Remote Associate Director, AI Foundations Platform

Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association; United States; On-site; USD 146,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, life and disability benefits

401(k) with company match

Job summary

Novartis is seeking an Associate Director of AI Foundations Engineering to lead the engineering strategy and execution for an agentic AI platform. The role collaborates with product, data, architecture, security, and business teams to define capabilities and ensure scalable, secure AI delivery across products and workflows.

The position emphasizes translating AI advances into practical, high-impact business solutions with strong leadership and delivery discipline.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required and advanced degree preferred in a technical field.
• 5+ years of technology leadership and architecture experience.
• Experience turning early-stage concepts into functional PoCs and prototypes.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture, design, and engineering delivery of the AI platform.
• Transform products and workflows into AI-enabled capabilities.
• Oversee end-to-end AI engineering operations and reliability.
• Define technical roadmaps and platform standards with stakeholders.
• Establish best practices for AI system performance and security.
• Guide evaluation and optimization of AI models and orchestration.
• Build and mentor high-performing engineering teams.
• Drive reusable AI services and operational efficiencies.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Execution

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

Novartis is seeking an Associate Director of AI Foundations Engineering to lead the engineering strategy and execution for an agentic AI platform. The role collaborates with product, data, architecture, security, and business teams to define capabilities and ensure scalable, secure AI delivery across products and workflows.

The position emphasizes translating AI advances into practical, high-impact business solutions with strong leadership and delivery discipline.