Director of AI
Remote
Sr. Director, AI Trends & Partnerships
Novo Nordisk · Pharmaceutical / Life Sciences · 50000+ employees · 📍 Lexington, MA
Novo Nordisk's Chief AI Officer needs a senior individual contributor to scan the AI horizon, surface emerging trends, and forge external partnerships that translate into funded, high-impact AI initiatives across global R&D.
AI Maturity
scaling
Reports To
Chief AI Officer
Why Role Exists
New position
Company Stage
public
Source
linkedin
Key Responsibilities
- Monitor and translate macro AI market trends into actionable organizational intelligence
- Identify, assess, and prioritize emerging AI technologies and platforms for business impact
- Build and maintain strategic external AI partnerships and collaborations globally
- Support senior leadership in partner selection and business case development for AI funding
- Serve as internal AI thought leader and external-facing ambassador for Novo Nordisk AI innovation
- Deliver deductive, executive-level insights to the Chief AI Officer
Requirements
- Deep expertise in AI/ML landscape including emerging trends, platforms, and disruptive technologies
- Proven track record advising C-suite or EVP-level executives on AI strategy
- Experience building and managing external technology partnerships
- Ability to develop business cases and secure funding for AI initiatives
- Strong executive communication and thought leadership capabilities
Signals
- ⚠ No salary range posted
- ⚠ Individual contributor role despite Sr. Director title — limited organizational power
- ⚠ No team to lead, reducing executive leverage and growth path
- ⚠ Scope is broad but lacks concrete KPIs or deliverables
- ⚠ No previous postings to benchmark against
- ✓ Direct report to a named Chief AI Officer with GVP-level standing
- ✓ Fully remote with no geographic restriction
- ✓ Global scope with international partnership mandate
- ✓ Novo Nordisk is a highly profitable, R&D-investing public company with resources to fund AI at scale
- ✓ Role appears newly created as part of Enterprise AI function build-out