• Evaluate foundation models, agent frameworks, orchestration technologies, developer tooling, and emerging technical approaches for enterprise applicability.

Reusable capabilities, accelerators, and reference implementations

• Build reusable proof-of-concepts, accelerators, architectural blueprints, and reference implementations that shorten time-to-value for the Agentic Factory and broader SPT product teams.

• Drive adoption of shared technical assets and standards that prevent one-off builds, reduce duplication, and improve scalability across AI agent solutions.

Industrialization and transition to enterprise scale

• Partner with AI Engineering, Platform Engineering, Product, Architecture, DDIT, security, and business teams to move validated prototypes into production-ready enterprise capabilities.

• Ensure successful transition from lab validation to scaled implementation, including architecture readiness, technical documentation, risk assessment, and operating model handoff.

Responsible AI, risk, and compliance by design

• Embed Responsible AI, security, privacy, accessibility, data governance, regulatory, and quality expectations into agentic AI architectures and lab validation methods from the start.

• Define evaluation and monitoring expectations for reliability, explainability, performance, user safety, human oversight, and business value realization of AI agents.

Technical leadership and capability building

• Lead, coach, and develop technical talent across agentic architecture and lab activities, fostering disciplined experimentation, engineering excellence, and continuous learning.

• Communicate technical direction, architectural decisions, trade-offs, risks, and investment needs to senior stakeholders in clear, executive-ready language.

Education:

Bachelor's or advanced degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Engineering, ora relatedtechnical discipline.

The salary for this position is expected to range between $225,400.00 and $418,600.00 annual per year. The final salary offered is determined based on factors like, but not limited to, relevant skills and experience, and upon joining Novartis will be reviewed periodically. Novartis may change the published salary range based on company and market factors. Your compensation will include a performance-based cash incentive and, depending on the level of the role, eligibility to be considered for annual equity awards. US-based eligible employees will receive a comprehensive benefits package that includes health, life and disability benefits, a 401(k) with company contribution and match, and a variety of other benefits. In addition, employees are eligible for a generous time off package including vacation, personal days, holidays and other leaves.

EEO Statement:

The Novartis Group of Companies are Equal Opportunity Employers. We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

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