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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Director, AI Enterprise Process & Innovation Center - **Company:** AstraZeneca plc - **Location:** Gaithersburg, MD, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $177,653.0 - $266,479.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Data Analysis, Graph Database, Software Product Management, Web Platforms, Large Language Models, Machine Learning Operations, GXP - **Published:** September 22, 2026 - **Apply:** https://astrazeneca.eightfold.ai/careers/job/563877689581789?domain=astrazeneca.com ## About the Role * Master's degree in scientific or business field (or equivalent experience). * 10+ years in enterprise transformation, process innovation, digital/AI strategy, or consulting in regulated sectors. * Proven experience delivering AI-enabled process transformation and value at scale. * Strong cross-functional leadership and senior partner management. * Deep understanding of AI, analytics, automation, and digital platforms with ability to translate capability into business outcomes. * Governance and compliance fluency, including GxP, validation, privacy, Responsible. Desirable Skills/Experience * PhD or equivalent experience in a scientific or business field. * Knowledge of emerging regulatory expectations in AI for regulated industries. * Familiarity with GenAI/LLMs, NLP, CV, RAG, knowledge graphs, MLOps/LLMOps. * Risk, monitoring, bias/fairness, and incident response expertise for AI systems. * Awareness of the latest research in systems design, AI product management, decision-centric operating models. * When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That's why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we're not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our outstanding and ambitious world. ## Description * Enterprise Process Rewiring: Redesign critical end-to-end enterprise processes for AI-driven, decision-centric models that improve cycle time, quality, and cost. * Intelligence in Workflows: Diagnose structural bottlenecks and embed intelligence into core workflows to improve decision speed and consistency. * Cross-Functional Integration: Integrate across business, technology, data, and change functions to scale AI use cases from pilots to enterprise adoption. * Executive Advisory and Value Tracking: Advise senior leaders on AI applicability and partner with Finance to quantify and track value realization. * Scalable and Compliant Solutions: Ensure scalable, compliant solutions through partnership with Enterprise AI, IT, Data, Risk, Quality, and Legal/Compliance. * Ways of Working and Communities: Lead adoption of new ways of working and build communities of practice in process innovation to sustain change. * Value Delivery and Improvement: Deliver measurable improvements through sophisticated AI-enabled Business Improvement initiatives, growing impact across the enterprise over time. ## Related Videos - [Blueprints for Success: Steering a Global Data & AI Architecture](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1577-blueprints-for-success-steering-a-global-data-ai-architecture) - [Project Fugu: Extending the web](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/832-project-fugu-extending-the-web) - [Data Science in Retail](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/586-data-science-in-retail) - [Beyond GPT: Building Unified GenAI Platforms for the Enterprise of Tomorrow](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1525-beyond-gpt-building-unified-genai-platforms-for-the-enterprise-of-tomorrow) - [Keith Cirkle of GitHub on React Fatigue](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1265-keith-cirkle-of-github-on-react-fatigue) - [Data Science on Software Data](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/162-data-science-on-software-data) ## Related Articles - [Coffee with Developers - Maria Apazoglou - Making AI understandable for all in production](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/475-coffee-with-developers-maria-apazoglou-making-ai-understandable-for-all-in-production) - [How to Become an AI Engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/331-how-to-become-an-ai-engineer) - [Navigating the AI Shift](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/629-navigating-the-ai-shift) - [Stephan Gillich - Bringing AI Everywhere](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/489-stephan-gillich-bringing-ai-everywhere) - [What Industries Outside of AI Are Hiring The Most AI Experts?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/98-what-industries-outside-of-ai-are-hiring-the-most-ai-experts) - [Got AI ideas but no money? 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