AI Transformation Director (Life Sciences)

Director, AI Transformation (Life Sciences)

Location: Bangalore preferred | Open to candidates across India

We are partnering with a global organisation to appoint a Director, AI Transformation to lead its enterprise AI agenda. This is a hands-on transformation leadership role focused on defining AI strategy, establishing governance, identifying and delivering high-value use cases, and accelerating responsible AI adoption across the the business within a highly regulated industry.

We are looking for an experienced AI practitioner who has successfully taken enterprise AI initiatives from concept through to production, particularly within highly regulated environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and execute the enterprise AI strategy, roadmap and use-case portfolio.
• Establish practical AI governance, risk and operating frameworks, particularly for regulated environments.
• Identify and prioritise AI opportunities based on measurable business value and lead initiatives from discovery through implementation and adoption.
• Provide technical oversight across GenAI/LLMs, RAG, agentic AI, APIs/integration, model evaluation and monitoring.
• Ensure appropriate controls around data security, information security, privacy, data integrity and human oversight.
• Partner with business, technology, security, data, quality and regulatory stakeholders to move AI safely into production.
• Lead and challenge third-party AI/technology partners responsible for solution engineering and delivery.
• Drive adoption and track measurable business outcomes from deployed AI capabilities.

What We're Looking For

• 10+ years of technology experience, with significant experience delivering enterprise AI, GenAI or AI-enabled transformation.
• GxP and/or computerised system validation experience
• Strong combination of AI technical credibility and business transformation experience
• Proven experience taking AI solutions from business use case through to production deployment.
• Experience within life sciences or another highly regulated industry is essential.
• Strong understanding of AI governance, data protection, information security and enterprise risk.
• Experience with modern AI architectures including LLMs, RAG, agentic AI, MLOps, APIs and enterprise integration.

Bangalore preferred, but strong candidates elsewhere in India will be considered.

Argyll Scott Asia is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.