Director & Group Head (AI-Systems & Scale)
Core
Design and deploy next-generation AI systems, agentic platforms, and scalable architectures to accelerate drug discovery and development at Novartis.
Role type
Director & Group Head (AI Systems & Scale)
Builds
Enterprise agentic platforms, scalable AI systems, and intelligent workflows for biomedical research
Domain
Biopharmaceuticals / Drug Discovery / AI Infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Machine learning leadership, large model training, high-performance computing, Python, deep learning frameworks, distributed systems, agentic system architecture, MLOps, LLM operations, agent safety engineering
Preferred skills
Enterprise-scale agentic platforms, orchestration, memory, retrieval systems, model deployment monitoring, drift detection
Technologies
Python, deep learning frameworks, cloud environments, distributed systems
Responsibilities
Define multi-year roadmap for scalable AI systems, lead multidisciplinary engineering teams, establish reference architectures for agentic systems, build enterprise agentic platforms, enforce MLOps and LLM ops standards, own agent quality and safety engineering, drive scalable deployment strategies, define performance metrics linking systems to scientific outcomes
Seniority
Director, hands-on technical leadership & team scaling
