Global Head of AI-Driven Drug Discovery

Genentech; New York (NY); On-site; USD 364,000 - 450,000; Full time

Job summary

Genentech is seeking a Vice President and Global Head of AI for Drug Discovery to lead a world-class AI/ML team focused on designing therapeutics across Roche/Genentech's RED portfolio. This role sits in the CSCoE leadership team and partners with gRED and pRED.

You will build and scale cutting-edge AI methodologies, recruit elite scientists, oversee budgets, and steward a global organization across sites, while advancing AI deployments in discovery programs to accelerate development and improve

Qualifications

• Advanced degree (Ph.D. or equivalent) in Computer Science, AI, computational biology, or a related quantitative field.
• Familiarity with drug design and discovery.
• Expertise in modern AI, deep learning, and generative models.
• Experience advancing AI infrastructure and leading large-scale engineering efforts.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute an AI-driven drug discovery strategy and long-term vision.
• Lead global AIDD organization, hiring, mentoring, and setting high performance standards.
• Champion state-of-the-art AI for antibody design, protein engineering, and small-molecule design.
• Build scalable AI infrastructure and foundation models across Roche/Genentech portfolios.
• Drive collaboration with gRED, pRED, and external AI communities.
• Allocate resources and shape capability development for the AIDD program.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Communication skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Budget ownership

Team building

Ambiguity tolerance

Talent management

Education

PhD in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AI infrastructure

Foundation models

Large-scale engineering

Job description

Genentech is seeking a Vice President and Global Head of AI for Drug Discovery to lead a world-class AI/ML team focused on designing therapeutics across Roche/Genentech's RED portfolio. This role sits in the CSCoE leadership team and partners with gRED and pRED.

You will build and scale cutting-edge AI methodologies, recruit elite scientists, oversee budgets, and steward a global organization across sites, while advancing AI deployments in discovery programs to accelerate development and improve