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AI & Data AVP, Manufacturing (Life Sciences/Pharma)

Deloitte · Philadelphia, PA · 5 days ago
HybridManufacturing$172k–$338k/yrFull-time

About the role

Join our AI & Engineering team in transforming technology platforms, driving innovation, and helping make a significant impact on our clients' success. You’ll work alongside talented professionals reimagining and re-engineering operations and processes that are critical to businesses. Your contributions can help clients improve financial performance, accelerate new digital ventures, and fuel growth through innovation.

Recruiting for this role ends on

07/14/2026.

Work you'll do

  • Lead AI & Data engagements focused on manufacturing, quality, and digital operations transformation for Life Sciences / Pharma clients.
  • Shape and deliver use cases such as process visibility, exception management, predictive insights, AI-assisted quality analytics, intelligent automation, and connected operations.
  • Translate manufacturing and quality business needs into scalable AI, data, and digital solution designs.
  • Work across business, product, architecture, engineering, and client teams to support implementation and adoption.
  • Help clients connect process transformation with enabling systems, data foundations, and value realization.
  • Support broader AI & Data pursuits and delivery efforts beyond manufacturing and quality when needed.
  • Lead engagement planning, budgeting, staffing, and team mobilization for data and AI initiatives
  • Define deliverable structure and content; manage quality, timelines, economics, and engagement risk
  • Manage day-to-day interactions with executive clients and sponsors and facilitate buy-in for proposed solutions
  • Lead business development activities, including client relationship development, pursuit leadership, proposal development, and pricing strategy input
  • Coach and develop practitioners through counseling, staffing input, recruitment, retention, and delivery team leadership
  • Lead workshops, executive presentations, and stakeholder sessions.
  • Mentor junior practitioners and contribute to practice, offering, and go-to-market development.

The team

Our AI & Data practice offers comprehensive solutions for designing, developing, and operating advanced Data and AI platforms, products, insights, and services. We help clients innovate, enhance, and manage their data, AI, and analytics capabilities, ensuring they can grow and scale effectively.

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience in enterprise data architecture, data strategy, analytics, AI/ML, and digital transformation
  • 6+ years of experience in Life Sciences or pharmaceutical manufacturing, quality, or operational transformation projects
  • 6+ years of experience with Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), Quality Management Systems (QMS), Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), or Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) platforms
  • 4+ years of experience leading, managing, and delivering complex technology engagements
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or Artificial Intelligence
  • Ability to travel 50%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve
  • Limited immigration sponsorship may be available.

Paid Time Off

We offer competitive paid time off, including holidays, vacation, sick leave, and personal days.

Disability Accommodations

If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the application process, click here to request it. Once you have requested a reasonable accommodation, we will treat your request as confidential and will consider it on a case-by-case basis. We will not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms for this job opening. Unsolicited resumes received will be excluded from consideration and will not result in payment of any kind.

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