Director, AI-Driven Drug Development & Decision Integration

Scorpion Therapeutics; Princeton (NJ); On-site; USD 250,000 - 350,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing benefits

Retirement plan

Insurance coverage

Job summary

Scorpion Therapeutics seeks a Director to lead AI Nexus Decision Integration within Drug Development. You will translate strategic priorities into AI-enabled workflows, map decision points, and embed executable workflows into GPTs and governance forums.

You will partner with AI Nexus Product Leadership and Platform Engineering to ensure the platform meets decision needs, drive adoption, and govern ROI across programs in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Credible drug development leader bridging science, operations, and technology.
• Deep understanding of development decision-making; translate business needs into AI-enabled solutions.
• Experience across portfolio strategy, development planning, phase transitions, governance, data architecture, and AI capabilities.
• Strategic thinking, creativity, influence without authority, ability to mobilize cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Translate Drug Development strategic priorities into AI-enabled workflows, data requirements, and AI Nexus roadmap priorities.
• Serve as Drug Development anchor for AI Nexus; embed executable workflows into GPTs and governance forums.
• Map, prioritize, and redesign key decision points (phase transitions, regulatory milestone reviews, portfolio governance) using AI evidence, agentic analysis, and learning loops.
• Partner with AI Nexus Product Leadership (BI&T) and Platform Engineering to ensure platform build/iteration meets Drug Development decision needs.
• Operate as an “embedded translator” converting ambiguous decision problems into structured, AI-ready workflow requirements with defined data requirements.
• Drive adoption via live GPT value and change management; build a network of champions and GPT leads.
• Develop adoption strategies by Drug Development archetype; contribute to the shift to an agentic operating model.
• Contribute to AI Nexus SteerCo/working groups; track/report adoption, impact, and ROI aligned to decision quality, speed, and portfolio outcomes.

Skills

Drug development leadership

AI-enabled thinking

Portfolio strategy & governance

Cross-functional influence

Job description

Scorpion Therapeutics seeks a Director to lead AI Nexus Decision Integration within Drug Development. You will translate strategic priorities into AI-enabled workflows, map decision points, and embed executable workflows into GPTs and governance forums.

You will partner with AI Nexus Product Leadership and Platform Engineering to ensure the platform meets decision needs, drive adoption, and govern ROI across programs in a fast-paced environment.