AstraZeneca
Drug Development
Director,AIResearch
“Director, AI Research at AstraZeneca. Skills: AI Research, Machine Learning, ML Ops, Research Strategy. Lead roadmap for priority problem spaces. Develop high-value AI capabilities”
What You'll Achieve.
Accelerate drug development; Improve patient outcomes; Improve decision quality; Automate key discovery steps
Industry & Context.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
PhD in computer science, statistics, applied mathematics, or a related area (or an MSc with 5 years of relevant background), Minimum of 2 years developing machine learning models in an industry setting, Machine Perception expertise, Explainability techniques expertise, Experience applying AI to pathology imaging, radiological analysis, diagnostics, prognostics, or clinical Quality Control, Practical experience with model tracking, Practical experience with model governance, Practical experience managing multiple models in diverse production contexts, Technical Leadership ability
Nice to Have
Research programme demonstrated by prestigious publications (e. g. , Nature Machine Intelligence, NeurIPS, ICML) with at least one as lead author, Deep understanding of the drug development or clinical trial processes, Track record of successfully working with AI engineering teams to deploy complex predictive algorithms
What You'll Do.
Lead roadmap for priority problem spaces
Develop high-value AI capabilities
Invent and apply methods in deep learning
Invent and apply methods in representation learning
Invent and apply methods in reinforcement learning
Invent and apply methods in active learning
Tailor metrics to domain-specific challenges
Convert scientific advances into production-grade models
Establish robust practices for model tracking
Establish robust practices for model governance
Establish robust practices for model lifecycle management
Advise and co-create with partners
Translate business needs into ML solutions
Publish in top-tier venues
Represent AstraZeneca at conferences
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Co-create with partners across therapeutic areas; Work with AI engineering teams
Communication Scope
Multidirectional communication
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