AI Science Lead Drug Discovery (Hybrid, SV)

Posted 2 days ago

scorpion therapeuticsSouth San Francisco (CA)

Natural Sciences Managers Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)

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About the role

Eli Lilly seeks a Senior AI Science Lead in California to define the scientific direction and technical strategy for foundation and frontier AI models trained on Lilly's chemical and biological data. You will build and mentor diverse teams across AI, chemistry, and biology, driving discovery workflows and collaboration with internal teams and external partners. You will design and deploy next-generation AI architectures, manage large-scale multi-GPU training, and translate research into tangible

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