AI Engineering & Data Science Lead

About the role

An AI Engineering & Data Science lead is for an AI Engineering and Data Science capability within the Lonza AI Factory (LAIF), defining the engineering standards, reusable capabilities, and technical approaches required to build and scale AI solutions across Lonza. This role is responsible for shaping the AI intelligence layer, driving AI engineering excellence, and enabling the successful delivery of AI products through cross-functional Fusion Teams.

What you'll do

• AI Engineering Strategy, Architecture & Reusable Capabilities
• Define the AI engineering and data science strategy, architecture principles, and technical roadmap for the Lonza AI Factory
• Shape and evolve the AI intelligence layer, including reusable services, contextual frameworks, orchestration capabilities, agentic patterns, and shared AI services
• Establish engineering standards and reference architectures covering AI/ML development, evaluation, deployment, monitoring, and lifecycle management
• Own and continuously evolve the approved catalogue of AI models, algorithms, frameworks, tools, and reusable components

What you need

• Machine learning
• LLMs
• MLOps
• M.Sc or B.Tech or B.E. or B.Sc or BCA or M.Tech or MCA