Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine (IM) is seeking a Director of AI Optimization and Productization to support the training, optimization, and deployment of AI models and AI products across the R&D value chain, aiming to develop smarter, less invasive treatments and personal solutions for complex diseases.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in AI model development, model optimization, and deployment, including managing product life cycle (design, development, testing, deployment, operations & maintenance, etc.).
- Excellent coding and software development capabilities, effectively leading a technical team and partners towards the creation of scalable AI solutions.
- Deep expertise in using MLOps frameworks, deployment pipelines, and monitoring tools, including familiarity with cloud platforms and containerization tools.
- Experience with Agile and DevOps methodologies
- Experience with regulatory compliance and governance (e.g. GxP, SaMD, etc.).
- Experience with AWS is preferred.
- Additional training or certification in MLOps, AI optimization, product life cycle is a plus
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with AI scientists in DSDH, R&D partners, and JJT to optimize AI models for large-scale training, inference performance, and their deployment in AI products.
- Guide and supervise the productization of AI models into applications deployed within R&D or clinical trials for discovery, biomarkers, and clinical endpoints.
- Oversee the use of enterprise MLOps frameworks within DSDH in close collaboration with JJT, following company best practices and frameworks and managing the life cycle of DSDH AI models.
- Actively modeling and planning for compute capacity across DSDH projects, in partnership with the DSDH Data Strategy & Platform team and JJT
- Work closely with DSDH, JJT, therapeutic areas, functions, and senior stakeholders across the enterprise to promote cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder engagement.
- Attract, grow, and lead a high-performing technical team focused on AI optimization, productization, and life cycle management.
- Mentor junior team members and foster a culture of continuous learning.
Other
- This position can be located in Titusville, NJ; Spring House, PA; La Jolla, CA; Cambridge, MA or London, United Kingdom.
- This position will require up to 25% travel.
- Strong experience in leading a technical team, and ability to work in a matrixed organization on complex, multi-stakeholder projects
- Excellent communication skills and strategic thinking capabilities.
- Ability to align technical execution with strategic business goals and enterprise-wide initiatives and frameworks.
