Lead Consultant - AI Solutions Engineer at AstraZeneca

Chennai, tamil nadu, India -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

07 Apr, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

07 Jan, 26

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

AI Solutions, Technology Strategy, Design Standards, Compliance, Solution Leadership, Citizen Developer Enablement, Governance Workflows, Federated Operating Model, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Guidance, Influence, Performance Measurement, MLOps, Data Privacy, Healthcare Compliance, Communication Skills

Industry

Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

Description

Job Title: Lead Consultant - AI Solutions Engineer GCL: E Introduction to role: Are you ready to lead the next wave of Agentic AI and turn ambition into real outcomes for patients and the business? In this role, you will set the direction for AI solutions that accelerate discovery, improve decision-making, and safely scale innovation across the enterprise. Your work will create the building blocks and guardrails that empower teams to deliver AI with speed, consistency, and trust. You will partner across functions to design and implement a federated model for AI solution creation, enabling citizen developers while upholding rigorous standards and regulatory requirements. This is a chance to shape how AI is built and governed at AstraZeneca, guiding teams from idea through compliant delivery and establishing practices that become the blueprint for our digital future. Accountabilities: Agentic AI Strategy: Define and lead the technology strategy for the Agentic AI ecosystem, setting a clear path from early capability to enterprise-wide adoption and measurable impact. Design Standards and Compliance: Establish robust design standards and ensure technology delivery aligns with AstraZeneca policies and applicable regulations, creating trusted and auditable solutions. End-to-End Solution Leadership: Own planning, analysis, design, development, testing, and implementation of AI solutions, driving right-first-time delivery that scales and sustains. Citizen Developer Enablement: Create curated AI building blocks and structured enablement pathways that unlock self-service innovation while maintaining quality and control. Governance Workflows: Design and operationalize governance workflows that balance speed with safety, embedding risk management and ethical AI practices into everyday development. Federated Operating Model: Build and evolve a federated model that decentralizes AI solution creation responsibly, enabling domain teams while ensuring global coherence. Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with product, data, security, compliance, and engineering teams to align use cases, resolve challenges, and accelerate delivery. Guidance and Influence: Advise project teams, influence cases, and drive alignment to standards, acting as a trusted technology leader who converts complex needs into clear, actionable plans. Outcomes and Scale: Measure adoption, performance, and business value, using insights to iterate building blocks, improve workflows, and expand the impact of AI across the enterprise. Essential Skills/Experience: Experience across planning, analysis, design, development, testing, and implementation of AI solutions. Proven ability to lead the technology strategy for an Agentic AI ecosystem. Demonstrated capability to establish robust design standards and deliver technology compliantly. Collaboration to drive the growth of AI across AstraZeneca, including structured enablement of citizen developers via curated AI building blocks. Expertise in governance workflows and a federated operating model for democratized AI solution creation. Ability to guide project teams, influence cases, and ensure alignment with AstraZeneca standards and regulatory requirements. Desirable Skills/Experience: Experience building enterprise AI platforms and reusable components (e.g., orchestration, evaluation, guardrails, observability). Background in MLOps/ModelOps, model lifecycle governance, and responsible AI practices. Familiarity with large language models, retrieval-augmented generation, vector stores, and prompt engineering. Knowledge of data privacy, security, and healthcare-related compliance domains. Track record enabling citizen developers through training, documentation, and communities of practice. Strong communication and stakeholder influence skills that translate technical detail into business value. When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That's why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we're not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world. Why AstraZeneca: Here, technology and science meet at scale, backed by investment and a bold digital vision. You will join a community that experiments, learns fast, and turns ideas into impact—whether through hackathons, cross-functional partnerships, or building reusable AI ecosystems that speed decisions and unlock data value. We value kindness alongside ambition, empower ownership, and create the conditions for you to shape how AI transforms our company and, ultimately, patients’ lives. Call to Action: Step into a role where your leadership in Agentic AI will shape enterprise capabilities and deliver real-world impact—bring your vision, build the ecosystem, and help us change what’s possible! Date Posted 07-Jan-2026 Closing Date 14-Jan-2026 AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements. AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company. We focus on discovering, developing and commercialising prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious diseases. But we are more than one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies. At AstraZeneca, we’re dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science, challenge convention and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. To embrace differences and take bold actions to drive the change needed to meet global healthcare and sustainability challenges. There is no better place to make a difference in medicine, patients, and society. An inclusive culture where you will connect different thinking to generate new and valuable opportunities. Where you will find a commitment to lifelong learning, growth and development for all. Our Inclusion & Diversity (I&D) mission is to create an inclusive and equitable environment where people belong, using the power of our diversity to push the boundaries of science to deliver life-changing medicines to patients. Inclusion and diversity are fundamental to the success of our company, because innovation requires breakthrough ideas that only come from a diverse workforce empowered to challenge conventional thinking. We’re curious about science and the advancement of knowledge. We find creative ways to approach new challenges. We’re driven to make the right choices and be accountable for our actions. As an organisation centred around what makes us human, we put a big focus on people. Across our business, we want colleagues to wake up excited about their day at the office, in the field, or in the lab. Along with our purpose to bring life-changing medicines to people across the globe, we have a promise to you: to help you realise the full breadth of your potential. Here, you’ll do work that has the potential to change your life and improve countless others. And, together with your team, you’ll shape a culture that unites and inspires us every day. This is your life at AstraZeneca.

Responsibilities

The Lead Consultant will define and lead the technology strategy for AI solutions, ensuring compliance and robust design standards. They will also oversee the end-to-end solution delivery and enable citizen developers while maintaining quality and governance.