Head of Clinical AI Portfolio, Senior Director, AI for Clinical Development
Core
Strategic portfolio owner leading AI in Clinical Development to accelerate trial design, conduct, and analysis across the enterprise pipeline.
Role type
Senior strategic portfolio owner (Head of Clinical AI Portfolio)
Builds
Enterprise AI capabilities for clinical development, including models, agents, and operational frameworks.
Domain
Biopharmaceutical R&D, Clinical Development, Applied AI
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis
Required skills
Clinical development lifecycle expertise (Phases I–III), AI/ML strategy (foundation models, LLMs, agentic systems), portfolio management, business case development, stakeholder governance, cross-functional translation
Preferred skills
Vendor diligence, change leadership, management consulting experience, embedding AI teams in clinical settings
Technologies
Foundation models, LLMs, agentic systems
Responsibilities
Set and own AI strategy for clinical development, prioritize and sequence portfolio demand, build business cases and quantify ROI, lead portfolio governance and resource planning, scan external landscape for emerging methods, define intake and triage frameworks, provide build/buy/partner recommendations, represent portfolio to senior leadership
Seniority
Senior, strategic portfolio owner