Director of AI Engineering – Vaccine R&D Operations Enablement

Pfizer seeks a Director of AI Engineering to lead AI-driven transformation across Vaccine R&D Operations. You will focus on applying AI automation and advanced analytics in process-intensive, highly regulated environments spanning laboratory operations, development execution, quality systems, business processes, and external partner engagement.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and deliver AI solutions supporting process-heavy lab and office workflows
• Drive automation of manual and repetitive activities to improve speed, quality, and compliance
• Develop predictive, optimization, and scenario-based models for resource planning and risk trade-offs
• Design AI solutions aligned with GxP expectations, data integrity standards, and inspection readiness
• Build AI-enabled capabilities for development planning, milestone tracking, and execution risk forecasting
• Architect and deploy production-ready ML and analytics pipelines
• Scale AI solutions in cloud and/or HPC environments
• Mentor engineers and operational partners, raising AI and data literacy

Required Qualifications

• PhD in Computer Science, ML, Data Science, AI, or related discipline with 5+ years applied experience, OR Master's with 7+ years
• 2+ years AI/ML experience in a relevant domain
• Strong understanding of process-heavy environments, ideally within R&D or regulated organizations
• Expertise in predictive modeling, optimization, automation, generative AI, and ML system design
• Strong Python and modern ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow)
• Experience scaling models in cloud and/or HPC environments

Preferred: Life sciences, pharma, R&D, or clinical operations experience

Salary: $176,600 - $294,300 annually