Remote Senior Director, Data & AI Engineering

Otsuka America Pharmaceutical Inc.; Salem (OR); On-site; USD 231,000 - 345,000; Full time

Job summary

Otsuka America Pharmaceutical Inc. is seeking a Senior Director of Data and AI Engineering to define and execute the data/AI strategy across the R&D value chain.

You will lead a team of data engineers and AI/MLOps specialists to deliver robust, scalable data and AI foundations in a regulated pharmaceutical setting. The role requires deep knowledge of clinical, real-world data, and AI platforms, with responsibility for governance, compliance, and the lifecycle of Gen AI initiatives from ideation

Qualifications

• Expertise in real-world data assets and using them to generate scientific evidence and guide operational effectiveness and efficiencies.
• Deep expertise across data engineering, representation, Gen AI, AI and machine learning techniques and experience in architecting and delivering AI/ML use cases.
• Strong team leadership, internal and cross-functional collaboration, project management skills with a focus on delivering impactful initiatives.
• 12+ years of progressive leadership experience in data engineering, AI/ML, and Gen AI with at least 5 years in senior technical leadership or management roles.
• Strong and demonstrated experience in architecting, building and maintaining large-scale data and AI solutions in a scientific, regulated, or research-heavy environment.
• Strong experience working within the pharmaceutical, biotech, or life sciences industry, particularly within R&D, is highly desirable along with a deep understanding of AI and Machine Learning and its applications in Pharma.
• Proven track record of implementing and deploying Gen AI and large language model (LLM) applications in production environments.
• Creative problem solving using responsible use of technology.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the strategic vision and roadmap for data engineering, AI, and Gen AI capabilities within R&D, aligning with overall business objectives and scientific priorities.
• Lead and deliver the design, development, and deployment of extensible and scalable data engineering for complex R&D Data, pipelines, and architecture for AI applications to support all R&D data AI needs.
• Oversee the implementation of AI and Gen AI use cases from ideation to production deployment, and application life cycle management.
• Lead or participate in meetings related to Data or AI, its impact, enablement, governance, determining or enabling roadmaps and strategy as needed.
• Architect and scale MLOps practices for in house applications to support the entire model lifecycle—from experimentation and deployment to monitoring and retraining.

Skills

Leadership

Data engineering

AI/ML

Gen AI

GxP compliance

HIPAA

Strategy

Stakeholder mgmt

Regulatory

Communication

Cross-functional

Education

Masters in quantitative field

PhD preferred

Tools

AI platforms

Data platforms

Job description

Otsuka America Pharmaceutical Inc. is seeking a Senior Director of Data and AI Engineering to define and execute the data/AI strategy across the R&D value chain.

You will lead a team of data engineers and AI/MLOps specialists to deliver robust, scalable data and AI foundations in a regulated pharmaceutical setting. The role requires deep knowledge of clinical, real-world data, and AI platforms, with responsibility for governance, compliance, and the lifecycle of Gen AI initiatives from ideation