Executive Director, Gen AI / Agentic AI Product Suite

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Job Summary

The Executive Director, GenAI/Agentic AI Platform Suite is responsible for leading, managing, and directing the Gen AI / Agentic AI Platform Suite. This role will define the strategic vision, drive innovation and oversee the development, and growth of our suite of the Generative AI platform.The Executive Director will collaborate with senior leaders and cross-functional teams to align the platform's capabilities with organizational priorities, optimize resource allocation, and foster adoption of AI-powered tools. This position requires a visionary leadership, strategic mindset, technical expertise, and the ability to build and scale AI solutions while ensuring compliance with industry regulations and ethical AI best practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Set strategic vision and direction for the Generative AI / Agentic AI Platform Suite, ensuring alignment with enterprise priorities to maximize business impact through AI-powered capabilities

• Define, and be accountable for executing, a strategic roadmap for the Generative AI Platform suite, establishing and ensuring adherence to business product and technology policies and standards while collaborating with senior leadership and key stakeholders.

• Evaluate and prioritize platform initiatives, making necessary trade-offs to optimize outcomes.

• Define and oversee the full lifecycle strategy for the platform suite from identifying and integrating AI solutions to sunsetting legacy offerings, optimizing for overall suite performance, with evolving business priorities.

• Serve as the AI executive champion for the Gen AI / Agentic AI Platform Suite, articulating its strategic value to senior stakeholders, influencing enterprise decision-making, and fostering a culture of AI innovation and accountability.

• Partner with Analytical Product Executive Directors and Business Product Owners to infuse GenAI/Agentic AI capabilities into business and analytic products where and when applicable.

• Partner with DDA functional teams to develop a cross-functional product roadmap for GenAI and agentic AI.

• Partner with the Informatics (IX) team to develop a scalable, secure, and compliant ML/AI platform ecosystem - from experimentation to production deployment.

• Set the scientific and technical direction for the Data Science and ML function; lead the development of cutting-edge methodologies in areas such as natural language processing and LLM fine-tuning, generative and agentic AI systems.

• Oversee architecture and technical strategy for end-to-end ML workflows, including data pipelines, feature stores, model training/validation/deployment, and performance monitoring.

• Partner with IX to ensure adoption of best-in-class MLOps practices to scale reproducible, automated, and compliant data science, ML, and AI development across use cases.

• Define and track success metrics (e.g., adoption, performance, ROI) for data science and machine learning products and platforms.

• Partner with Digital Experience and Informatics teams to integrate data science and AI into content generation, omnichannel engagement, CRM, and digital operations. Drive adoption of generative and agentic AI solutions to enhance speed, creativity, and personalization in business workflows.

• Identify, establish and manage strategic partnerships with technology providers, research institutions and other organizations to expand the platform's capabilities.

• Collaborate with cross-functional leaders (VP, SVP level) across CMG to identify AI use cases, gather business requirements, analyze market trends, and shape the overall AI platform strategy.

• Develop and implement cross product strategies that align with the strategic objectives of Patients, Customers, and the Enterprise.

• Drive CMG cross-functional alignment, collaborating seamlessly with other leaders across Commercial, Medical, Access and Informatics to align product strategies with business objectives, make necessary tradeoffs, ensure rapid product development, drive adoption, and track progress of the GenAI/Agentic AI Platform Portfolio.

Governance & Compliance

• Establish standard practices among data product teams to shape individual product strategy aligned to business needs.

• Ensure adherence to ethical AI practices and governance standards across the AI platform suite, aligning AI capabilities with responsible AI frameworks, compliance requirements, and business objectives.

• Ensure compliance with laws, regulations, and policies, upholding the integrity of Genentech's activities and product stewardship.

• Partner with internal experts in Legal, Compliance, and Medical Affairs, to mitigate business risks and uphold Genentech's policies and ethical standards; hold teams accountable for adherence to these standards.

People

• Attract, lead, and develop highly-connected, highly-motivated and high-performing teams.

• Provide guidance, training, and career development opportunities for team members.

• Drive a culture of employee engagement and accountability through performance management, incentive alignment, and rewards and recognition of all team members.

Minimum Candidate Qualifications & Experience

• Master degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, or related field required; Ph.D. preferred.

• 12+ years of experience, with 5+ years in data science, AI/ML within healthcare, life sciences, or highly regulated industries.

• Strong leadership and team management abilities, with experience in coaching, developing, and inspiring talent.

• Deep expertise in data science, machine learning, statistical modeling, and AI platform technologies.

• Proven track record of driving AI/ML innovation from concept to scaled deployment, especially in complex matrixed organizations.

• Extensive experience with modern ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow), MLOps tools, and cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure).

• Deep understanding of generative and agentic AI technologies

• Experience leading/working with product management team in an agile environment

• Strong business acumen with the ability to align data science initiatives to strategic and operational goals.

• Experience building and governing ethical AI frameworks and navigating compliance in highly regulated environments.

• Advanced knowledge of workflow tools, automation systems, and compliance frameworks is a plus.

• Passion for innovation and a commitment to ethical AI design and development.

• Ability to own and manage the GenAI and agentic AI platform including visioning, roadmap creation, execution, and impact measurement.

• Expertise in driving platform improvements based on measurement and optimization insights.

• Fluency / comfort with data systems, technology platforms, and integrations to inform strategic product decisions.

• Strong leadership and team management abilities, with experience in coaching, developing, and inspiring talent (direct or indirect).

• Excellent communication and leadership abilities to drive change, influence stakeholders, and evangelize the product vision.

• Experience working in an agile setting or bringing agile best-practice mentorship to the team.

Location

• This position is based in South San Francisco, CA and relocation assistance is available.

The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of South San Francisco, CA is $227,500 - $422,500 USD Annual. Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job-related factors permitted by law. A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance. This position also qualifies for the benefits detailed at the link provided below.

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