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$245k
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About Novartis
Novartis is a global biopharmaceutical company that researches, develops, manufactures, and markets prescription drugs in areas including oncology, immunology, neuroscience, and cardiology. Industry: Biopharmaceuticals
Novartis currently has
26 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$194,600–$361,400
across 26 roles with salary data.
Executive Director, Head of Agentic Factory leads the Agentic Factory team responsible for designing, building, deploying, and scaling AI agents and autonomous workflows to transform commercial operations. This leader establishes reusable agentic capabilities, engineering best practices, and governance while managing a high-performing team of AI engineers, platform engineers, and solution architects. The role involves developing orchestration frameworks, reference architectures, and tools to accelerate innovation and ensure measurable business impact. Key technical competencies include LLMs, multi-agent orchestration, RAG, vector/graph databases, APIs, cloud platforms, MLOps/LLMOps, DevSecOps, and observability. Preferred experience includes Microsoft Azure AI Foundry, OpenAI, Semantic Kernel, Copilot Studio, LangChain, LangGraph, and MCP/A2A. The work focuses on solving complex problems in regulated environments like pharmaceutical or healthcare sectors by moving generative AI and automation from experimentation to production-ready enterprise solutions.
LLMs
Agent Frameworks
RAG
Vector Databases
Python
Prompt Engineering
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Cloud-native Development
APIs
Data Science
Statistical Analysis
Time Series Analysis
Data Visualization
Observability