Senior AI Scientist: LLM & GenAI for Drug Discovery

Novo Nordisk; Lexington (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Novo Nordisk in Lexington, MA is seeking a Senior Data Scientist I to advance AI/ML initiatives within Clinical AI development. The role combines data collection, engineering, and software work to build scalable AI solutions for drug development and patient outcomes.

You will guide junior scientists, collaborate across data science, AI engineering, and biostatistics teams, and contribute to GenAI strategy and roadmaps. Occasional cross-functional work and travel may occur as project needs arise.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred.
• 5+ years in data science with AI/ML work.
• Experience with Azure Databricks and LLMs.
• Ability to mentor junior data scientists.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.
• Experience in healthcare/pharma domain preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and validate LLM-based solutions for content retrieval and generation.
• Architect services and APIs for AI products.
• Build data pipelines and vector databases to support RAG.
• Collaborate with data scientists and engineers.
• Stay current on GenAI/LLM research.
• Create runbooks and training materials.

Skills

Python

LLM/Gen AI

Data modeling

Prompt engineering

Mentoring

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Master's degree or PhD preferred

Tools

Azure Databricks

HuggingFace

PyTorch

Vector databases

Job description

Novo Nordisk in Lexington, MA is seeking a Senior Data Scientist I to advance AI/ML initiatives within Clinical AI development. The role combines data collection, engineering, and software work to build scalable AI solutions for drug development and patient outcomes.

You will guide junior scientists, collaborate across data science, AI engineering, and biostatistics teams, and contribute to GenAI strategy and roadmaps. Occasional cross-functional work and travel may occur as project needs arise.