Associate Director – AI Delivery Lead

Company: Novo Nordisk
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Location: London
Job Description:

Do you want to play a pivotal role in shaping how Artificial Intelligence is delivered across pharmaceutical R&D? We are looking for a senior AI Delivery Lead to orchestrate AI initiatives across a complex and fast‑moving landscape, ensuring strong delivery, alignment and impact across the R&D value chain.

Your new role

As Associate Director – AI Delivery Lead, you will act as a senior delivery and coordination anchor across multiple AI‑enabled products and initiatives within R&D. You will focus on delivery ownership, stakeholder alignment, operational excellence and clear communication—ensuring AI solutions are delivered coherently, on time and with visible value.

Key responsibilities

  • Supporting and coordinating AI delivery across a portfolio of products, ensuring progress, transparency and mitigation of risks
  • Driving cross‑product coordination and identifying synergies to mature and scale shared AI foundations
  • Translating complex AI initiatives into clear, executive‑ready communication and acting as an AI evangelist across R&D
  • Work with a broad set of domain experts and leaders that span scientists, data analysts, IT teams, medical experts, etc. to ensure seamless integration of AI tools into R&D value chain
  • Develop and implement communication strategies for AI projects
  • Ensure operational excellence in delivery of AI project & products
  • Manage and maintain external vendor and third‑party relationships

Your new department

You will join Cognitive AI & Reasoning, part of AI & Analytics within Research & Development. The team applies advanced AI, machine learning and reasoning techniques to some of the most complex challenges in pharmaceutical R&D, spanning early research through clinical development. The environment is highly technical and diverse, with colleagues across the US, Denmark and the UK.

Your skills and qualifications

  • Master’s or PhD degree in Life Sciences, Business Management, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Communications, or a related field
  • Proven experience working with AI in a delivery, coordination or product context
  • Experience from pharma, healthcare or biotech is highly preferred
  • Strong track record of owning or coordinating delivery across multiple initiatives or products in complex regulated environments
  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate nuanced AI topics into clear, compelling narratives
  • Strong stakeholder management skills and confidence operating with high visibility across senior stakeholder landscape

What we offer

Being part of a global healthcare company means opportunities to learn and develop are all around us, while our benefits are designed with your career and life stage in mind.

Equal opportunities employer

We are an equal opportunities employer and are committed to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.

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Posted: May 19th, 2026