Technology Lead, AI Solutions & Responsible AI

Make your mark for patients

We are looking for a driven Digital Technology Lead, AI Solutions & Responsible AI who is a strong AI innovation advocate with deep technical expertise, a user-centric mindset, and a passion for responsible AI to join our DT Artificial Intelligence team, based out of Atlanta, GA (hybrid, 2 days per week onsite).

About the role

As DT Lead, AI Solutions & Responsible AI, you will play a pivotal role in designing and implementing AI solutions that span multi-modal data pipelines and Agentic GenAI capabilities. You will also lead the global maturity of our Responsible AI framework, ensuring ethical, transparent, and safe AI practices across UCB.

Who you'll work with

You will work within a team of highly skilled AI Solution leads and engineers, whose mission is to empower UCB to innovate and excel by leveraging AI for automation, enhanced decision-making, and transformative solutions. The team operates globally and cross-functionally across the company, delivering thought leadership, accelerating AI adoption, and implementing innovative AI into user-centric software. We uphold responsible AI practices and invest in continuous learning to stay ahead in the dynamic field of AI.

What you'll do

• Design and implement AI initiatives from prototype to robust end-to-end solutions.
• Shape project approaches in alignment with agile principles.
• Lead the development and evolution of UCB's Responsible AI framework, ensuring reliability, transparency, safety and security.
• Stay current with the AI solution ecosystem (technologies, vendors, frameworks) and identify opportunities for UCB.
• Promote AI capabilities and foster awareness across the organization.
• Identify and intake new AI opportunities aligned with strategic goals.
• Align stakeholders on end-to-end AI approaches and value generation.
• Coach junior colleagues and manage contractors.
• Anticipate and manage the impact of your work on the broader team and organization.
• Propose delivery options, including new collaborations and innovative ways of working.

Interested? For this role we're looking for the following education, experience and skills

• Minimum 10 years' IT experience and a bachelor's degree in a technical or quantitative field.
• Proven expertise in AI application development, including predictive, prescriptive and Generative AI.
• Hands-on software engineering experience with AI technologies such as python, graph and vector databases, search engines and agent frameworks.
• Experience with agile product management and iterative development.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to craft elegantly simple solutions to complex problems with a test-driven mindset.
• High energy to champion ideas and drive meaningful impact in a dynamic corporate environment.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong commitment to ethical AI practices and stakeholder impact awareness.
• Understanding of the U.S. healthcare system and its data landscape is a plus.

This positions reasonably anticipated base salary range is $148,000 - 195,000. The actual salary offered will take into account related knowledge, skills, experience and location among other factors and may fall outside the expected range.

Are you ready to 'go beyond' to create value and make your mark for patients? If this sounds like you, then we would love to hear from you!

About us
UCB is a global biopharmaceutical company, focusing on neurology and immunology. We are around 8,500 people in all four corners of the globe, inspired by patients and driven by science.

Why work with us?
At UCB, we don't just complete tasks, we create value. We aren't afraid to push forward, collaborate, and innovate to make our mark for patients. We have a caring, supportive culture where everyone feels included, respected, and has equal opportunities to do their best work. We 'go beyond' to create value for our patients, and always with a human focus, whether that's on our patients, our employees, or our planet. Working for us, you will discover a place where you can grow, and have the freedom to carve your own career path to achieve your full potential.

UCB is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions will be made without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. UCB invites you to voluntarily self-identify during the application process. Provision of self-identification information is entirely voluntary and a decision to provide or not provide such information will not have any effect on your application for employment, your employment with UCB, or otherwise subject you to any adverse treatment. Any information you provide will be considered confidential and will be kept separate from your application and/or personnel file and will only be used in accordance with applicable laws, orders, and regulations.

Should you require any adjustments to our process to assist you in demonstrating your strengths and capabilities contact us on US-Reasonable_Accommodation@ucb.com for application to US based roles. Please note should your enquiry not relate to adjustments; we will not be able to support you through this channel.