Director, Agentic AI & Prototyping Lab

Novartis AG; East Hanover (NJ); On-site; USD 195,000 - 361,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel up to 20%

Job summary

Novartis AG in East Hanover, NJ seeks a Director to lead the Agentic Lab, overseeing design, prototyping and validation of next-generation AI agents and autonomous workflows. You will evaluate emerging AI technologies, build reusable reference implementations, and partner with engineering teams to scale innovations into enterprise capabilities.

The role requires 7+ years in AI/ML or software engineering with technical leadership, hands-on experience with LLMs, agent frameworks, RAG, vector

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience building AI/ML or software engineering solutions with technical leadership experience.
• Hands-on expertise with LLMs, agent frameworks, RAG, vector databases, APIs, Python, and cloud-native development.
• Strong software engineering background with production-grade AI applications.
• Excellent communication and collaboration across research, engineering, and business teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead rapid prototyping and technical validation of agentic AI solutions and autonomous workflows.
• Evaluate foundation models, agent frameworks, orchestration technologies, and developer tooling.
• Develop reusable proof-of-concepts, accelerators, and reference implementations for the Agentic Factory.
• Partner with AI Engineering, Platform Engineering, Product, and Architecture teams to productionize successful prototypes.
• Define best practices for prompt engineering, reasoning strategies, memory architectures, evaluation, and observability.
• Contribute to enterprise standards, documentation, and reusable engineering patterns for AI agents.
• Mentor AI engineers and cultivate a culture of experimentation, innovation, and continuous learning.

Skills

LLMs

Agent frameworks

RAG

Vector databases

APIs

Python

Cloud-native development

Software engineering

Communication

Education

Bachelor's or advanced degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Engineering

Job description

Novartis AG in East Hanover, NJ seeks a Director to lead the Agentic Lab, overseeing design, prototyping and validation of next-generation AI agents and autonomous workflows. You will evaluate emerging AI technologies, build reusable reference implementations, and partner with engineering teams to scale innovations into enterprise capabilities.

The role requires 7+ years in AI/ML or software engineering with technical leadership, hands-on experience with LLMs, agent frameworks, RAG, vector