Executive Director, AI Enterprise Process & Innovation

We're building a connected, end-to-end Enterprise AI engine - uniting data foundations, AI technology, process reinvention, and business-facing AI to accelerate results across the whole value chain. Success depends on being exceptional connectors: you'll actively leverage existing capabilities, celebrate and promote reuse, export breakthrough ideas across geographies and functions, and obsess over scaling impact rather than building in isolation. If you thrive in high-collaboration environments where your role is to turn complex, cross-functional problems into reusable, enterprise-wide capabilities - and where the measure of success is adoption and scale, not just innovation - you'll have the platform (and sponsorship) to make it real.

You will lead a cross-company transformation that brings business, technology, data, and change capabilities together to deliver tangible outcomes. Your work will connect R partner with Finance and business owners to define clear value metrics, track benefits realization and ROI, and ensure sustained impact; advise executives on where AI can change operating leverage vs. where traditional optimization is sufficient.

AI Operating Model build enterprise understanding of AI’s role in process transformation via executive storytelling, education, and hands‑on engagement; develop talent and communities of practice committed to process innovation, AI product thinking, and architectural planning; prepare thoughtfully for leadership continuity.

Delivery orchestrate cross functional squads to remove blockers and embed AI capabilities into day to day operations; share strategic outcomes of key projects, outlining benefits from cost and quality perspectives and demonstrating the function’s return on investment (ROI).

Desirable Skills/Experience

• Proven track record leading enterprise-scale AI-driven process transformation in complex, regulated environments.
• Executive-level advisory experience, turning ambiguous problems into clear value cases and operating leverage.
• Deep expertise in decision-centric operating models, process engineering, and systems design; familiarity with Lean, Six Sigma, or similar approaches.
• Proficiency in AI product thinking, ML engineering and MLOps, large language models and orchestration, and data platform integration.
• Experience establishing governance for responsible, secure AI in partnership with risk, quality, and legal/compliance functions.
• Strong storytelling and education skills to engage senior leaders and mobilize groups of expertise; demonstrated succession planning and talent development.
• Ability to orchestrate cross-functional squads and deliver from idea to pilot to scaled capability with measurable ROI.
• Comfort setting direction in early‑stage, ambiguous environments through experimentation and rapid learning.

Our mission is to build an inclusive and equitable environment. We want people to feel they belong at AstraZeneca and Alexion, starting with our recruitment process. We welcome and consider applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of characteristics. We offer reasonable adjustments/accommodations to help all candidates to perform at their best. If you have a need for any adjustments/accommodations, please complete the section in the application form.