Assoc. Dir. DDIT Dev. Data, Analyt,DS&AI

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

- GenAI Strategy & Roadmap:Define and implement a generative AI architecture and roadmap aligned with business goals in pharma and life sciences.
- Solution Design:Architect scalable GenAI solutions for drug discovery, medical writing automation, clinical trials, regulatory submissions, and real-world evidence generation.
- LLM Development & Optimization:Work with data scientists and ML engineers to develop, fine-tune, and optimize large language models (LLMs) for life sciences applications, such as scientific literature analysis, regulatory intelligence, and patient engagement.
- Cloud & On-Prem AI Infrastructure:Design GenAI solutions leveraging cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) or on-premise infrastructure while ensuring data security and regulatory compliance.
- MLOps & Deployment:Implement best practices for GenAI model deployment, monitoring, and lifecycle management withinGxP-compliantenvironments.
- Compliance & Governance:Ensure GenAI solutions comply withregulatory standards (FDA, EMA, GDPR, HIPAA, GxP, 21 CFR Part 11)and adhere to responsible AI principles, including bias mitigation and explainability.
- Performance Optimization:Drive efficiency in generative AI models, ensuring cost optimization and scalability while maintaining data integrity and compliance.
- Stakeholder Collaboration:Work with cross-functional teams, including platform teams, and Drug Development teams, to align GenAI initiatives with enterprise and industry-specific requirements.
- Research & Innovation:Stay updated with the latest advancements inGenAI, multimodal AI, AI agents, and synthetic data generationto incorporate emerging technologies into the company s AI strategy.

Essential Requirements

- Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, AI, Data Science, Bioinformatics, or a related field.
- Experience:10+ years experience in Big data, AI/ML development with at least 2 years in an AI Architect or GenAI Architect role in pharma, biotech, or life sciences.
- Technical Expertise:
- Strong proficiency inGenerative AI, large language models (LLMs), multimodal AI, and deep learningfor pharma applications.
- Hands-on experience with AI/ML frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, Hugging Face, LangChain, Scikit-learn, etc.).
- Experience with data engineering, ETL pipelines, and big data technologies (Spark, Kafka, Databricks, etc.).
- Knowledge of cloud AI services (AWS Bedrock, Azure OpenAI).
- Lead the deployment of a Lightweight LLM in a Pharma SaaS Platform
- MLOps & DevOps:Familiarity with CI/CD, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), vector databases, and real-time model monitoring.
- Regulatory & Ethical AI:Understanding of AI governance, responsible AI principles, and compliance requirements for GenAI in pharma.
- Problem-Solving:Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to design innovative GenAI solutions for life sciences use cases.
- Communication & Leadership:Excellent communication skills to articulate GenAI strategies and solutions to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Desirable Requirement

- Experience inGenAI applications for medical writing, automated clinical trial protocols, drug discovery, and regulatory intelligence.
- Knowledge ofAI explainability, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), knowledge graphs, and synthetic data generationin life sciences.
- AI/ML certifications from AWS, Google, or Microsoft.
- Understanding ofbiomedical ontologies, semantic AI models, and federated learning.
- Exposure to fine-tuning the LLM models will be a big plus
- Exposure to SLM or domain LLM model will be a big plus
- BioGPT & PubMedBERT:NLP for biomedical literature and clinical trial analysis
- Custom SLMs:Fine-tuneMistral 7B, Phi-2, or Gemmaon pharma datasets

Skills Desired

Apache Spark, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Big Data, Data Governance, Data Literacy, Data Management, Data Quality, Data Science, Data Strategy, Data Visualization, Machine Learning (Ml), Master Data Management, Python (Programming Language), R (Programming Language), Statistical Analysis

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