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
Not specified; Not specified; Not specified
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