Senior or Executive Director, AI Strategy & Applications
$235,000–$335,000 year
On-siteWatertown, Massachusetts, United States
Job Summary
Define and maintain Kymera's enterprise AI strategy and multi-year roadmap aligned to clinical and scientific priorities. Prototype, build, and ship AI-powered solutions via APIs, prompt engineering, and agentic frameworks to meet urgent business needs. Own evaluation, selection, and administration of AI platforms including LLM tools and scientific applications across Research, Clinical Development, Regulatory, and G&A. Establish an AI governance function partnering with Information Security on data privacy and vendor risk policies. Manage the AI vendor landscape, determine operationalization of external engagements, and champion adoption through training programs and hiring criteria. Own Answer Engine Optimization strategy ensuring AI platforms accurately represent Kymera's science. Build trusted relationships with functional leaders from bench scientists to the C-suite as a credible advisor on AI capabilities.
Required Qualifications
- Experienced in biotech/pharma
- Working knowledge of drug discovery, clinical development, regulatory, or CMC processes
- Hands-on with modern AI/LLM platforms (e.g., OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure OpenAI)
- Building solutions via APIs, prompt engineering, and agentic frameworks
- A strong software developer able to independently build and ship AI-powered applications
- Skilled at translating complex business requirements into practical AI solutions
- Experienced managing vendor evaluations and enterprise AI platform deployments
- An excellent communicator, equally credible with technical and non-technical stakeholders
Desired Qualifications
- Preferred: experience in clinical-stage/growth-stage biotech
- AI governance in a regulated environment
- AEO/GEO familiarity
- Comfort operating in a high-autonomy, fast-moving environment
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