Associate Director, AI Engineering

Company Description

Abb Vie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about Abb Vie, please visit  Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, You Tube, Linked In and Tik Tok.

Data Science & Analytics (DSA) is an ambitious team of Data Scientists with a unique blend of Business, Scientific, and Machine Learning expertise that seeks to unleash the full potential of Abb Vie’s data assets by bringing technology and/or data and insights to the forefront of decision making via fit-for-purpose data analytics solutions. The Associate Director, AI Engineering is a leadership role within DSA and is responsible for strategy, talent management and operations delivery.

Identifies new capabilities and opportunities to drive analytics innovation and value creation. Fosters a culture of experimentation to enable data-driven insights for complex business problems. Influences cross-functional leaders to unleash the full potential of data and advanced analytics techniques like Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. Develops strategies in anticipation for future Clinical Development and R&D needs.

Lead and drive enablement of GenAI and Agentic AI into Data Science tools & capabilities across different phases of clinical development. Lead a team of data scientists engaged in the development of these applications. Partner with internal team and cross-functional stakeholders to capture business needs. Collaborate with internal team members to drive testing and rollout of AI solutions and data products.

• Manages a team of associates and data scientists in DSA; may also manage line-level people managers
• Responsible for coaching, mentoring and performance management of direct reports, as well as talent development in alignment with DSS strategy and R&D business needs
• Identifies new capabilities and opportunities to drive analytics innovation and value creation. Forms cross-functional teams to implement new capabilities
• Influences the cross-functional stakeholders and Sr. Executives to identify opportunities to unleash the full-potential of data and analytics, including advanced ML techniques and Artificial Intelligence
• Represents clinical analytics at critical governance, quality and compliance, and regulatory meetings
• Translate R&D strategy into functional area plans. Works with cross-functional leaders to gain alignment on project prioritization and timelines
• Fosters innovation and entrepreneurial culture within the team that attracts and retains top talent; creates an environment of continuous learning
• Responsible for crafting functional area strategies while ensuring alignment with the cross-functional stakeholder groups
• Ensures adherence to federal regulations and applicable local regulations, Good Clinical Practices (GCPs), ICH Guidelines, Abb Vie Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and to functional quality standards. Stays abreast of new and/or evolving local regulations, guidelines and policies related to clinical development

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in statistics, mathematics, analytics, bioinformatics, data science or equivalent field with 10+ years (BS), 8+ years (MS) or 6+ years (PhD) of related experience
• Must have 4+ years experience with people management and talent development
• Intermediate-level proficiency in R, SAS or other statistical packages. Intermediate-level knowledge of statistical and data mining techniques
• Intermediate proficiency with visualization tools like Spotfire, Tableau or equivalent
• Demonstrated project management skills
• Experience with Machine Learning and other advanced analytics techniques preferred
• Demonstrated effective communication skills. Demonstrated ability to communicate analytical and technical concepts in layman’s terms
• Demonstrated problem-solving and analytical skills. Demonstrated…