{"id":3006415,"url":"https://alion.io/job/astrazeneca-senior-director-euit-data-ai-forward-engineering-lead","title":"Senior Director – EUIT Data & AI Forward Engineering Lead","company":{"id":13195,"name":"AstraZeneca","domain":"astrazeneca.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/astra-zeneca","size_band":"1001-5000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":91,"open_postings":114,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.535,"repost_share":0.026,"time_to_fill_p50_days":20,"computed_at":"2026-10-22T06:10:10Z"}},"role":"Leadership","role_family":"Leadership","seniority":"head","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"explicit","locations":["Bengaluru, India","Chennai, India"],"countries":["IN"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":65000,"max_usd":157000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":49},"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"AI Agents","optional":false},{"name":"FinOps","optional":false},{"name":"Machine Learning","optional":false},{"name":"Scale AI","optional":false},{"name":"Self-Healing","optional":false},{"name":"Snowflake","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-21T13:56:51Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-21","last_verified_at":"2026-10-22T20:23:30Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":1,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":1},"description":"Senior Director - EUIT Data & AI Forward Engineering Lead\nLocation: Chennai or Bangalore, India\nReports to: Head of Enabling Units IT\nThe Opportunity\nIntelligent data solutions and machine learning are changing how we work, make decisions and deliver value across AstraZeneca. We seek a Senior Director, Enabling Units IT Data & AI Forward Engineering Lead to help build that change.\nYou will guide and manage a team that brings data, AI and forward engineering closer to the business. Working across Finance, HR, GBS, Legal, Compliance, M&A and EUIT, your team will turn business opportunities into trusted data products, AI solutions and measurable improvements in productivity, cost, speed and decision-making.\nThis is a broad technology leadership role combining strategy for data and AI, engineering, product leadership, transformation and operational excellence. You will collaborate with senior business and technology leaders and develop talent in India and the UK. You will invent an environment where teams can experiment, learn, and turn promising ideas into solutions that make a difference.\nWhat You’ll Do\nShape Data & AI strategy\nYou will define and deliver the EUIT Data & AI Forward Engineering strategy, connecting technology investment to business priorities.\nYou will partner with senior leaders across Finance and enabling functions to identify opportunities where data, AI and automation can improve decisions, simplify work and create measurable value.\nYou will also bring relevant external perspectives into AstraZeneca, translating developments in AI, data and engineering into practical opportunities for the organisation.\nBuild Forward Engineering and Data Products\nYou will build a forward engineering model where multidisciplinary teams work closely with business colleagues to understand problems, test ideas and rapidly develop solutions.\nYour organisation will develop trusted, reusable data products and AI capabilities that support analytics, automation and decision-making.\nYou will work with enterprise teams to establish strong engineering, architecture, security and governance practices, with privacy, responsible AI and data quality incorporated from the beginning.\nScale AI and Agentic Solutions\nYou will shape how AI agents are developed, deployed, managed and improved across EUIT.\nWorking with technology, security and governance teams, you will establish clear approaches for ownership, human oversight, observability, evaluation and cost management.\nYou will encourage reuse and interoperability while reducing unnecessary duplication. Solutions will be measured against clear outcomes including productivity, quality, adoption and cost.\nTurn Innovation into Business Value\nYou will create practical ways for teams to experiment with new technology, quickly test promising ideas and scale solutions that deliver value.\nRather than focusing only on proofs of concept, you will help teams establish proof of value, linking investments to measurable improvements in productivity, cost, speed, risk reduction and decision-making.\nYou will establish clear baselines and measures with Finance and business partners so that the impact of technology investment is visible and understood.\nBuild AI Capability Across EUIT\nA significant part of the role will be helping colleagues across EUIT build confidence and capability with AI.\nYou will develop learning opportunities that bring AI to life through hackathons, demonstrations, speaker sessions, communities of practice and role-based learning.\nYou will create opportunities for colleagues to experiment safely and help promising ideas progress from demonstrations into useful products, tools and AI agents.\nLead Talent and Organisation Development\nYou will build and develop a diverse team of forward engineers, data product leaders, AI specialists and technology leaders, with a significant talent base in India.\nYou will help evolve EUIT towards persistent, product-focused teams that are accountable for outcomes, adoption and continuous improvement.