M3M3 — Senior Manager
Manager III/Senior Manager
Focuses more on strategy and oversight, with at least 3–5 years managing teams or complex projects.
What this level means
Leads multiple teams or a sub-function; sets goals and owns cross-team execution.
- Scope
- Multiple teams or a sub-function
- Autonomy
- Sets goals within functional strategy
- Complexity
- Multi-team execution and resourcing trade-offs
- Impact
- Sub-function outcomes
- Decision rights
- Owns goals, budget input, and people decisions across teams
- Leadership
- Manages managers and/or several teams
- Typical experience
- 8–12 yrs
What you'd do
- Contribute to or define the AI strategy and long-term roadmap
- Act as a liaison between the AI team and other departments
- Implement rigorous testing, validation, and documentation procedures for all AI models
- Define AI strategy.
- Collaborate with other departments.
- Ensure model validation.
- Oversee compliance procedures.
- Lead strategic initiatives.
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Strategic planning
- Cross-departmental collaboration
- Quality assurance
- Validation techniques
- Compliance management
- Leadership
- Communication
- Innovation
- Strategic AI planning
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Quality management systems
- Validation and testing protocols
- Regulatory compliance
- Leadership in AI strategy
- Biotech industry standards
- AI ethics and governance
- Strategy & Roadmap
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Quality, Validation & Compliance
What good looks like
- 10+ years experience in data science/AI
- Deep knowledge of machine learning algorithms
- Ph.D. or equivalent research experience
Common titles
Senior Manager, Artificial Intelligence ManagerArtificial Intelligence Manager Senior ManagerSenior Manager, Drug DiscoveryDrug Discovery Senior ManagerSenior Manager, GenomicsGenomics Senior ManagerSenior Manager, Clinical DiagnosticsClinical Diagnostics Senior ManagerSenior Manager, BioinformaticsBioinformatics Senior ManagerManager III/Senior Manager
Where it sits & what it pays
O*NET / SOC: 15-0000 — Computer & Mathematical Occupations(inferred · under review)
Market-pay benchmarks for this family × level are coming — JobFrame anchors pay to the family/level structure rather than the raw title.