AI Research Innovation Lead — Remote

Bristol-Myers Squibb; United States; Remote; USD 145,000 - 175,728; Full time

Job summary

Bristol Myers Squibb seeks a Principal Research AI Innovation Lead to design, prototype, and scale AI-enabled capabilities that accelerate scientific research. You will work across Research, AI, data, product, engineering, and enterprise technology teams to implement reusable AI patterns and assess scientific quality.

The role emphasizes agentic workflows, long-horizon research tasks, and governance to ensure reliable, grounded AI outputs for decision making in drug discovery and translational

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a scientific, computational, or AI-related field.
• Experience interpreting scientific evidence and evaluating AI outputs.
• Hands-on architectural depth in AI/LLMs and agentic workflows.

Responsibilities

• Identify high-impact opportunities where AI speeds research and improves quality.
• Shape multi-year GenAI strategies, establish reusable building blocks and provenance.
• Architect and implement agentic system-of-systems for complex workflows across research.
• Establish evaluation standards, benchmarks, and reliability for AI in research.

Skills

GenAI strategy

Agentic workflows

Multi-agent orchestration

Evaluation frameworks

Biomedical AI

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

Job description

Bristol Myers Squibb seeks a Principal Research AI Innovation Lead to design, prototype, and scale AI-enabled capabilities that accelerate scientific research. You will work across Research, AI, data, product, engineering, and enterprise technology teams to implement reusable AI patterns and assess scientific quality.

The role emphasizes agentic workflows, long-horizon research tasks, and governance to ensure reliable, grounded AI outputs for decision making in drug discovery and translational