Director, AI & Advanced Analytics

Drives the implementation of AI/ML, advanced analytics, and automation solutions across R&D to improve scientific and operational outcomes. Supports strategy execution, capability development, and stakeholder engagement to deliver scalable, compliant innovation through digital agents and intelligent automation.

• Translate AI/ML and automation strategies into executable plans and projects across R&D functions.
• Lead development and operationalization of models, workflows, and agentic tools to support business goals.
• Champion governance practices for AI/ML and automation, including ethical use, validation, and MLOps.
• Collaborate with R&D business partners, IT, and external forums (e.g., Pistoia Alliance) to identify and prioritize impactful use cases.
• Facilitate user adoption through training, community building (e.g., guilds), and communication of success stories.
• Ensure alignment with enterprise data platforms and existing workflows for seamless integration.
• Monitor KPIs and support compliance documentation and audit readiness.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Data Science, Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in AI/ML, automation, or analytics in R&D or life sciences.
• Strong experience delivering production-ready models and workflow automation.
• Proficiency in data science platforms, ML Ops, scripting, and automation tools.
• Strong collaboration, vendor management, and technical leadership skills.

CSL Behring is a global biotherapeutics leader driven by our promise to save lives. Focused on serving patients’ needs by using the latest technologies, we discover, develop and deliver innovative therapies for people living with conditions in the immunology, hematology, cardiovascular and metabolic, respiratory, and transplant therapeutic areas. We use three strategic scientific platforms of plasma fractionation, recombinant protein technology, and cell and gene therapy to support continued innovation and continually refine ways in which products can address unmet medical needs and help patients lead full lives.

CSL Behring operates one of the world’s largest plasma collection networks, CSL Plasma. Our parent company, CSL, headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, employs 32,000 people, and delivers its lifesaving therapies to people in more than 100 countries.

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