to ensure contribution to effective COM organization • Accountable for monitoring metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) across all studies • Ensuring cross-functional collaboration of team and PMCOs through proactive communication with global study team members (Global Study Directors, Global Study Associate Directors, Global Study Managers), and other local study team members (Study Start-up Managers, Site Contract Associate Directors, Site Alliance Lead, Site Solutions Manager, CRAs, and ADCOM) to raise and resolve study specific blockers quickly • Partnering with Development Country Quality and Medical Advisor Pipeline to ensure quality mindset, and Inspection Readiness, and management of site engagement, respectively. • Contributes to high quality re/feasibility work, using data driven approach balanced with local intelligence and site insights to develop credible plans and country commitments for assigned projects, and in accordance with country goals. • Overseeing local team member interactions with IRB/Ethics Committees • Approving site selections for each study • Ensure timely completen