AI Product Lead: Development, Transfer & Scale-Up

Lonza; Basel; On-site; Vertraulich; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Agile career

Dynamic culture

Inclusive workplace

Global benefits access

Job summary

Lonza in Basel, Switzerland seeks an AI Product Manager for Development & Technology Transfer to drive AI-enabled process insights and manufacturing readiness. You will coordinate cross-functional Fusion Teams, translate scientific challenges into AI product requirements, and ensure value delivery across the lifecycle.

Collaborating with scientists, engineers, and SMEs, you will maintain a prioritized backlog, align roadmaps, and report progress to stakeholders while advancing AI product

Qualifications

• Experience in Process Development, MSAT, Technology Transfer, Manufacturing Science/Engineering or a closely related biopharma area.
• Experience with digital, data or AI-enabled products/solutions.
• Strong understanding of biopharmaceutical process development, scale-up and technology transfer.
• Able to work credibly with scientists, engineers, MSAT and manufacturing teams.
• Comfortable working across different modalities and identifying opportunities for reuse.
• Strong scientific and analytical mindset.
• Able to challenge assumptions and connect patterns across processes and modalities.

Responsibilities

• Understands the end-to-end development and technology transfer lifecycle, from process development and characterization through scale-up, transfer, validation and manufacturing readiness.
• Works with scientists, engineers and manufacturing SMEs to identify where AI can improve process understanding, prediction and decision-making, rather than simply digitizing existing activities.
• Translates scientific and process challenges into AI product requirements, working closely with AI Engineering, Data Science, Data and platform teams.
• Plans and facilitates delivery rhythm of the Fusion Team assigned to an AI opportunity, including maintaining a prioritized backlog focused on high-value work
• Drives the opportunity through defined lifecycle stages, ensuring required deliverables and evidence are ready for stage-gate decisions
• Develops continuously own AI product & delivery expertise, staying current with relevant practices and sharing insights with other AI Product Managers
• Supports the AI Product Lead with roadmap alignment & stakeholder reporting, keeping AI opportunity progress & priorities visible across the organization

Skills

Process Development

MSAT & Tech Transfer

AI-enabled products

Biopharma domain knowledge

Cross-functional collaboration

Analytical mindset

Job description

Lonza in Basel, Switzerland seeks an AI Product Manager for Development & Technology Transfer to drive AI-enabled process insights and manufacturing readiness. You will coordinate cross-functional Fusion Teams, translate scientific challenges into AI product requirements, and ensure value delivery across the lifecycle.

Collaborating with scientists, engineers, and SMEs, you will maintain a prioritized backlog, align roadmaps, and report progress to stakeholders while advancing AI product