At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead the development of innovative AI products and drive impactful cross-functional initiatives.
- Company: Join a leading company in AI innovation with a focus on collaboration and growth.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, incentives, and a commitment to your professional development.
- Other info: Inclusive workplace with opportunities for continuous learning and career advancement.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in AI technology while shaping the future of R&D.
- Qualifications: Degree in relevant fields and strong experience in AI and product engineering.
Position Overview
As Associate Director, you will provide strategic engineering leadership for the development of scalable and robust AI products, including agentic applications for content authoring, knowledge management, and compliance automation. You will lead a portfolio spanning early research, pre‑clinical, and clinical development, ensuring agentic AI initiatives progress from proof‑of‑value to production. The role is accountable for establishing the data foundations and agentic AI infrastructure that support Novo Nordisk’s R&D AI ambitions, while driving business impact through the orchestration of complex cross‑functional initiatives and stakeholder collaborations in a quality‑ and governance‑focused environment.
Responsibilities
- Defining and driving the AI product infrastructure strategy for R&D, enabling an integrated ecosystem of Agentic AI solutions.
- Ensuring robust and scalable delivery of AI capabilities (data foundations, infrastructure, MLOps), with a focus on quality, traceability, risk management, and governance readiness, transforming scientific and operational data into trusted, scalable AI solutions that accelerate innovation, improve efficiency, and support better business outcomes across R&D.
- Developing and executing short‑ and long‑term strategies for AI engineering and AI data foundations, aligning R&D and Enterprise AI priorities through internal partnerships and external collaborations.
- Driving cross‑functional initiatives and influencing senior stakeholders to remove complexity, accelerate AI adoption, and enable sustainable AI‑driven transformation across the organization.
- Leading the delivery of technology innovation across a complex stakeholder landscape and scientific environment, balancing evolving business priorities while identifying the highest‑impact opportunities for AI deployment.
Qualifications
- Degree in Computer Science, Bioinformatics, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
- Strong background in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Science, or Product Development with a focus on product engineering; solid understanding of AI engineering, data foundations, cloud technologies, and scalable AI solution development.
- Proven experience leading teams or working in a strategic consulting capacity, with a track record of delivering complex AI and Machine Learning initiatives across data engineering, AI/ML research, and IT platforms.
- Experience engaging with senior business stakeholders and translating business needs into technology and AI strategies, with strong stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills across complex organizational environments.
- Ability to represent the organization in collaboration with external technology partners and AI providers within areas such as Agentic AI, AI engineering, and data platforms.
- A curious, collaborative, and visible leadership style, with a passion for innovation and continuous learning.
Benefits
Annual Base Salary ranges from 87,680.00 to 137,660.00 GBP, corresponding to the level of the position. The placement within the salary range will be assessed during the recruitment process based on the candidate’s skills, competencies, knowledge, and relevant experience. The salary package may include short‑term and/or long‑term incentives as well as other employee benefits based on position level, location, functional area and relevant market benchmarks.
Application Deadline
17 July 2026
Equal Opportunity Statement
We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.
