Head of Data, AI & Analytics (Hybrid)

FUJIFILM Holdings America Corporation; Irvine (CA); Hybrid; USD 154,565 - 216,100; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

Life Insurance

401k

Paid Time Off

Job summary

FUJIFILM Biosciences in Irvine, CA is seeking a Director Data, AI and Analytics to own the strategy, platforms, operating model, and outcomes across three life-sciences businesses. This leader will build a cross-site CoE, govern data assets, and translate data and AI into measurable business value in a highly regulated environment.

The role is hybrid in Irvine, with collaboration across QA/CSV, IT, M&Q, ERP, and lab systems, driving compliance (21 CFR Part 11/Annex 11) and cost/performance

Qualifications

• BS/BA in Business or Computer Science.
• 10+ years leading Data/Analytics with 5+ years in regulated life sciences.
• Strong GxP/CSV/CSA knowledge and practical analytics experience.
• Hands-on familiarity with bioinformatics analytics/pipelines and LIMS/ELN integration.

Responsibilities

• Define the multi-year Data/AI roadmap for locations in California and Wisconsin; align to business priorities and compliance needs.
• Stand up a Data, AI & Analytics Center of Excellence with domain-aligned product squads (M&Q, R&D/Bioinformatics, Finance/SC).
• Run governance: Data & AI Steering Committee, Model Risk & Compliance Board; assign data product ownership.
• Own the enterprise data platform (lakehouse/warehouse), ingestion (ELT/CDC), orchestration, and semantic/metric layers.
• Implement catalog/lineage, data quality rules, access controls; drive data product SLAs and ownership.
• Integrate core systems: MES (e.g., PAS-X), QMS (ETQ/Veeva), LIMS/ELN (LabWare/Benchling), ERP (SAP/Oracle), OSI PI/AVEVA, and instrument data hubs.
• Deliver executive and operational analytics (FPY/yield, OEE, deviation/CAPA TAT, batch release, QC throughput, inventory turns, cost-to-serve).
• Enable governed self-service (certified datasets/semantic models, KPI library, training, community of practice).
• Lead data science programs for manufacturing quality, supply chain, and R&D.
• Own bioinformatics analytics and pipelines (e.g., NGS/omics workflows, imaging pipelines, assay analytics) and integration with lab systems and data platforms.
• Build responsible and agentic AI capabilities (assistants/co-pilots, retrieval/grounding, task automation) with MLOps (experiment tracking, model registry, CI/CD, monitoring, retraining).Separate GxP vs non-GxP AI; ensure intended use, explainability, validation/CSA, and periodic review for regulated models.
• Embed compliance by design: 21 CFR Part 11, Annex 11, ALCOA+, data retention/archival, audit trails.
• Partner with QA/CSV on risk-based validation, test evidence, and inspections; maintain validated state for applicable analytics/data flows.
• Coordinate with Corporate Security on classification, RBAC/least privilege, encryption, logging/monitoring, and incident response for data/AI workloads.
• Govern AI safety: model cards, red-team testing, bias/fairness checks, PHI/PII safeguards, vendor due diligence.
• Prioritize a portfolio of use cases with quantified value; pilot, scale winners, retire low-value work.
• Publish a quarterly “Data & AI Outcomes” report (business impact, adoption, cost/performance, compliance posture).
• Select and govern platform vendors (cloud, data/ML, BI, bioinformatics tools) and SIs; negotiate commercials, SLAs, exit terms.
• Drive FinOps: usage visibility, rightsizing, tiered storage, and cost/performance optimization.
• Hire and develop data/platform/analytics engineers, data scientists/ML engineers, bioinformatics engineers, and product managers.
• Build cross-site career paths and a culture of reliability, compliance, and measurable impact.

Skills

Leadership

Regulated environment knowledge

Executive communication

Cross-functional collaboration

MLOps familiarity

Education

BS/BA in Business or Computer Science

10+ years leading Data/Analytics

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

BigQuery

Azure

AWS

Spark

DBT

Airflow/Prefect

Kafka

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

FUJIFILM Biosciences in Irvine, CA is seeking a Director Data, AI and Analytics to own the strategy, platforms, operating model, and outcomes across three life-sciences businesses. This leader will build a cross-site CoE, govern data assets, and translate data and AI into measurable business value in a highly regulated environment.

The role is hybrid in Irvine, with collaboration across QA/CSV, IT, M&Q, ERP, and lab systems, driving compliance (21 CFR Part 11/Annex 11) and cost/performance