\nYou will also shape future skills and career pathways across forward engineering, data products, AI and agent engineering, platform architecture and value management.\nStrengthen Managed Services and Resilience\nYou will work with strategic partners and managed service providers to strengthen operational performance, resilience and cost effectiveness.\nYou will encourage greater automation and increasingly self-healing operations while maintaining business continuity across critical EUIT services and delivery locations.\nYou will also promote strong commercial and FinOps practices across data, cloud and AI investment.\nWhat Success Could Look Like\nSuccess in this role means:\nBusiness teams can demonstrate measurable productivity improvements from data and AI.\nTrusted data products are increasingly reused across Finance and enabling functions.\nAI agents deliver measurable value and operate within clear governance and oversight.\nStrong ideas move efficiently from experimentation to adoption.\nTechnology investment is connected to transparent business outcomes.\nManaged services continue to improve in resilience, automation and cost efficiency.\nEUIT colleagues build practical confidence using AI in their work.\nAstraZeneca develops a strong pipeline of Data & AI and forward engineering talent in India and the UK.\n\nEssential Experience\nWe are looking for a senior technology leader who has operated in a complex, global organisation and can connect technology strategy with business outcomes.\nYou will bring significant leadership experience in data, analytics, AI, engineering or digital transformation, with evidence of building and developing technology teams.\nYou should also have experience in several of the following areas:\nLeading enterprise Data & AI platforms, products or engineering capabilities.\nMoving AI, automation or advanced analytics from experimentation into scaled business use.\nWorking with generative AI, agentic AI or comparable intelligent automation.\nBuilding trusted partnerships with senior business and technology leaders.\nLeading technology or operating-model transformation.\nManaging strategic technology partners or outsourced services.\nImproving productivity and demonstrating measurable business outcomes from technology investment.\nLeading geographically distributed teams and developing future leaders.\nExperience working with Finance, HR, Legal, Compliance, shared services or M&A would be valuable.\nTechnology & Business Expertise\nYou understand modern data and AI ecosystems and can engage effectively with both technical teams and business leaders.\nYour expertise may include:\nModern cloud data platforms and ecosystems, including technologies such as Snowflake.\nData engineering, data products, analytics and governance.\nGenerative AI, agentic AI, machine learning and automation.\nResponsible AI, privacy, security and risk management.\nCloud economics and FinOps.\nProduct-centric technology operating models.\nBuilding business cases and connecting technology investment with measurable outcomes.\nYou do not need to be the deepest technical specialist in every area. You should be able to bring together business, product, engineering and technology perspectives to make sound decisions and enable teams to succeed.\nLeadership\nWe value leaders who combine strategic thinking with curiosity, collaboration and a willingness to challenge assumptions.\nYou will be comfortable influencing senior stakeholders, navigating complexity and making decisions when the path is not always obvious.\nYou will create an environment where people can contribute different perspectives, experiment responsibly, learn quickly and grow their careers.\nMost importantly, you will keep teams focused on the people and business outcomes technology is intended to serve.\nEducation and Additional Experience\nA bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Information Technology or a related subject area would be valuable. A master's degree or MBA may also be beneficial.\nExperience across different industries, including pharmaceuticals, consumer goods or technology, can bring useful perspective.\nExternal engagement with Data, AI, engineering or technology communities would also be welcomed.\nWhy Join Us?\nThis role offers an opportunity to shape how Data & AI is used across some of AstraZeneca's most important global business functions.\nYou will have the opportunity to:\nBuild a major Data & AI and forward engineering capability.\nShape how AI agents are used responsibly across EUIT.\nDevelop technology talent and future leaders in India and the UK.\nWork directly with senior business and technology leaders.\nTurn emerging technology into measurable improvements for colleagues and the business.\nHelp create an inclusive environment where people can experiment, learn and build new capabilities.\nAt AstraZeneca, different perspectives help us innovate. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where people can contribute, develop and succeed. We welcome applications from people with different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives and provide reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process.\nDate Posted\n21-Oct-2026Closing Date\n29-Oct-2026AstraZeneca 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. 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