Head Of Data & Ai Platforms, Beijing

AstraZeneca

Beijing, China
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10+ years ai/ml platform engineering experience
5+ years leading technical teams with 8+ direct reports
Mandarin fluency required for beijing operations
This role defines the AI capability layer for AstraZeneca's new Beijing AI Center, bridging raw compute infrastructure and scientific discovery teams

Job Summary

  • This role defines the AI capability layer for AstraZeneca's new Beijing AI Center, bridging raw compute infrastructure and scientific discovery teams.
  • The successful candidate will build reusable platform capabilities including AI methodology standards, evaluation frameworks, and data governance products.
  • You will lead a growing team of 8-10+ platform engineers while recruiting top local talent in the competitive Beijing AI market.

Matching Summary

This role defines the AI capability layer for AstraZeneca's new Beijing AI Center, bridging raw compute infrastructure and scientific discovery teams.

Salary

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Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • 10+ years AI/ML platform engineering experience
  • 5+ years leading technical teams with 8+ direct reports
  • Mandarin fluency required for Beijing operations
  • Experience building AI platforms from scratch
  • Knowledge of distributed training and fine-tuning methods
  • China cloud provider experience (Alibaba/Tencent/Baidu)
  • Familiarity with Chinese LLM ecosystem (Qwen/DeepSeek)

Nice-to-have

  • Biopharma domain knowledge in drug discovery
  • Experience with academic partnership management
  • Track record of attracting top AI talent
  • Comfortable operating in matrix organizations
  • Experience navigating multi-org delivery models

Key Requirements

  • 10+ years in AI/ML platform engineering or applied AI at scale
  • 5+ years leading technical teams with minimum 8 direct reports
  • Mandarin fluency required
  • On-site work in Beijing mandatory
  • PIPL/DSL compliance awareness

Work Rights

Must have right to work in China

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