Director of AI Engineering

Are you passionate about Machine Learning and AI? Do you have theexpertise to lead and inspire a high-performing enterprise AI team, whilst imparting deepand up-to-datetechnical hands on codingexpertisein applied AI ? AstraZeneca is looking for an experienced Director of AIEngineering to join our dynamic team focused on using advanced technologies to solve high-impact strategic challenges in support of AstraZeneca's 2030 ambitions. If you are ready to make a real difference and drive innovation in a company committed to turning ideas into life-changing medicines, this might be the perfect opportunity for you.

About the Role –Director of AI Engineering

As theDirector of AI Engineering, you will lead a team of AI Engineers in Gothenburg, collaborating deeply with product teams, product managers, and designers to buildstate-of-the-artreusable AI services and assets. These solutions will help accelerate our business outcomes and drive innovation across AstraZeneca. You will work closely with AI engineering product groups to integrate the latest features and capabilities, ensuring our AI solutions are at the forefront of technological advancements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Teamand technical leadership: Inspire and manage a team of AI Engineers, fostering growth and career developmentwhilstimparting deepand up-to-datetechnicalexpertisein applied AI.Beascomfortablesourcing and definingprojectsas you arehands onteam membercode,proactivelyensuringthe highestengineering and software standards in theAIproductsthat youbuild.

• Collaboration: Work closely with product teams, leaders, andarchitectureteams to deliver AI solutions grounded in consistent, repeatableenterprise patterns andpractices.

• Innovation: Stayup-to-date andinformed about the rapidly evolving AI landscape, integrating newalgorithmicadvancements into our solutions.

• Problem Solving: Represent the AI engineering team, unblockingissuesand driving alignment with senior management.

• Delivery: Lead the planning and execution of key AI deliverables, structuring and streamlining delivery patterns across the Reusable AI Services portfolio.

• Stakeholder Engagement: Develop effective relationships with senior stakeholders to ensureoptimalutilizationof resources and services.

• Technical Excellence: Promote best practices in agile AI product development, software engineering, and model research. Defineand implementgolden-path standardsandleaddeep-expertiseintoone or moreAIsub-domains(such as optimisation,language, muti-modal, prediction,deployment).

Essential Skills/Experience:

• Background as a senior AI engineerwithsignificant experiencein leading agile AI products and services.

• Bsc/MSc/Ph.Ddegree in Computer Science or related quantitative field

• Experience leading and managing junior and mid-level colleagues, delivering technicalworkshopsand providing advanced technical mentorship.

• Experience in planning and executing complex AI projects within high-performing engineering teams.

• Ability to translate customer demands into detailed and actionable software briefs.

• Experience with regulatory or compliance settings, appreciating the documentation and diligencerequiredfor ethical AI.

• Expertisein developing machine learning models using cloud platforms, building APIs, and deploying web services.

• Advanced software development skills in Python and familiarity with database systems (e.g., SQL, NoSQL, graph).

• Proven leadership in software development best practices (software architecting, linting, CI/CD, unit tests, OOP, Git).

• Strong understanding of algorithm design, development,optimisation, and scaling.

• Excellent communication, business analysis, and consultancy skills, with the ability to work with various senior business and technical stakeholders.

• Passion for advising on best-in-class delivery patterns that enable AI developers to do their best work.

• Strong bias for action and results.

What We Offer:

• Opportunity to lead a high-impact AI team at AstraZeneca, making a real difference in healthcare.

• Collaborative and innovative work environment with access tocutting-edgeAI technologies.

• Professional growth and career development opportunities.

• Competitive compensation and benefits package.

Are you ready to shape the future of AI at AstraZeneca? Apply now to join us on this exciting 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 authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.