Executive Director, AI Platform Engineering Lead - Remote
Job Summary
This role leads the engineering strategy, delivery, and operational excellence for Novartis’s agentic AI platform. It is central to transforming existing processes into AI-driven products and workflows, ensuring a scalable, secure, and high-performing platform. The Executive Director will work with product leaders, business stakeholders, and technology teams to drive AI transformation and unlock growth opportunities.
Major Accountabilities
- Define and lead the engineering strategy, roadmap, and operating model for the agentic AI platform.
- Oversee design, development, integration, deployment, and operation of platform capabilities.
- Establish platform engineering standards, architectural principles, and development practices (scalability, reliability, security, maintainability).
- Lead cross-functional engineering teams to build reusable services, tools, and components.
- Partner with product, data, infrastructure, security, and business teams to align capabilities with enterprise priorities.
- Drive platform performance, operational excellence, and continuous improvement.
- Guide modernization of existing systems for integration with agentic AI.
- Communicate platform strategy, technical direction, progress, risks, and investment needs to senior executives and stakeholders.
Essential Requirements
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in related field required; Master’s or MBA strongly preferred (Business, Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, or related).
- Experience: 15+ years of progressive product management experience, including leadership over senior product leaders, with a strong record of scaling enterprise-level product strategy.
- Deep expertise in AI-driven product management, from concept to commercialization in complex enterprise environments.
- Proven people leadership and organizational development capability (leading directors and senior product teams, building high-performing organizations, establishing effective operating models).
- Strong cross-functional and executive influence skills, partnering with Engineering, Innovation, Commercial, Data Science, and business leadership.
Skills Desired
- Agile (Programming Methodology)
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Business Value Creation
- Change Management
- Curious Mindset
- Data Governance
- Data Literacy
- Data Management
- Data Quality
- Data Science
- Data Strategy
- Data Visualization
- Deep Learning
- Learning Agility
- Machine Learning (ML)
- Machine Learning Algorithms
- Mentorship
- NLP & GenAI
- Organization Awareness
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Statistical Analysis
- Time Series Analysis
- Vision
Compensation & Benefits
- Salary Range: $225,400 – $418,600 USD per year (based on skills and experience; reviewed periodically).
- Additional Compensation: Performance-based cash incentive; eligibility for annual equity awards (depending on role level).
- Benefits: Health, life, and disability benefits; 401(k) with company contribution and match; generous time off (vacation, personal days, holidays, and other leaves).
Company Information
Novartis is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Reasonable accommodations available for individuals with disabilities. Contact [email protected] or +1(877)395-2339 with job requisition number for assistance.
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