Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation is dedicated to enabling improved decision-making through data and advanced analytics. The Associate Director, AI Engineer will lead the engineering strategy and development of AI-driven systems, collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance business growth and patient outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Lead the architecture, design, and engineering delivery of the organization's agentic AI platform and related solutions
- Drive the transformation of existing products, processes, and workflows into scalable agentic AI-enabled capabilities
- Oversee end-to-end AI engineering operations, including development, deployment, monitoring, reliability, and continuous improvement
- Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to define technical roadmaps, platform standards, and solution priorities aligned to business goals
- Establish engineering best practices for AI system performance, scalability, security, governance, and maintainability
- Guide the evaluation, integration, and optimization of AI models, orchestration frameworks, and supporting platform components
- Build, mentor, and lead high-performing engineering teams while fostering innovation, accountability, and technical excellence
- Identify opportunities to accelerate value delivery through reusable AI services, automation, and operational efficiencies
Skills
- Bachelor's degree required and advanced degree preferred, ideally in computer science, engineering, information systems, or a related technical field
- Six plus years of experience in technology leadership, solution architecture, software engineering, or prototype development, with a strong track record of building and advancing proofs of concept for digital, data driven, or AI enabled solutions
- Demonstrated experience translating early-stage concepts into functional prototypes or PoCs, including evaluating technical feasibility, defining solution approaches, and working through ambiguity to validate ideas quickly and effectively
- Strong technical knowledge across modern application development, cloud platforms, data, and AI technologies, with the ability to partner closely with Product, Innovation, Engineering, and Data Science teams to bring concepts to life
- Experience leading cross functional technical efforts, including guiding developers, coordinating stakeholders, and ensuring PoC work aligns with business goals, user needs, and longer term technical direction
- Strong problem solving, communication, and execution skills, with the ability to explain technical tradeoffs clearly, manage multiple priorities, and operate effectively in fast paced innovation environments
Benefits
- A performance-based cash incentive
- Eligibility to be considered for annual equity awards
- US-based eligible employees will receive a comprehensive benefits package that includes health, life and disability benefits
- A 401(k) with company contribution and match
- A variety of other benefits
- Employees are eligible for a generous time off package including vacation, personal days, holidays and other leaves
Company Overview
Novartis is a pharmaceutical company that researches and develops medicines for serious diseases to improve and extend people's lives. It is a sub-organization of Meye Asset Management. It was founded in 1996, and is headquartered in Basel, Basel-Stadt, CHE, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.novartis.com.Company H1B Sponsorship
Novartis has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 1 in 2026, 14 in 2025, 27 in 2024, 23 in 2023, 27 in 2022, 31 in 2021, 25 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.