Associate Director role supporting the deployment and scaling of AI/ML models, digital agents, and automation solutions across CSL Behring’s R&D organization. You’ll partner with R&D teams to prototype high-impact use cases, contribute to MLOps/governance, and help integrate platforms and track value delivery. Standout perk: hybrid working (onsite three days/week) with incentive compensation and potential equity.
- Hybrid: onsite three days weekly
- Scale AI/ML across R&D
- Incentive compensation and equity potential
CSL's R&D organization is accelerating innovation to deliver greater impact for patients. With a project-led structure and a focus on collaboration, we’re building a future-ready team that thrives in dynamic biotech ecosystems. Joining CSL now means being part of an agile team committed to developing therapies that make a meaningful difference worldwide.
Could you be our next Associate Director, AI & Advanced Analytics? The job is in our King of Prussia, PA, Waltham, MA, Maidenhead UK or Melbourne Australia Office. This is a hybrid position and is onsite three days a week. You will report to the Senior Director, AI/ML Advanced Analytics, Automation & Digital Agent CoE
You will support the deployment and scaling of AI/ML models, digital agents, and automation solutions across R&D. Contributes to technical delivery, stakeholder coordination, and responsible governance practices to enable innovation and efficiency.
Key Responsibilities
Support development and deployment of AI models, automation scripts, and intelligent
agents.Apply agentic software development approaches to drive innovation across R&D.
Partner with R&D teams and digital leads to identify and prototype use cases aligned to
business needs.Contribute to MLOps processes, model documentation, and system validation
workflows.Help drive platform integration, compliance tracking, and continuous improvement
initiatives.Collaborate on internal capability building (e.g., hackathons, training) and end-user
support.Track success metrics such as usage, performance, and value delivered
Qualifications & Experience
Bachelor's or master's degree in data science, Computer Science, or a related field.
10+ years of experience in AI/ML, analytics, or automation, preferably in R&D or life
sciences.Practical experience building or supporting machine learning pipelines or agent-based
tools.Familiarity with MLOps tools, low-code automation platforms, or scripting languages
(e.g., Python, R).Experience building and publishing solutions using agentic development approaches
and tools (e.g., Claude Code, Codex).
The expected base salary range for this position at hiring is $181,000-214,000 for Waltham MA only. Please note this salary range reflects the minimum and maximum base pay that CSL expects to pay for this position at the time of this posting. Individual base salary for a successful candidate is determined by qualifications, skill level, experience, competencies and other relevant factors. In addition to base salary, total compensation for this role may also include incentive compensation and equity.
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About CSL Behring
CSL Behring is a global biotherapeutics leader driven by our promise to save lives. Focused on serving patients’ needs by using the latest technologies, we discover, develop and deliver innovative therapies for people living with conditions in the immunology, hematology, cardiovascular and metabolic, respiratory, and transplant therapeutic areas. We use three strategic scientific platforms of plasma fractionation, recombinant protein technology, and cell and gene therapy to support continued innovation and continually refine ways in which products can address unmet medical needs and help patients lead full lives.
CSL Behring operates one of the world’s largest plasma collection networks, CSL Plasma. Our parent company, CSL, headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, employs 32,000 people, and delivers its lifesaving therapies to people in more than 100 countries.
To learn more about CSL, CSL Behring, CSL Seqirus and CSL Vifor visit https://www.csl.com/ and CSL Plasma at https://www.cslplasma.com/.
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