Director, Applied AI
Job in
South San Francisco, San Mateo County, California, 94083, USA
Listed on 2026-09-09
Listing for:
Scorpion Therapeutics
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-09-09
Job specializations:
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IT/Tech
AI Engineer (Applied/Software), Machine Learning/ ML Engineer, AI Business & Operations
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Key Accountabilities / Core
Job Responsibilities:
- Serve as a recognized expert on the practical application of AI, setting standards across the company and advising teams and leadership.
- Own and drive Denali’s applied-AI strategy: determine where AI has a role, choose approaches, and set priorities.
- Partner with leaders to identify high-volume, workflow-specific problems beyond individual AI tools.
- Design, prototype, and build AI solutions hands-on, moving from idea to production and working directly with data, models, and workflows.
- Deliver measurable efficiency gains and use results to guide next AI focus areas.
- Present strategy, progress, wins, risks, and tradeoffs to senior leadership to drive investment decisions.
- Work with Legal, Quality, and Regulatory to enable compliant paths to production for safe AI use.
- Drive adoption and establish repeatable methods/playbooks to scale applied AI.
Skills:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a technical field (computer science, AI, data science, engineering) or equivalent experience.
- 10+ years building and delivering solutions with applied AI/ML; fluent in Python and hands-on building generative AI/LLM apps (RAG, fine-tuning, agentic workflows) through to production.
- Direct experience in regulated life sciences (pharma/biotech/medical devices), including GxP; familiarity with ISO/IEC 42001 and NIST AI RMF.
- Demonstrated experience driving cross-functional outcomes as a senior individual.
- Competitive total rewards package including 401k, healthcare coverage, ESPP.
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