Director, AI & Technology Transformation
Core
Lead the diagnosis, design, and implementation of R&D data foundations across seven core elements (quality, ontology, governance, discovery, access, integration, products) to strengthen strategic decisions and accelerate value in pharmaceutical R&D.
Role type
Director, R&D AI & Technology Transformation (Strategy & Delivery)
Builds
End-to-end data journeys, prioritized intervention roadmaps, and measurable outcomes for R&D data capabilities.
Domain
Pharmaceutical R&D / Data Strategy & Governance
Required skills
Data strategy leadership, organizational diagnostics, strategy-to-implementation execution, cross-functional workshop facilitation, change management, business case development, data management concepts (quality, ontology, governance, integration), stakeholder influence, adoption measurement.
Preferred skills
R&D data platforms experience, management consulting background, change/project management certifications, cross-functional team leadership, regulatory data access processes knowledge, delivery-focused team management, workforce upskilling.
Technologies
Data platforms, data governance frameworks, IHD/consent processes, regulatory data systems.
Responsibilities
Lead comprehensive diagnostics of R&D data journeys; identify and synthesize pain points across data elements; engage 50+ SMEs to ground findings; define future-state ambition for data capabilities; facilitate cross-functional workshops to align stakeholders; develop and prioritize strategic interventions; build business cases for interventions; report progress and secure leadership endorsement; take ownership of implementation and delivery; establish governance structures; identify leverage points for existing platforms vs. new capabilities.
Seniority
Director, strategic leadership with hands-on delivery ownership.