Director, Agentic AI Co-Scientist Leader

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc (US); Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. seeks a Director-level scientific and technical leader to head the agentic AI co-scientist initiative across its scientific organization.

The role defines strategy, architecture, evaluation, and delivery plans for co-scientist capabilities while coordinating internal development and rigorous evaluation of external tools. The incumbent will align stakeholders, prioritize scientific needs, and drive adoption of AI that augments hypothesis generation, experimental

Qualifications

• PhD in Computer Science, AI, ML, computational biology, or related field with 10+ years in scientific drug discovery or equivalent.
• Senior scientific and technical leadership experience leading cross-functional initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior scientific leader for the agentic AI co-scientist project across departments.
• Lead a cross-functional team to define priorities, translate needs into a roadmap, and deliver scalable capabilities.
• Drive evaluation frameworks, governance, and decision criteria for internal and external AI tools.

Skills

AI strategy

Cross-functional leadership

Executive communication

Machine learning

Drug discovery knowledge

Stakeholder management

Mentoring

Education

PhD in relevant field

Tools

Python

TensorFlow/PyTorch

Data management tools

Job description

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. seeks a Director-level scientific and technical leader to head the agentic AI co-scientist initiative across its scientific organization.

The role defines strategy, architecture, evaluation, and delivery plans for co-scientist capabilities while coordinating internal development and rigorous evaluation of external tools. The incumbent will align stakeholders, prioritize scientific needs, and drive adoption of AI that augments hypothesis generation, experimental