Novartis
life sciences
AssociateDirectorAIPlatformArchitect
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“Associate Director AI Platform Architect at Novartis. Skills: Enterprise AI Platform Architecture, Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, GenAI, RAG, Graph AI, LLM fine-tuning, AI compliance and governance. Design, architect, and deliver scalable AI solutions leveraging enterprise platforms. Build and maintain reference architectures, reusable platform components, and technical blueprints”
What You'll Achieve.
deliver enterprise-grade AI platform solutions; shape how AI is designed, built, and scaled across the enterprise; accelerate consistent AI adoption across Novartis business functions; establishing clear roadmaps for onboarding approved solutions; ensuring architecture aligns with product strategy and business priorities; ensure platforms meet current and anticipated regulatory frameworks
Industry & Context.
translating complex business requirements into pragmatic and scalable technical architectures
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
14+ years in enterprise IT/solution architecture, 5+ years in AI/ML, 3+ years in GenAI, Deep hands-on expertise with two or more enterprise AI platforms: Azure AI Foundry / Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock / SageMaker, or GCP Vertex AI / Gemini, Proven experience architecting RAG systems, Graph AI applications, multi-agent workflows, LLM fine-tuning, and data/context pipelines, command of AI compliance and governance frameworks including IAM, GDPR, GxP, NVS Security standards, and EU AI Act in regulated environments, Demonstrated ability to lead technology evaluations and PoC programs, translating outcomes into actionable platform roadmaps, Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to executive and non-technical audiences
Nice to Have
Experience in pharma, life sciences, or healthcare industry highly preferred, Proficiency in familiarity with orchestration frameworks such as LangChain, LlamaIndex, or DSPy
What You'll Do.
and deliver scalable AI solutions leveraging enterprise platforms
Build and maintain reference architectures
reusable platform components
and technical blueprints
Architect and oversee RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) and Graph AI applications
Design and deliver enterprise AI platform solutions across Azure
Lead AI technology evaluations for diverse capabilities
Drive proof-of-concept (PoC) engagements
Evaluate and recommend emerging GenAI tools and orchestration frameworks
Serve as the primary architectural point of contact responsible for delivering new AI use cases end-to-end for assigned Business Units
Support AI demands and technology evaluations in direct partnership with the AI Product Management team (AI PMO) and Business Units
Ensure all AI platform architectures align with responsible AI practices and compliance
and fairness principles
Collaborate with Legal
and Regulatory stakeholders
Provide technical guidance to solution teams
Represent the AI Architecture function in Design Authority reviews
and stakeholder forums
Collaborate with peers across Novartis
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
partnering directly with Business Units (BUs), AI Project Management Office (AI PMO), and global platform teams; Support AI demands and technology evaluations in direct partnership with the AI Product Management team (AI PMO) and Business Units; Act as a trusted advisor for AI solutioning, translating complex business requirements into pragmatic and scalable technical architectures across global teams; Collaborate with Legal, Risk, and Regulatory stakeholders; Provide technical guidance to solution teams; Represent the AI Architecture function in Design Authority reviews, governance boards, and stakeholder forums; Collaborate with peers across Novartis
Communication Scope
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to executive and non-technical audiences
Process & Methodology
Drive proof-of-concept (PoC) engagements ... establishing clear roadmaps for onboarding approved solutions
Full Job Description
**Job Description Summary** Location: Hyderabad The Associate Director, AI Platform Architect will play a pivotal role in architecting, evaluating, and delivering enterprise-grade AI platform solutions across Novartis. Working at the intersection of cloud infrastructure, GenAI innovation, and regulated life sciences, this individual will serve as a trusted architect and advisor — partnering directly with Business Units (BUs), AI Project Management Office (AI PMO), and global platform teams to shape how AI is designed, built, and scaled across the enterprise. **Job Description** **Major accountabilities:** * **Enterprise AI Platform Architecture** * Design, architect, and deliver scalable AI solutions leveraging enterprise platforms including Microsoft Azure (Azure AI Foundry), Amazon Web Services (AWS Bedrock, SageMaker), and Google Cloud Platform (Vertex AI, Gemini). * Build and maintain reference architectures, reusable platform components, and technical blueprints that accelerate consistent AI adoption across Novartis business functions. * Architect and oversee RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) and Graph AI applications, supporting platforms for multi-agent workflows, LLM/Prompt fine-tuning, and data/context pipelines. * Design and deliver enterprise AI platform solutions across Azure, AWS, and GCP environments. * **Technology Evaluation & Innovation** * Lead AI technology evaluations for diverse capabilities — assessing new platforms, frameworks, LLM models, and tooling against Novartis's strategic, technical, and compliance requirements. * Drive proof-of-concept (PoC) engagements leveraging different tools and technologies to validate feasibility, performance, and scalability, establishing clear roadmaps for onboarding approved solutions. * Evaluate and recommend emerging GenAI tools and orchestration frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex, DSPy) and foundation model providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta Llama). * **Business Partnership** * Serve as the prim
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