Enterprise AI Opportunity Lead

Glaxosmithkline; Durham (NC); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

GlaxoSmithKline is seeking a senior AI opportunities leader to own a domain within the Enterprise AI portfolio. You will identify high-value AI opportunities, build business cases, and partner daily with FDE and full-stack leads to steer engagements end-to-end.

You will shape your domain's portfolio, define pilots, and work with scientists and automation teams to land scalable AI solutions that accelerate R&D and impact patients.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in technology, computer science, product management, or related field.
• 10+ years in pharma or life sciences, AI/ML strategy, or senior product roles.
• Experience leading technology or AI initiatives from problem framing to delivery.
• Experience in at least one pharma value chain area: R&D, clinical, manufacturing, or commercial.
• Experience applying AI/ML technologies (LLMs, agentic systems, knowledge graphs, data engineering).
• Experience building business cases and sizing value for R&D initiatives.
• Experience in product strategy including roadmaps and prototyping.
• Experience with modeling, digital twins, self-driving labs, or physical AI in R&D.
• Experience defining vision and roadmap for self-driving labs and lab automation.
• Experience partnering with data analytics/science teams on modeling and simulation.
• Experience as a senior individual contributor, influencing without direct reports.

Responsibilities

• Find high-value AI opportunities in your domain and rank by impact and feasibility.
• Quantify value with business cases that withstand leadership scrutiny.
• Spot AI-shaped problems in workflows before users articulate them.
• Co-lead the self-driving labs redesign and 2033 vision with FDE pods.
• Drive 10x in silico modeling with end-to-end platform mindset.
• Accelerate molecule onboarding by defining platform fitness and progress.
• Shape domain portfolio with in-flight and de-prioritized opportunities.
• Make trade-off recommendations backed by metrics and analysis.
• Protect engineering focus with evidence on low-impact opportunities.
• Partner with FDE and full-stack leads to turn ambiguity into clear statements.
• Shape engagements end-to-end: scope, criteria, exit conditions, scaling paths.
• Drive reuse by turning one-off solutions into platform capabilities.
• Engage VP-level leaders to fund AI engagements.
• Build sponsor coalitions for data access and change commitment.
• Communicate impact in terms of patients, science, and enterprise outcomes.
• Apply value-realization framework to engagements and refine it over time.
• Run post-mortems and feed lessons into opportunity selection.

Skills

AI Platforms

Change Management

Data Analysis

Feature Prioritization

ML Model Management

ML Platforms

Model Evaluation

Performance Analysis

Product Delivery

Product Design

PLM

Roadmapping

Roadmap Development

Statistical Analysis

User Needs Analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in technology or related field

Job description

GlaxoSmithKline is seeking a senior AI opportunities leader to own a domain within the Enterprise AI portfolio. You will identify high-value AI opportunities, build business cases, and partner daily with FDE and full-stack leads to steer engagements end-to-end.

You will shape your domain's portfolio, define pilots, and work with scientists and automation teams to land scalable AI solutions that accelerate R&D and impact patients.