Head of Enterprise AI Platforms

Head of Enterprise AI Platforms

Introduction to role

Are you ready to lead the charge in transforming healthcare through AI? At AstraZeneca, we are on a mission to harness the power of AI across every step of our value chain, from discovering new compounds to ensuring patient safety. As the Head of Enterprise AI Platforms, you will be at the forefront of this exciting journey, driving the development and deployment of pioneering AI solutions within our global biopharmaceutical business. Join us in our quest to revolutionize healthcare and make a meaningful impact on patients' lives worldwide!

Accountabilities

As the Head of Enterprise AI Platforms, you will be responsible for steering AstraZeneca's AWS AI ecosystem, ensuring its seamless operation and integration into our broader business platforms. You will lead a team of AI engineers and collaborate with various partners to build a robust, secure, and cost-effective machine learning environment. Your strategic vision will guide the consolidation of existing AI platforms and influence AWS product roadmaps to align with AstraZeneca's unified AI strategy. Engage with senior AI leaders and data scientists to enable scalable machine learning models, and leverage your expertise to push technological boundaries and drive innovation.

Essential Skills/Experience

- Developing technical strategies and aligning with partners across a sophisticated global organization
- Influencing and communicating strategy
- Budget and resource management (FTE, Outsourced Service Providers, Professional Services) in the context of delivery to sophisticated partner groups.
- Strong software coding skills, with proficiency in Python, however exceptional ability in any language will be recognized.
- Experience leading an enterprise platform and service, handling new customer demand and feature requests.
- Experience in leading a team of technical experts
- Experience with SAFe agile principles and practices.
- Experience working with internal security standards and frameworks
- B.S. degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science or related quantitative or analytical field
- Significant experience with AWS cloud environments & services (e.g., SageMaker, Athena, S3, EC2, RDS, Glue, etc.) is crucial.
- Proven knowledge of building data science and machine learning environments to a production standard.
- Modern DevOps mentality, using best of breed DevOps toolchains, such as Docker, Git.
- Experience with infrastructure as code technology such as Ansible, Terraform and Cloud Formation
- Adapt standard machine learning methods to best exploit modern parallel environments (e.g., distributed clusters, multicore SMP, and GPU)

Desirable Skills/Experience

- Experience in implementing & maintaining GxP compliant life science systems will be looked upon very favorably.
- Certification in appropriate areas will be viewed favorably.
- Experience building large scale data processing pipelines. e.g., Hadoop/Spark and SQL.
- Multi cloud experience (AWS/Azure/GCP)

When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That's why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we're not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.

At AstraZeneca, we are driven by a shared purpose to make a difference in patients' lives through innovation and collaboration. Our dynamic environment encourages continuous learning and growth as we explore new technologies and challenge conventional approaches. By partnering across functions and leveraging our data capabilities, we empower our teams to achieve remarkable outcomes. Join us as we shape the future of healthcare and contribute to AstraZeneca's mission of delivering life-changing medicines.

Ready to take on this exciting challenge? Apply now to become part of our transformative journey!

AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorisation and employment eligibility verification requirements.