Executive Director Applied AI

Job Summary

The Executive Director, Applied AI leads Regeneron’s enterprise applied AI strategy and innovation agenda, translating frontier AI capabilities into production-grade solutions that advance the company’s scientific and business priorities.

About the role

Works in close partnership with the Data & AI Engineering leader in Regeneron’s Global Capability Center (GCC) in India, ensuring that what is designed is architected for platform-scale delivery and built to last.

Responsibilities

• Set enterprise direction for agentic AI, evaluating and selecting platforms, frameworks, and architecture patterns.
• Lead a team of product managers and product owners accountable for Regeneron’s portfolio of enterprise AI capabilities.
• Track the AI frontier across models, platforms, agentic frameworks, and methods, and translate that intelligence into concrete recommendations tied to Regeneron’s business and scientific priorities.
• Run structured pilots with clear adoption criteria.
• Embed directly with business and scientific stakeholders to activate AI solutions at speed.
• Operate in two modes: rapid deployment of configured GenAI and low-code/no-code solutions, and structured prototype-to-handoff engagements for higher-complexity problems requiring GCC production engineering.
• Define and govern handoff standards between applied AI prototypes and GCC production engineering.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree (Master's or advanced degree preferred) with 17+ years leading applied AI/ML organizations through the full lifecycle.
• Demonstrated experience building and leading AI product management organizations — establishing product ownership, roadmaps, and adoption accountability for enterprise AI capabilities.
• Strong product mindset paired with hands-on solution architecture depth; able to operate as both strategist and technical leader — not a pure people-manager.
• Deep appreciation for the life sciences context — an understanding of how AI is reshaping drug discovery, clinical development, regulatory, and commercial functions in biopharma, and a genuine appetite to engage with Regeneron’s science.
• Deep familiarity with the current AI landscape: generative AI, agentic systems, LLM application architecture, retrieval and reasoning patterns, and modern AI/ML platforms.
• Hands-on familiarity with low-code/no-code AI deployment and configured GenAI platforms; able to recognize when a business problem calls for rapid configuration versus custom engineering.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (Master's or advanced degree preferred).
• 17+ years leading applied AI/ML organizations through the full lifecycle.
• Experience building and leading AI product management organizations.
• Product mindset paired with hands-on solution architecture depth.
• Understanding of the life sciences context and current AI landscape.
• Hands-on experience with low-code/no-code AI deployment and configured GenAI platforms.

Skills

• Agentic AI Strategy and Platform Evaluation.
• Enterprise AI Product Management.
• Emerging Technology and Industry Intelligence.
• Forward Deployment Engineering.

Benefits

Regeneron offers a competitive and comprehensive total rewards package which may include, depending on country and role: annual bonuses or other incentive plans, equity awards, pension or retirement benefits, 401(k) company match, health and wellness programs, fitness centers, insurance benefits (e.g. medical, dental, vision, life and disability), paid time off, and family support benefits.

Pay

$285,600.00 - $475,900.00 annually

Schedule

Hybrid; 4 days per week on site