Mission
Mission:
As an R&D Business Impact Lead, you act as the domain expert and solution architect for Aily App R&D modules. Your mission is to embed Aily App into core R&D routines across research, portfolio governance, clinical development, and pipeline strategy, enabling Fortune 500 companies to move faster from signal to scientific and portfolio action.
You own the Aily.r&d client journey from first integration to enterprise-wide adoption, ensuring the product is fully deployed, trusted, and embedded into daily R&D decision-making to deliver measurable performance impact.
Your profile
What You Will Do:
Act as the R&D domain expert and solution architect for Aily App modules:
Internally
Translate R&D routines into product requirements and AI decision logic, refine model performance, and shape the product roadmap and future high-impact R&D use cases.
Externally
Drive client value realization by leading deployments, guiding R&D data readiness, validating AI through portfolio and clinical leadership feedback, upskilling R&D managers and executives, and accelerating time to value.
Your Responsibilities
R&D Solution Architecture
Translate research, portfolio governance, and clinical development 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
R&D Authority in the Room
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
Deployment, Adoption & Time-to-Value
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
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Your Profile:
Must Have:
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
Strongly recommended:
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
Why Aily:
Work at the intersection of AI, manufacturing, and supply chain transformation, shaping how Fortune 500 companies operate
Take real ownership of outcomes, from product design to measurable operational impact
Partner directly with manufacturing site leaders, supply heads, and executive teams across global organizations
Be part of a high-performing, international team with strong product and AI DNA
Hybrid setup with 2–3 days per week in our Madrid, Barcelona or Munich office
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
Who are we?
About Aily
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.