AI Solutions Architect

Visa Hunt; United States; On-site; USD 126,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

IQVIA is seeking an experienced AI Solutions Architect to lead the design and delivery of next-generation AI solutions for pharmaceutical and life sciences organizations. You will combine expertise in foundation models, knowledge graphs, agentic AI, and data architecture with strong consulting and client leadership skills to deliver measurable business value.

Lead the design and deployment of AI solutions across pharmaceutical R&D, leveraging foundation models and RAG techniques, and architect

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or PhD in Computer Science, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Data Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Significant experience delivering AI, data, analytics, or digital transformation solutions in life sciences or pharmaceutical organizations.
• Demonstrated expertise in designing and deploying solutions leveraging foundation models, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), agentic AI architectures, knowledge graphs, semantic technologies, vector databases, semantic search, machine learning, and predictive analytics.
• Experience designing AI solution architectures supported by strong data architecture principles.
• Strong programming and solution development experience, particularly in Python and modern AI frameworks.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud.
• Experience designing and deploying AI solutions in regulated environments.
• Ability to translate complex business and scientific questions into structured AI solution designs and implementation plans.
• Understanding of pharmaceutical R&D processes, including drug discovery, translational science, clinical development, safety, and regulatory approval.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and consulting skills.
• Ability to engage effectively with both executive stakeholders and highly technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of AI solutions across pharmaceutical research and development, translating business and scientific challenges into scalable solutions with measurable outcomes.
• Recommend appropriate architectures that align business objectives, data assets, and technology capabilities.
• Design and implement solutions using foundation models, large language models (LLMs), retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and agentic AI frameworks.
• Define approaches for model selection, orchestration, grounding, prompt design, evaluation, validation, and production deployment.
• Architect biomedical knowledge graphs, ontologies, and semantic data models that support scientific discovery, reasoning, and intelligent information retrieval.
• Integrate knowledge graphs with foundation models to improve contextual understanding, explainability, and AI performance.
• Lead data integration, harmonization, and governance efforts across scientific, clinical, and operational data sources.
• Establish data foundations that support scalable, trustworthy, and AI-ready solutions.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to business, scientific, and technical stakeholders, leading workshops and solution design sessions.
• Communicate complex technical concepts to both executive and technical audiences, guiding clients from strategy through implementation.
• Stay current on advances in AI, foundation models, and knowledge graphs, bringing emerging capabilities into solutions.
• Contribute to reusable methodologies, accelerators, and leading practices that scale AI delivery across engagements.

Skills

Foundation models

Knowledge graphs

Agentic AI

Data architecture

Consulting

Client leadership

Python

Cloud platforms

Education

Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Azure

AWS

Google Cloud

Job description

We are seeking an experienced AI Solutions Architect to lead the design and delivery of next-generation AI solutions for pharmaceutical and life sciences organizations. This individual will help clients transform scientific, clinical, and operational data into explainable, trustworthy, and scalable AI solutions that accelerate research and development, improve decision-making, and drive innovation across the drug development lifecycle.

Role Overview

As an AI Solutions Architect, you will combine yourexpertisein foundation models, knowledge graphs, agentic AI, and data architecture with strong consulting and client leadership skills. You will work closely with scientific, business, and technical stakeholders to design and deliver solutions thatleveragenext-generation AI capabilities and deliver measurable business value.

Key Responsibilities

AI Solution Architecture

• Lead the design and delivery of AI solutions across pharmaceutical research and development, translating business and scientific challenges into scalable solutions with measurable outcomes
• Recommend appropriate architecturesthat align businessobjectives, data assets, and technology capabilities

Foundation Models and Agentic AI

• Design and implement solutions using foundation models, large language models (LLMs), retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and agentic AI frameworks
• Define approaches for model selection, orchestration, grounding, prompt design, evaluation, validation, and production deployment

Knowledge Graphs and Semantic Systems

• Architect biomedical knowledgegraphs, ontologies, and semantic data models that support scientific discovery, reasoning, and intelligent information retrieval
• Integrate knowledge graphs with foundation models to improve contextual understanding, explainability, and AI performance

Data Strategy and Engineering

• Lead data integration, harmonization, and governance efforts across scientific, clinical, and operational data sources
• Establish data foundations that support scalable, trustworthy, and AI-ready solutions

Client Leadership and Consulting

• Serve as a trusted advisor to business, scientific, and technical stakeholders, leading workshopsand solution design sessions
• Communicate complex technical concepts to both executive and technical audiences, guiding clients from strategy through implementation

Innovation and Capabilities Development

• Stay current on advances in AI, foundation models, and knowledge graphs, bringing emerging capabilities into solutions
• Contribute to reusable methodologies, accelerators, and leading practices that scale AI delivery across engagements

What We’re Looking For

• Master’s degree or PhD in Computer Science, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Data Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Significant experiencedelivering AI, data, analytics, or digital transformation solutions in life sciences or pharmaceutical organizations
• Demonstratedexpertisein designing and deploying solutionsleveragingfoundation models, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), agentic AI architectures, knowledge graphs, semantic technologies, vector databases, semantic search, machine learning, and predictive analytics
• Experience designing AI solution architectures supported by strong data architecture principles.
• Strong programming and solution development experience, particularly in Python and modern AI frameworks.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud.
• Experience designing and deploying AI solutions in regulated environments.
• Ability to translatecomplex business and scientific questions into structured AI solution designs and implementation plans.
• Understanding of pharmaceutical R&D processes, including drug discovery, translational science, clinical development, safety, and regulatory approval.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and consulting skills.
• Ability to engage effectively with both executive stakeholdersand highlytechnical teams.

Preferred Experience

• Experience designing and implementing biomedical knowledge graph solutions, including the integration of knowledge graphs with foundation models and agentic AI to support intelligent applications and scientific discovery.
• Familiarity with biomedical ontologies, standards, and scientific data management practices, including FAIR data principles and semantic interoperability.
• Experience establishingAI evaluation, validation, and governance frameworks, including benchmarking, human-in-the-loop review, and other quality assessment methodologies.
• Understanding ofthe end-to-end pharmaceutical value chain, including R&D, regulatory affairs, market access, medical affairs, commercial operations, and post-marketing functions.
• Experience leading client engagements and mentoring multidisciplinary technical teams.

IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create intelligent connections to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide. Learn more at

IQVIA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by applicable law.

IQVIA is committed to integrity in our hiring process and maintains a zero tolerance policy for candidate fraud. All information and credentials submitted in your application must be truthful and complete. Any false statements, misrepresentations, or material omissions during the recruitment process will result in immediate disqualification of your application, or termination of employment if discovered later, in accordance with applicable law. We appreciate your honesty and professionalism.

The potential base pay range for this role, when annualized, is $125,800.00 - $350,300.00. The actual base pay offered may vary based on a number of factors including job-related qualifications such as knowledge, skills, education, and experience; location; and/or schedule (full or part-time). Dependent on the position offered, incentive plans, bonuses, and/or other forms of compensation may be offered, in addition to a range of health and welfare and/or other benefits.

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