Senior Director AI Catalyst (all genders)

Bayer (Schweiz) AG; Berlin; Hybride; EUR 130 000 - 164 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Competitive salary

Family daycare centers

Learning and development programs

Diversity and inclusive work culture

Résumé du poste

Bayer Berlin is seeking a Senior Director AI Catalyst to lead the Pharmaceuticals AI agenda, translating ambition into prioritized initiatives, roadmaps, and measurable value. You will shape AI-enabled productivity and digital transformation across the function, collaborating with senior leaders across geographies.

The role offers a global, ethical, human-centered AI approach in a highly regulated industry, with a generous compensation package, career growth, and flexible benefits.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in AI, digital transformation, data and analytics, innovation or related roles.
• Experience leading cross-functional strategic, digital, AI, or transformation initiatives.
• Experience in AI use-case development, digital-product delivery, or value realization.
• Strong analytical and structured problem-solving abilities.
• Experience in regulated environments, preferably life sciences or pharmaceuticals.

Responsabilités

• Support the development and evolution of Pharmaceuticals AI agenda and roadmap.
• Translate AI ambition into practical initiatives, milestones, ownership, and value measures.
• Coordinate identification, assessment, and sequencing of AI use cases across Pharmaceuticals.
• Clarify use-case objectives with business owners and align on success metrics.
• Lead structured sessions to redesign high-value workflows and processes.
• Build a connected network of AI frontrunners and enable capability-building.

Connaissances

AI strategy

Cross-functional leadership

AI use-case development

Stakeholder management

Executive communications

Description du poste

# Senior Director AI Catalyst (all genders)Berlin, Berlin, GermanyID: 894341---## Job Description**At Bayer, we believe work should matter. Every day, our teams push toward a future where \"Health for all, Hunger for none\" is within reach, and every role, from the lab to the field to the boardroom, helps us get there. We give people the ownership to shape outcomes, the support to grow through new skills and experiences, and a global community where different perspectives are valued. If you want your work to count and the room to become your best, you'll find it here.****Senior Director AI Catalyst (all genders)** Bayer Pharmaceuticals is accelerating the responsible use of artificial intelligence to improve outcomes for patients, healthcare professionals, health systems, and the business. As AI Catalyst you support the development and implementation of the Pharmaceuticals AI agenda - translating ambition into prioritized initiatives, coordinated delivery, adoption, and measurable value. Join us to help drive AI-enabled productivity, workflow transformation, innovation, and sustainable competitive advantage across the division.**WHO YOU ARE*** You bring significant experience in AI, digital transformation, data and analytics, innovation, strategy, consulting, technology-enabled business transformation, or related roles* You demonstrate experience supporting or leading cross-functional strategic, digital, AI, or transformation initiatives in complex organizations* You have experience in AI use-case development, digital-product delivery, process redesign, workflow transformation, change management, or value realization* You show strong analytical and structured problem-solving skills, translating ambiguous challenges into practical actions and recommendations* You are able to assess AI opportunities across individual productivity, workflow transformation, and business-model or value-chain innovation* You have experience developing business cases, implementation roadmaps, KPIs, adoption measures, or value-tracking approaches* You excel at stakeholder management and communication across functions, geographies, and seniority levels, including executive-ready materials and workshop facilitation* You preferably bring experience in pharmaceuticals, life sciences, healthcare, or another highly regulated environment, with a strong commitment to ethical, responsible, transparent, secure, compliant, and human-centered AI**YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES*** You support the development and continuous evolution of the Pharmaceuticals AI agenda and roadmap in line with divisional priorities and Bayer Group AI direction* You translate AI ambition into practical initiatives, workplans, milestones, ownership models, resource requirements, and value measures across deploy, re-shape, and invent layers* You coordinate identification, assessment, prioritization, and sequencing of AI use cases across Pharmaceuticals, ensuring a transparent view of portfolio status, dependencies, risks, and value realization* You partner with business owners to clarify use-case objectives, accountabilities, business cases, implementation needs, and success measures* You facilitate workflow re-imagination by leading structured working sessions to redesign high-value workflows, processes, and business domains where AI can materially improve performance* You build and maintain a connected network of AI frontrunners, business owners, functional experts, product teams, customer teams, and enabling functions to share learning and scale successful practices* You drive AI deployment and adoption by coordinating stakeholder engagement, change management, communication, and capability-building, including AI literacy and responsible AI understanding* You support alignment with Bayer Group AI governance, strategy, platforms, standards, investments, and capability-building, translating Group direction into implications and opportunities for Pharmaceuticals**WHAT WE OFFER**Our benefits package is flexible, appreciative, and tailored to your lifestyle, because: **What matters to you, matters to us!*** We ensure your financial **stability** with a competitive salary between 129.700€ and 163.800€ per year (full-time) plus a variable component and a global equity-based cash plan. Your compensation is based on your qualifications, skills, and professional experience.* Your **family** is a top priority. We offer loving company daycare centers at multiple locations, support in finding childcare, time off for the care of elderly or dependent family members, summer camps for children, and much more.* We support your professional **growth** by providing access to learning and development opportunities, training programs through the Bayer Learning Academy, development dialogues, as well as coaching and* mentoring programs.* We promote health awareness and opportunities for selfcare through various measures, such as free health checks with the company doctor.* We embrace diversity by providing an inclusive work environment in which you are welcomed, supported, and encouraged to bring your whole self to work.**Be You. Be Bayer.**#LI-AMSEMEA**YOUR APPLICATION**This is your opportunity to tackle the world’s biggest challenges with us: Maintaining our health, feeding growing populations and slowing the rate of climate change. You have a voice, ideas and perspectives and we want to hear them. Because our success begins with you. Be part of something big. Be Bayer.Bayer welcomes applications from all individuals, regardless of race, national origin, gender, age, physical characteristics, social origin, disability, union membership, religion, family status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or any unlawful criterion under applicable law. We are committed to treating all applicants fairly and avoiding discrimination.**Location:** Germany : Berlin : Berlin**Division:** Pharmaceuticals**Reference Code:**894341