Director of AI

About the role

Founded in 2009, EDETEK is a global leader in clinical technology and services, delivering high-quality, AI-powered platforms and solutions to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device companies. With a presence across four continents and a client base of over 100 biopharmaceutical companies, EDETEK is transforming clinical development through cloud-native technologies, intelligent data management, and automation. Our platforms are built for scalability, interoperability, and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the AI vision aligned with EDETEK's strategic goals.
• Lead cross-functional teams to deliver AI-driven capabilities across clinical development.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship across the AI engineering team.
• Inform and deliver on ambitious product roadmaps to accelerate growth.
• Architect and build scalable AI infrastructure and solutions to support business growth.
• Oversee model training, optimization, and deployment of end-to-end ML models.
• Define best practices for AI/ML lifecycle management and governance.
• Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulatory frameworks.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business goals into technical solutions.
• Partner with engineering, product, and clinical teams to integrate AI into platform capabilities.
• Communicate AI strategy and progress to executive leadership and external partners.
• Lead initiatives in advanced AI domains including transfer learning, generative models, and reinforcement learning.
• Drive the development of enterprise knowledge management systems, NLP frameworks, and semantic data integration.
• Implement reasoning methodologies including formal logic inference, graph analytics, and machine learning discovery techniques.

Requirements

• Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field; advanced degree preferred.
• 6+ years of hands-on experience in clinical trials and clinical development.
• 3+ years of experience building and deploying AI/ML solutions and products.
• Strong background in AI/ML fundamentals and software development.
• Experience with modern databases, cloud environments, and data ecosystems.
• Proven success in leading large-scale projects with multiple stakeholders.
• Ability to thrive in a startup-mode environment and manage change effectively.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Qualifications

• Expertise in transfer learning, unsupervised feature generation, meta-learning, generative text models, reinforcement learning, and Agentic AI.
• Proficient in deep programming and production-grade AI implementation.
• Experience designing enterprise knowledge systems, semantic web frameworks (RDF, OWL, SPARQL), and healthcare classification systems (SNOMED CT, CDISC, MeSH).
• Advanced data science and mathematical skills (e.g., PhD in computational modeling, machine learning, statistics, computer science).

Benefits

• Choice of comprehensive Medical, Vision and Dental Insurance plans
• Paid vacation time and sick days
• Corporate holidays annually
• Participation in the 401K Plan
• Comprehensive perks and discount programs for AAA, wholesale, insurance, Rx, fitness, pets, entertainment, etc
• Health Advocate and Employee Assistance Program