About this role
Mission <h2><span style="font-size:18px;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Mission</span></h2><span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">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.<br>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.</span> Your profile <h2><span style="font-size:18px;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">What You Will Do</span></h2><span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Act as the R&D domain expert and solution architect for Aily App modules:<br></span><ul><li style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">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.<br></span></li><li style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Externally: Drive client value realisation by leading deployments, guiding R&D data readiness, validating AI through portfolio and clinical leadership feedback, up-skilling R&D managers and executives, and accelerating time to value.</li></ul><h2><span style="font-size:18px;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Your Responsibilities</span></h2><h3><span style="font-size:18px;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">R&D Solution Architecture</span></h3><ul><li style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Translate research, portfolio governance, and clinical development routines into product requirements and AI decision logic</li><li style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Define AI outcomes and R&D decision quality standards</li><li style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Co-shape scalable product capabilities across research, portfolio, and clinical use cases</li><li style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Partner with Product, ML, and Engineering on feasibility and R&D operational readiness</li><li style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Define and own data requirements, data collection, and AI fine-tuning needs to accelerate deployment and time to value</li><li style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Influence the product roadmap through client impact and adoption insights</li></ul><h3><span style="font-size:18px;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">R&D Authority in the Room</span></h3><ul><li style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Act as the trusted R&D domain expert for clients and internal Product and AI teams</li><li style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Be the trusted advisor to Chief R&D Officers, Heads of R&D, portfolio leaders, clinical operations heads, and innovation executives</li><li style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Represent R&D user needs in product and roadmap discussions</li><li style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Communicate AI and data topics, assumptions, and trade-offs in clear business language</li></ul><h3><span style="font-size:18px;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Deployment, Adoption & Time-to-Value</span></h3><ul><li style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Drive rollouts from entry-point use cases to enterprise-wide adoption</li><li style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Own time to first active user and time to routine across R&D deployments</li><li style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Upskill and evangelize R&D users through workshops, executive sessions, and engagement campaigns</li><li style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Ensure AI becomes embedded into daily R&D governance, portfolio, and clinical decision-making cadences</li></ul><h3><span style="font-size:18px;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">About You</span></h3><h3><span style="font-size:18px;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Must have</span></h3><ul><li style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Bachelor, Master, PhD, or MBA degree in Life Sciences, Engineering, Business, or a related field</li><li style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Strong understanding of R&D decision-making in large enterprises, including portfolio governance and clinical development processes</li><li style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">5+/7+ years of experience in R&D strategy, pharmaceutical consulting, clinical operations, portfolio management, or innovation leadership roles</li><li style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Exposure to R&D analytics, performance management, or digital transformation initiatives</li><li style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">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</li><li style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Proven experience working with Fortune 500 or large enterprise clients</li><li style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Extreme ownership mindset, with accountability for outcomes, adoption, and time to value</li><li style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Strong communication skills with senior R&D and executive stakeholders</li><li style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Ability to operate autonomously in complex, multi-stakeholder environments</li></ul><h3><span style="font-size:18px;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Strongly preferred</span></h3><ul><li style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Background in tech consulting, solution architecture, or product-facing roles</li><li style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Experience with AI-powered, analytics, or data-intensive R&D products</li><li style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Exposure to enterprise SaaS environments</li><li style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Experience mentoring, leading, or scaling small teams or domain practices</li><li style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Experience working across global R&D organizations or multi-therapeutic portfolios teams</li></ul><span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size:15px;">Why Aily?</span></strong><br></span><ul><li style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Work at the intersection of AI, procurement, and enterprise decision-making, shaping how Fortune 500 companies operate</li><li style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Take real ownership of outcomes, from product design to measurable business impact</li><li style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Partner directly with senior procurement leaders and executive teams across global organizations</li><li style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Be part of a high-performing, international team with strong product and AI DNA</li><li style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Hybrid setup with 2–3 days per week in our Barcelona, Madrid, Munich or NYC office</li><li style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Competitive compensation with performance-based rewards</li><li style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Open feedback culture, continuous learning, and freedom to experiment</li><li style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Regular team off-sites, global events, and a culture that values ambition, autonomy, and impact</li></ul><br> Who are we? <h2><span style="font-size:18px;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">About Aily</span></h2><span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">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.<br>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.</span>