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Senior / Principal Business Impact Lead – R&D (AI Solution Architect)
Hybrid in Barcelona - Hybrid +2·Full-time·Added 7 months ago
This job was published 7 months ago
Overview
Job details
Permanent contract
Full-time hours.
Hybrid
Office and home days — the ad has the split.
Requirements
Have the right to work in Spain
Aily Labs doesn't mention sponsorship in the ad.
Work in English
English is required, per the ad.
Be near Barcelona - Hybrid / Munich / Madrid - Hybrid for hybrid days
No relocation package mentioned.
Have 5+ years of experience
Senior-level role.
University degree
“Bachelor, Master, PhD, or MBA degree in Life Sciences, Engineering, Business, or a related field” — per the ad.
Pay & benefits
What you'll get
- Work at the intersection of AI 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 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
Requirements
What we're looking for
- 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
Nice to have
- 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
The role
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'll 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.
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 Aily Labs
Aily Labs is an AI SaaS company that provides a knowledge management platform designed to help large enterprises leverage their data and AI capabilities. The company focuses on delivering AI-driven solutions for industries such as finance, manufacturing, pharma, and consumer goods, with a strong emphasis on data science, AI engineering, and business impact. Aily Labs operates with a global presence, with offices in Barcelona, Madrid, and Munich, and is known for its innovative approach to AI transformation.
In Spain, Aily Labs has a significant presence with offices in Barcelona and Madrid, serving as key hubs for their AI and data science teams. The company offers a hybrid work environment and is actively hiring international professionals for roles in AI engineering, data science, and business consulting. With a focus on cutting-edge AI research and practical business applications, Aily Labs provides an exciting opportunity for professionals looking to work in a dynamic, fast-growing AI company in Spain.
- Industry
- AI SaaS
- Founded
- 2020
- Employees
- 100–500
- Headquarters
- Barcelona, Spain
- In Spain
- Barcelona, Madrid
- Website
- ailylabs.com
Good to know if you are moving
- Aily Labs has offices in Barcelona and Madrid, offering hybrid work models that are attractive for international professionals.
- The company is actively hiring for AI and data science roles, providing opportunities for career growth in a fast-paced AI environment.
- Aily Labs is a relatively young company, offering a dynamic and entrepreneurial work culture.
- The company works with global clients, providing exposure to international business challenges and solutions.
- Spain's tech ecosystem, particularly in Barcelona and Madrid, is growing, and Aily Labs is a key player in the AI sector.
In their own words
About the company & team
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.
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