# Principal Research AI Innovation Lead

Hiring organization: [Bristol Myers Squibb](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/bristol-myers-squibb)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/981ccb03-ddfc-4de4-a0f1-7cf2c13d38ec

Listed on Bristol Myers Squibb's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Employment type: full time
- Seniority: Principal
- Location: Remote - United States - US
- Remote: yes
- Salary: 145020 – 175728 USD per year

## Summary

This role leads the design and scaling of AI systems to accelerate pharmaceutical research, working across research, engineering, and data teams to build practical LLM-enabled solutions that help scientists make faster, better-informed decisions. It suits someone with deep expertise in both AI architecture and drug discovery or translational science who can evaluate whether AI outputs are scientifically sound and useful for real research.

_Our summary, not Bristol Myers Squibb's wording._

## Skills named

Agentic Workflows, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Model Context Protocol, Multi-Agent Systems, Prompt Engineering, Python, Retrieval-Augmented Generation

## Required

- Bachelor's degree and 8+ years experience, or Master's degree and 6+ years experience, or PhD and 4+ years experience
- Hands-on experience designing and implementing AI systems, particularly agentic workflows and multi-agent orchestration
- Ability to assess whether AI-generated scientific outputs are scientifically grounded, appropriately caveated, and defensible
- Working knowledge of drug discovery, translational science, or related research domains

## Nice to have

- Advanced degree (MS, PhD, PharmD) or equivalent in a scientific, computational, or AI field
- Direct experience in target identification, indication expansion, drug repurposing, biomarker discovery, translational research, or clinical evidence review
- Experience building AI systems that reason across heterogeneous biomedical data sources
- Experience designing AI evaluation frameworks and benchmark datasets for scientific quality
- Experience fine-tuning or developing biology-focused large language models or domain-specific AI systems
- Background in innovation labs, accelerators, startups, or rapid-prototyping environments

Apply on Bristol Myers Squibb's site: https://bristolmyerssquibb.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/BMS/job/Remote---United-States---US/Principal-Research-AI-Innovation-Lead_R1603113