Hybrid Senior Director, Discovery Applied AI/ML

at GSK

• Job title: Senior Director, Discovery Applied AI/ML
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Postgraduate Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Upper Providence, United States

About the role

• Lead AI/ML strategy for drug discovery at GSK, embedding AI/ML into workflows and platforms. Collaborate across R&D to drive innovations in medicine discovery.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead the applied AI/ML strategy for Discovery, aligned with the broader Data, Automation, and Predictive Sciences (DAPS) and Discovery Data Sciences roadmaps.
• Act as the primary applied AI/ML partner to discovery and RTech line leaders, embedding your team into portfolio projects across therapeutic areas and modalities.
• Drive a culture of pioneering applied AI/ML research, with emphasis on generative models for molecular and protein design.
• Partner with Discovery Data Sciences, Discovery Engineering, & Integration, Automation, Cheminformatics, Protein Design & Informatics, and R&D Digital & Tech to architect and deliver AI-augmented platforms for design, analysis, and decision support.
• Serve as a trusted thought partner to Discovery leadership on AI/ML.

Requirements

• Ph.D. in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Computational Biology, Computational Chemistry, Bioinformatics, Biophysics, or related quantitative discipline.
• 12+ years of experience in the pharmaceutical, biotech, technology, or closely related industry, with at least 8 years in leadership roles managing multi-disciplinary AI/ML or computational science teams.
• Demonstrated track record of applying modern AI/ML methods (including deep learning and generative models) to complex biological, chemical, or healthcare problems
• Deploying AI/ML solutions into production environments and achieving tangible impact on scientific or business outcomes.
• Experience working with multiple data modalities (e.g., sequence, structure, images, omics, chemical structures, clinical/real-world data) and integrating them into AI/ML workflows.

Benefits

• US Benefits Summary to learn more about the comprehensive benefits program GSK offers US employees