Aily Labs is an AI-driven SaaS company that specializes in decision intelligence for large enterprises. Founded in 2020, the company provides an AI decision-making platform that integrates data across various business functions like R&D, finance, and supply chain to provide real-time insights. They serve global clients, particularly in the pharmaceutical and consumer goods sectors, helping them accelerate digital transformation through mobile-first AI solutions. Headquartered in Barcelona, Aily Labs has a significant presence in Spain with offices in both Barcelona and Madrid. The company is highly international, operating with an English-first environment and hiring diverse talent across data science, engineering, and business strategy. For international professionals, Aily Labs offers a fast-paced startup culture within the rapidly growing AI sector, often providing hybrid work arrangements and opportunities to work on cutting-edge LLM and machine learning projects.

Founded in 2020 in Barcelona, Aily Labs was created to bridge the gap between complex data and executive decision-making. The company has rapidly scaled its operations, securing major enterprise clients and expanding its footprint to international hubs like New York and Munich.

Senior / Principal Business Impact Lead – R&D (AI Solution Architect)

Aily Labs

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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.

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 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.

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

About You

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
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 R&D and executive stakeholders
Ability to operate autonomously in complex, multi-stakeholder environments

Strongly preferred

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

Why Aily?

Work at the intersection of AI, procurement, and enterprise decision-making, shaping how Fortune 500 companies operate
Take real ownership of outcomes, from product design to measurable business impact
Partner directly with senior procurement leaders 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 Barcelona, Madrid, Munich or NYC office
Competitive compensation with performance-based rewards
Open feedback culture, continuous learning, and freedom to experiment
Regular team off-sites, global events, and a culture that values ambition, autonomy, and impact