Senior Manager, Intelligence Systems Lab

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Princeton, NJ - USA

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Posted on: 20 hours ago
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

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Challenging. Meaningful. Life-changing. Those arent words that are usually associated with a job. But working at Bristol Myers Squibb is anything but usual. Here uniquely interesting work happens every day in every department. From optimizing a production line to the latest breakthroughs in cell therapy this is work that transforms the lives of patients and the careers of those who do it. Youll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities uncommon in scale and scope alongside high-achieving teams. Take your career farther than you thought possible.

Bristol Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits services and programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals both at work and in their personal lives. Read more: In support of enterprise AI strategy the Senior Manager of Intelligence Systems Lab conducts research into the principles of intelligence and develops agentic AI systems grounded in rigorous evaluation science. This hands-on technical role focuses on understanding and implementing reasoning planning memory and generalization capabilities for AI agents while building benchmarking methodologies to assess agent performance. The position supports cross-functional stakeholders in Commercial Manufacturing Clinical Development and Research functions.

Key Responsibilities and Major Duties:

  • Research and Framework Development:

    • Conduct research on reasoning planning memory and generalization architectures for AI agents and multi-agent systems.

    • Develop and test frameworks for agent cognition including abstraction goal decomposition and adaptive planning.

    • Contribute to the labs understanding of foundational principles underlying intelligent behavior in artificial systems.

    • Stay current with academic literature and industry advances in AI reasoning cognitive architectures and agent design.

  • Benchmarking and Evaluation Science:

    • Design and execute benchmarking experiments to evaluate agent reasoning reliability and generalization capabilities.

    • Develop evaluation methodologies for assessing AI agent performance across diverse tasks and domains.

    • Build test harnesses evaluation datasets and measurement frameworks for multi-agent systems.

    • Apply rigorous experimental design and statistical analysis to benchmark results.

  • Agentic AI Development:

    • Serve as a hands-on AI engineer designing developing and deploying advanced agentic solutions.

    • Build multi-agent AI systems using frameworks such as Strands LangGraph DSPy and similar agentic architectures.

    • Develop RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) applications knowledge graphs and conversational AI solutions.

    • Implement autonomous workflows that demonstrate advances in reasoning and planning capabilities.

  • Rapid Prototyping and Innovation:

    • Turn research concepts into working prototypes that demonstrate advances in agent intelligence.

    • Conduct proof-of-concept development to assess feasibility of new reasoning and planning approaches.

    • Seek opportunities to translate research findings into production-ready capabilities.

    • Contribute to documenting research findings experimental results and technical methodologies.

  • Cross-Functional Collaboration:

    • Work cross-functionally with analytics and business stakeholders to pilot AI solutions grounded in research insights.

    • Translate complex AI research concepts into business language to drive understanding and adoption.

    • Partner with the broader Applied Intelligence organization to advance agentic AI capabilities.

    • Engage with Commercial GPS/Manufacturing Clinical Development and Research teams in presenting research-informed solutions.

  • Mentorship and Best Practices:

    • Contribute to implementing best practices in agent evaluation benchmarking science and research methodology.

    • Provide guidance to junior team members on AI/ML techniques research methods and development approaches.

    • Support knowledge sharing through internal presentations documentation and collaborative research.

Qualifications/Degree/Certification/Licensure:

  • Educational Background: BA/BS required (quantitative area of study such as Computer Science Data Science Statistics Mathematics Cognitive Science or Engineering preferred). MS or other graduate degree preferred.

  • Technical Proficiency: Proficiency in Python (R or Julia) with hands-on experience with ML frameworks (Scikit-Learn TensorFlow PyTorch etc.) Experience with agentic AI frameworks (Strands LangGraph AutoGen DSPy CrewAI or similar). Experience with LLMs prompt engineering and RAG architectures. Familiarity with benchmarking and evaluation methodologies for AI systems. Proficiency in SQL and experience with cloud-based environments (AWS Azure GCP). Experience with Git and software version control. Experience with experimental design and statistical analysis preferred

  • Communication Skills: Excellent communication and presentation skills with a proven ability to explain complex research and analyses to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Experience presenting at conferences or publishing research preferred.

  • Experience: A minimum of 3 years of hands-on experience in data science machine learning AI development or AI research. Relevant advanced degrees contribute to required years of experience. Experience with pharmaceutical or life sciences industry preferred.

  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Proven experience in working on complex research or development projects with multi-functional team members.

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Compensation Overview:

Princeton - NJ - US: $133710 - $162019

The starting compensation range(s) for this role are listed above for a full-time employee (FTE) basis. Additional incentive cash and stock opportunities (based on eligibility) may be available. The starting pay rate takes into account characteristics of the job such as required skills where the job is performed the employees work schedule job-related knowledge and experience. Final individual compensation will be decided based on demonstrated experience.

Eligibility for specific benefits listed on our careers site may vary based on the job and location. For more on benefits please visit offerings are subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans in effect at the time and may require enrollment. Our benefits include:

  • Health Coverage: Medical pharmacy dental and vision care.

  • Wellbeing Support: Programs such as BMS Well-Being Account BMS Living Life Better and Employee Assistance Programs (EAP).

  • Financial Well-being and Protection: 401(k) plan short- and long-term disability life insurance accident insurance supplemental health insurance business travel protection personal liability protection identity theft benefit legal support and survivor support.

Work-life benefits include:

Paid Time Off

  • US Exempt Employees: flexible time off (unlimited with manager approval 11 paid national holidays (not applicable to employees in Phoenix AZ Puerto Rico or Rayzebio employees)

  • Phoenix AZ Puerto Rico and Rayzebio Exempt Non-Exempt Hourly Employees: 160 hours annual paid vacation for new hires with manager approval 11 national holidays and 3 optional holidays

Based on eligibility* additional time off for employees may include unlimited paid sick time up to 2 paid volunteer days per year summer hours flexibility leaves of absence for medical personal parental caregiver bereavement and military needs and an annual Global Shutdown between Christmas and New Years Day.

All global employees full and part-time who are actively employed at and paid directly by BMS at the end of the calendar year are eligible to take advantage of the Global Shutdown.

*Eligibility Disclosure: The summer hours program is for United States (U.S.) office-based employees due to the unique nature of their work. Summer hours are generally not available for field sales and manufacturing operations and may also be limited for the capability centers. Employees in remote-by-design or lab-based roles may be eligible for summer hours depending on the nature of their work and should discuss eligibility with their manager. Employees covered under a collective bargaining agreement should consult that document to determine if they are eligible. Contractors leased workers and other service providers are not eligible to participate in the program.

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