AI Transformation Lead - Clinical Ops Enablement

GlaxoSmithKline; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

GlaxoSmithKline is seeking an AI Transformation and Enablement Associate Director to shape the agentic AI strategy for Development Operations and to turn frontier AI into scalable improvements in clinical trials planning, delivery and continuous improvement.

Reporting to the Head of Asset Acceleration and AI, you will lead the transformation programme, enable colleagues to use frontier AI tools effectively, and oversee the portfolio that turns promising ideas into production-ready solutions.

Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree in life sciences, engineering, computer science, business or a related field.
• Experience in pharmaceutical strategy, AI or technology transformation.
• Strong understanding of pharmaceutical clinical development.
• Knowledge of agentic AI systems, including context, memory, tool use, orchestration.
• Hands-on use of frontier agentic tools and rapid prototyping.
• Experience driving tech adoption across a distributed organization.
• Strong programme/portfolio management.
• Experience working in a regulated environment.
• Excellent communication to senior audiences.

Responsibilities

• Define and deliver the agentic AI strategy and multi-year roadmap for Development Operations.
• Drive adoption of AI tools across teams through training, communications, launch readiness and a Champion Network.
• Evaluate frontier, open-weight and locally run AI models, balancing effectiveness, cost, quality and compliant deployment.
• Own the Development Operations skills and workflow library, setting standards and enabling teams to build safely.
• Identify high-value workflows and partner with technical teams to move the strongest solutions into production.
• Lead delivery of the AI portfolio, managing priorities, milestones, dependencies, risks and governance.
• Measure value through outcomes such as adoption, quality, cycle time and readiness to scale.
• Work with functional leaders to redesign processes, roles and ways of working around the opportunities created by AI.

Skills

AI Strategy

Portfolio Mgmt

Stakeholder Eng

Cross-functional Leadership

Frontier AI

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

GlaxoSmithKline is seeking an AI Transformation and Enablement Associate Director to shape the agentic AI strategy for Development Operations and to turn frontier AI into scalable improvements in clinical trials planning, delivery and continuous improvement.

Reporting to the Head of Asset Acceleration and AI, you will lead the transformation programme, enable colleagues to use frontier AI tools effectively, and oversee the portfolio that turns promising ideas into production-ready solutions.