Novartis
Director, Agentic Lab
$195K–$361K
Remote Position (USA) · Director · Full-time · Posted Aug 21, 2026
- Experience
- 7+ years; includes technical leadership experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's or advanced degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
About the job
Leads the design, prototyping, and validation of AI agents and autonomous workflows, and helps move successful innovations into enterprise-scale use.
What you'll do
- Prototype and technically validate agentic AI solutions; evaluate models, frameworks, orchestration technologies, and tools.
- Create reusable proofs of concept, accelerators, and reference implementations, then partner with teams to productionize successful prototypes.
- Define engineering best practices and standards for AI agents, and mentor AI engineers.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's or advanced degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- 7+ years building AI, machine learning, or software engineering solutions, including technical leadership experience.
- Hands-on expertise with LLMs, agent frameworks, RAG, vector databases, APIs, Python, and cloud-native development.
- Strong software engineering background building production-grade AI applications.
Nice to have
- Experience in pharmaceutical, healthcare, or other regulated industries.
- Experience building enterprise agentic AI platforms and developer ecosystems.
Pay
$194,600.00 - $361,400.00 USD per year (base salary)
Tools
LLMs, agent frameworks, RAG, vector databases, APIs, Python
AI focus
Design, prototype, evaluate, and validate agentic AI solutions and autonomous workflows; develop reusable implementations and help productionize them.
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