Director, Agentic AI Co-Scientist—Hybrid

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 216,000 - 325,000; Full time

Job summary

Vertex Pharmaceuticals is seeking a Director-level scientific leader to drive the agentic AI co-scientist initiative across the organization. You will define strategy, architecture, evaluation, and delivery plans for co-scientist capabilities, coordinating internal development and rigorous evaluation of external tools to augment scientific reasoning and decision-making.

The role is Boston-based with a hybrid work pattern (3 days onsite per week) and requires leading cross-functional teams to

Qualifications

• Ph.D. with 10+ years of experience in scientific drug discovery or related field.
• Track record leading cross-functional initiatives from strategy to delivery.
• Experience evaluating and governing AI/ML capabilities in scientific contexts.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional team to define priorities and deliver scalable agentic AI capabilities.
• Develop internal capabilities and define agentic roles, orchestration patterns, and data integration.
• Lead evaluation of internal and external AI capabilities with governance frameworks.
• Establish scientific validation standards and governance for AI-enabled tools.
• Drive development and deployment across scientific domains and modalities with stakeholder alignment.
• Represent the co-scientist effort with executives, communicating strategy, risks, and milestones.
• Shape AI workflows and operating models for data, tools, and literature integration.
• Influence infrastructure strategy for trusted data access and scalable compute.
• Ensure milestone-based execution and adoption with measurable scientific impact.
• Drive innovation by tracking emerging technologies in agentic AI.

Skills

Strategic leadership

AI/ML expertise

Drug discovery knowledge

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Ph.D. in Computer Science / AI / ML / Computational Biology

Job description

Vertex Pharmaceuticals is seeking a Director-level scientific leader to drive the agentic AI co-scientist initiative across the organization. You will define strategy, architecture, evaluation, and delivery plans for co-scientist capabilities, coordinating internal development and rigorous evaluation of external tools to augment scientific reasoning and decision-making.

The role is Boston-based with a hybrid work pattern (3 days onsite per week) and requires leading cross-functional teams to