Associate Director, APD AI Platform – AI/GenAI Solution Delivery Lead
Job Description Summary
Key Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end delivery of enterprise AI and Generative AI solutions from strategy through adoption.
- Drive release planning, deployment, stabilization, and continuous improvement of AI products and platforms.
- Partner with business stakeholders to prioritize high-value AI use cases and delivery roadmaps.
- Define clear functional and non-functional requirements aligned to business objectives and outcomes.
- Ensure data readiness, governance, quality, accessibility, and operational scalability for AI solutions.
- Collaborate with data science, engineering, cloud, and operations teams to optimize model performance.
- Establish responsible Artificial Intelligence practices, security controls, compliance standards, and risk management processes.
- Manage program budgets, resource allocation, forecasting, and vendor relationships across initiatives.
- Provide executive-level communication, status updates, risk management, and stakeholder engagement.
- Mentor cross-functional teams and foster excellence in AI solution delivery and operational execution.
Essential Requirements
- 10+ years technology solution delivery experience
- AI/GenAI and enterprise platform delivery
- Program and stakeholder management
- Azure, Jira, Azure DevOps experience
- Enterprise governance and compliance understanding
- Cross-functional leadership capabilities
Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion: Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams' representative of the patients and communities we serve.
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Skills Desired
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Biostatistics, Business Value Creation, Change Management, Curious Mindset, Data Governance, Data Literacy, Data Quality, Data Science, Data Visualization, Deep Learning, Generative AI, Graph Algorithms, Learning Agility, Machine Learning (ML), Machine Learning Algorithms, Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), Organizational Awareness, Pandas Python Library, Python (Programming Language), R Programming, Stakeholder Engagement, Statistical Analysis, Structured Query Language (SQL), Time Series Analysis
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