Scientific Fellow, AI-Enabled CMC

About the role

The Scientific Fellow, AI-Enabled CMC, is a senior individual contributor and scientific thought leader at the intersection of AI, computational science, and Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls. This role will shape scientific strategy, evaluate internal and external capabilities, and apply deep scientific judgement to advance CMC across development, scale-up, tech transfer, and Manufacturing Sciences.

Main Responsibilities

• Provide expert leadership on how advanced digital, computational, and AI approaches can accelerate CMC development, improve process understanding and control, strengthen robustness and decision-making, and increase probability of success across the product lifecycle.
• Advise senior leaders and corporate management on emerging scientific and technological advances, strategic opportunities, and differentiated approaches in AI-enabled CMC spanning both small and large molecule modalities where relevant.
• Define scientific strategies and practical tactics that support company ambitions in AI-enabled CMC. Assess emerging methods, platforms, partnerships, and external innovations for scientific quality, strategic relevance, and potential impact across areas such as process development, formulation, analytical sciences, process modeling, scale-up, tech transfer, manufacturing process monitoring, process robustness, and data-driven process optimization.
• Work at the interface of R&D CMC teams and partner closely with scale-up, tech transfer, and Manufacturing Sciences organizations to help identify opportunities where advanced analytics, modeling, automation, and AI can improve speed, reliability, and knowledge transfer across development and manufacturing.

About You

• Ph.D. in chemical engineering, pharmaceutical sciences, chemistry, biochemistry, bioengineering, computational science, data science, machine learning, or a related scientific discipline, with a minimum of 7 years of experience in academia, biotech, technology, pharma, or a manufacturing-focused environment.
• Demonstrated success in AI, computational tools, and CMC-related scientific innovation, along with a strong track record of advising senior leaders, evaluating emerging scientific capabilities, and translating technical advances into strategic R&D and manufacturing impact.

Why Choose Us

• Pursue Progress. Discover Extraordinary.
• Better is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science.
• Unite with a supportive, future-focused team.
• Grow your talent and drive your career, whether its through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.
• Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.
• Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs and at least 14 weeks gender-neutral parental leave.