Senior Director, AI & Data Solutions

Senior Director AI & Data Solutions

Position Summary:

Desired Location: Bridgewater NJ or Morrisville/Durham NC with ability to travel 20%

The Senior Director AI & Data Solutions enables Catalent to move from AI experimentation to scaled production-ready solutions that improve cost productivity quality and decision-making. This role translates business priorities into enterprise AI data and analytics capabilities; builds the operating model needed to govern and scale them; and ensures solutions are embedded into real workflows where they deliver measurable value. The position reports to the VP Digital Transformation. The role is expected to partner closely with senior leaders across Operations Quality Sales Marketing Finance IT/Digital Information Security Legal and Compliance to align AI and data priorities with enterprise business outcomes.

This is an opportunity to shape how AI and data are used at enterprise scale within a global life sciences organization. The successful candidate will help establish the roadmap governance platforms delivery model and business adoption discipline to turn high-potential AI ideas into reusable compliant and measurable capabilities that improve how Catalent operates.

The Role:

Strategy and Roadmap

• Define and execute Catalents enterprise AI and data roadmap prioritizing use cases by business value feasibility and strategic fit.

• Translate enterprise and functional priorities into AI data and analytics capabilities that deliver expected value across productivity quality cost cycle time growth and better decision-making.

Delivery and Value Creation

• Own the end-to-end delivery of high-value AI data and analytics solutions from discovery and design through deployment adoption and value tracking.

• Embed AI and data solutions into real business workflows ensuring active business ownership clear adoption plans measurable success criteria and sustained usage after deployment.

• Build reusable solution patterns platforms and delivery methods that allow successful AI and data capabilities to scale across Catalent.

Governance and Responsible AI

• Establish and oversee enterprise AI and data governance to ensure responsible use data quality security privacy compliance regulatory alignment lifecycle management and accountability across AI and data assets.

• Champion ethical and responsible AI practices by partnering with Security Legal Compliance Quality and business stakeholders to ensure appropriate governance transparency human oversight auditability validation and model risk management

Leadership and Organization Capability

• Build lead and develop a high-performing AI and Data organization with the skills discipline and business orientation to scale impact across Catalent.

• Create strong partnerships across business technology data security legal and compliance teams to ensure solutions are practical adopted and sustainable.

• Manage internal teams external partners and vendors effectively ensuring delivery quality value for money and alignment to Catalents enterprise standards.

• Other duties as assigned.

The Candidate:

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science Engineering Information Systems or related field;

• 5 years of experience in AI data digital product development software engineering or technology-enabled transformation.

• Demonstrated ability to translate business strategy into technology roadmaps investment priorities and executable delivery plans.

• Strong understanding of AI technologies data platforms analytics cloud and hybrid architectures Agile delivery and modern integration patterns such as microservices service-oriented architecture and event-based architecture.

• Working knowledge of information architecture data governance master data management business intelligence data warehouse design and data science concepts.

• Experience building and leading high-performing teams across AI data analytics product architecture Engineering or solution delivery disciplines.

• Understanding compliance validation privacy information security quality and operational risk considerations relevant to AI and data solutions in regulated settings.

• Ability to travel up to 20% of the time.

• Demonstrable leadership experience at Catalent (including but not limited to participation in Catalentsponsored leadership programs such as NGGL GOLD LEAD Now GM Excellence and GROW) may be considered in place of external experience.

Preferred Skills & Background

• Advanced Degree

• Preferred experience in pharmaceutical life sciences or other regulated environments.

Pay

The anticipated salary range for this position in New Jersey is $215000-$300000 plus an annual bonus target. The final salary offered to a successful candidate may vary and will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to the type and length of experience within the job type and length of experience within the industry skillset education business needs etc. Catalent is a multi-state employer and this salary range may not reflect positions that work in other states.

Why You Should Join Catalent:

• Defined career path and annual performance review and feedback process.

• Diverse inclusive culture.

• Potential for career growth on an expanding team within an organization dedicated to preserving and bettering lives.

• Competitive paid time off plus 8 paid holidays.

• Community engagement and green initiatives.

• Medical dental and vision benefits effective day one of employment.

• Tuition reimbursement.