Director, AI Agentic Lab & Prototyping

Novartis (Internal Careers for Acquired Entities); United States; Remote; USD 195,000 - 361,000; Full time

Job summary

Novartis is seeking a Director, Agentic Lab to lead design, prototyping, and validation of next-generation AI agents and autonomous workflows. The role will evaluate emerging AI technologies, develop reusable reference implementations, and partner with engineering teams to enterprise-scale capabilities.

The position is based remotely in the United States with travel up to 10% and no relocation provided. You will mentor AI engineers, shape prompt engineering practices, and collaborate across AI,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or advanced degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Engineering, or related technical discipline.
• 7+ years of experience building AI, machine learning, or software engineering solutions, including technical leadership experience.
• Hands-on experience with LLMs, agent frameworks, RAG, vector databases, APIs, Python, and cloud-native development.
• Strong software engineering background with experience building production-grade AI applications.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills 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

Python

APIs

Cloud-native development

Communication

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's or advanced degree in Computer Science, AI, Engineering, or related technical discipline

Tools

Vector databases

Job description

Novartis is seeking a Director, Agentic Lab to lead design, prototyping, and validation of next-generation AI agents and autonomous workflows. The role will evaluate emerging AI technologies, develop reusable reference implementations, and partner with engineering teams to enterprise-scale capabilities.

The position is based remotely in the United States with travel up to 10% and no relocation provided. You will mentor AI engineers, shape prompt engineering practices, and collaborate across AI,