Senior Director - Distinguished Applied AI Scientist

Location: Tarrytown, New York; Warren, New Jersey; or Armonk, New York
Work model: 4 days a week on-site

About the role

As the technical anchor connecting Regeneron’s scientific AI/ML engineering work with frontier technology evaluation, you’ll bring deep expertise in foundation models and generative AI. Partner closely with Research and Preclinical Development scientists to deliver lasting impact, shape platform strategy, model evaluation standards, and how the company adopts new AI capabilities. This role reports to the SVP, Chief AI Officer, and offers a chance to help define how a fast-growing, science-driven company builds and governs AI at scale.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Research and Preclinical Development scientists to turn their needs into working AI/ML solutions
• Guide an embedded AI/ML engineering team on model development, evaluation, and deployment
• Design foundation model and generative AI solutions for drug discovery and computational biology
• Evaluate new AI models, tools, and platforms against Regeneron's scientific and business needs
• Build proof-of-concept projects to test promising technologies before wider rollout
• Track advances in AI research and turn them into clear, practical recommendations
• Support and grow the skills of engineers and applied scientists on the team
• Share findings and recommendations with technical and executive stakeholders alike

Requirements

• Advanced degree in computer science, engineering, physics, or a related field, plus 15+ years of relevant experience
• Strong knowledge of deep learning architectures (CNNs, RNNs, GNNs, Transformers) and generative modeling methods (VAE, diffusion, flow-based, autoregressive)
• Hands-on experience with foundation model pre-training and scaling methods (FlashAttention, LoRA)
• Comfort with DL infrastructure and HPC frameworks (Lightning, Ray, FSDP, DeepSpeed)
• Proficiency in Python, with familiarity in common ML frameworks (PyTorch, scikit-learn)

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in AI/ML research and engineering, with strength in foundation models and generative AI
• Enjoy turning complex research into guidance that platform, engineering, and product teams can use
• Have partnered with scientists or other domain experts to build real, production-grade AI/ML solutions
• Have compared and benchmarked new AI models or platforms against real-world use cases
• Communicate clearly with both technical teams and executive audiences
• Like connecting research breakthroughs to practical, everyday adoption
• Work well across teams that span research, engineering, and business

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
• Family support benefits

Pay

Salary Range (annually): $242,000.00 - $403,300.00

Schedule

Work model: 4 days a week on-site