M4M4 — Director
Manager IV/Director
Substantial leadership with a track record of strategy implementation, managing multiple teams or a department.
What this level means
Leads a function or department; owns strategy, budget, and outcomes for the area.
- Scope
- A function or department
- Autonomy
- Owns area strategy and budget
- Complexity
- Strategic priorities and cross-functional alignment
- Impact
- Function-level results
- Decision rights
- Owns strategy, budget, and org design for the area
- Leadership
- Leads managers; sets direction for the function
- Typical experience
- 10–15 yrs
What you'd do
- 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
- Lead AI strategy implementation.
- Influence cross-departmental initiatives.
- Ensure compliance with quality standards.
- Communicate strategy to executives.
- Manage change initiatives.
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Strategic leadership
- Cross-functional influence
- Quality management
- Validation and compliance
- Executive communication
- Innovation leadership
- Resource management
- Change management
- Executive strategy development
- Cross-functional influence
- Quality and compliance frameworks
- Validation and testing standards
- Leadership in innovation
- Biotech regulatory landscape
- AI governance
- Change management principles
- Strategy & Roadmap
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Quality, Validation & Compliance
What good looks like
- 12–15 years experience in data science/AI
- Deep knowledge of machine learning algorithms
- Ph.D. or equivalent research experience
Common titles
Director, Artificial Intelligence ManagerArtificial Intelligence Manager DirectorDirector, Drug DiscoveryDrug Discovery DirectorDirector, GenomicsGenomics DirectorDirector, Clinical DiagnosticsClinical Diagnostics DirectorDirector, BioinformaticsBioinformatics DirectorManager IV/Director
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.