Sr / Principal Business Impact Lead – R&D Pharma (AI Solution Architect)
Aily Labs · NY, US
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About the Role
As an R&D Business Impact Lead, you will serve as the domain expert and solution architect for Aily App R&D modules. Your primary goal is to integrate Aily App into core R&D processes, including research, portfolio governance, clinical development, and pipeline strategy, to help Fortune 500 companies accelerate their transition from signal to scientific and portfolio action. You will manage the entire Aily.r&d client journey, from initial integration to widespread adoption, ensuring the product is fully implemented, trusted, and utilized in daily R&D decision-making to achieve measurable performance improvements.
Responsibilities
- Translate R&D routines into product requirements and AI decision logic.
- Define AI outcomes and R&D decision quality standards.
- Co-shape scalable product capabilities across research, portfolio, and clinical use cases.
- Partner with Product, ML, and Engineering on feasibility and R&D operational readiness.
- Define and own data requirements, data collection, and AI fine-tuning needs to accelerate deployment and time to value.
- Influence the product roadmap through client impact and adoption insights.
- Act as the trusted R&D domain expert for clients and internal Product and AI teams.
- Be the trusted advisor to Chief R&D Officers, Heads of R&D, portfolio leaders, clinical operations heads, and innovation executives.
- Represent R&D user needs in product and roadmap discussions.
- Communicate AI and data topics, assumptions, and trade-offs in clear business language.
- Drive rollouts from entry-point use cases to enterprise-wide adoption.
- Own time to first active user and time to routine across R&D deployments.
- Upskill and evangelize R&D users through workshops, executive sessions, and engagement campaigns.
- Ensure AI becomes embedded into daily R&D governance, portfolio, and clinical decision-making cadences.
Requirements
- Bachelor, Master, PhD, or MBA degree in Life Sciences, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
- Strong understanding of R&D decision-making in large enterprises, including portfolio governance and clinical development processes.
- 5+/7+ years of experience in R&D strategy, pharmaceutical consulting, clinical operations, portfolio management, or innovation leadership roles.
- Exposure to R&D analytics, performance management, or digital transformation initiatives.
- Tech-savvy profile with fluency in data and AI concepts, including data requirements and model behavior, gained through close collaboration with product and data science teams.
- Background in tech consulting, solution architecture, or product-facing roles.
- Experience with AI-powered, analytics, or data-intensive R&D products.
- Exposure to enterprise SaaS environments.
- Experience mentoring, leading, or scaling small teams or domain practices.
- Experience working across global R&D organizations or multi-therapeutic portfolios teams.
- Proven experience working with Fortune 500 or large enterprise clients.
- Extreme ownership mindset, with accountability for outcomes, adoption, and time to value.
- Strong communication skills with senior procurement and executive stakeholders.
- Ability to operate autonomously in complex, multi-stakeholder environments.
Skills
- Solution Architecture
- AI
- Data Requirements
- Model Performance
- Product Roadmap
- R&D Strategy
- Pharmaceutical Consulting
- Clinical Operations
- Portfolio Management
- Innovation Leadership
- R&D Analytics
- Performance Management
- Digital Transformation
- Data Science
- Tech Consulting
- Product Management
- SaaS
- Team Leadership
- Communication
Location
- Madrid
- Barcelona
- Munich
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 5+/7+ years
Education Level
- Bachelor
- Master
- PhD
- MBA
Benefits
- Competitive compensation with performance-based rewards
- Open feedback culture, continuous learning, and freedom to experiment
- Memorable team off-sites, global events, and a culture that values ambition, autonomy, and impact
About the Company
- Aily Labs is a fast-growing applied AI scale-up founded in 2020, with hubs in Munich, Barcelona, Madrid, New York City, and Cluj-Napoca.
- We build AI-powered products that help large enterprises make better decisions, faster.
- Our flagship AI mobile app delivers real-time, actionable business recommendations across core functions, breaking silos and embedding AI directly into daily business routines.
- We are the reference decision intelligence platform for AI-driven decision-making in large organizations.