Senior Life Science Expert - Data & AI

Are you passionate about using scientific expertise to improve AI-driven life sciences tools?

About Our Team We are a diverse and dedicated team working on life sciences data and digital solutions. Our mission is to ensure that scientific content is accurately represented and used in AI-driven products that support better research and health outcomes. We place strong emphasis on data quality, collaboration, and continuous learning across disciplines.

About The Role You will act as a senior domain expert supporting AI-powered solutions that use life sciences and pharmaceutical data. The primary focus of this role is evaluating how scientific data is applied within AI systems and ensuring alignment with customer needs, product goals, and scientific expectations. You will work closely with product, data science, and engineering teams to shape evaluation approaches, define scientific use cases, and establish acceptance criteria. Through structured evaluation and scientific judgment, you will help ensure that our AI solutions reflect real-world scientific understanding.

Responsibilities

• Apply scientific expertise to design customer-focused success criteria for AI solutions
• Define AI evaluation scope and metrics using domain knowledge across drug discovery, development, and regulatory approval
• Work closely with data science teams to understand how AI systems access and use data
• Provide scientific guidance for prompt engineering supporting structured data retrieval and automated AI evaluations
• Conduct manual and automated scientific evaluations of AI outputs
• Translate evaluation findings into clear, documented recommendations for cross-functional teams

Requirements

• Strong academic background in life sciences (e.g. bioinformatics, cheminformatics, biochemistry, pharmacology)
• Experience evaluating or validating AI or algorithmic outputs using scientific data
• Experience applying scientific expertise in structured data or content environments (e.g. databases, taxonomies, or similar systems)
• Solid technical understanding (e.g. data flows, APIs, GitHub)
• Collaborative mindset and clear communication skills

Work in a way that works for you We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

• Working remotely from home or in our office in a flexible hybrid pattern
• Working flexible hours - flexing the times you work in the day

Working for you Benefits We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:

• Comprehensive Health Insurance: Covers you, your immediate family, and parents.
• Enhanced Health Insurance Options: Competitive rates negotiated by the company.
• Group Life Insurance: Ensuring financial security for your loved ones.
• Group Accident Insurance: Extra protection for accidental death and permanent disablement.
• Flexible Working Arrangement: Achieve a harmonious work-life balance.
• Employee Assistance Program: Access support for personal and work-related challenges.
• Medical Screening: Your well-being is a top priority.
• Modern Family Benefits: Maternity, paternity, and adoption support.
• Long-Service Awards: Recognizing dedication and commitment.
• New Baby Gift: Celebrating the joy of parenthood.
• Subsidized Meals in Chennai: Enjoy delicious meals at discounted rates.
• Various Paid Time Off: Take time off with Casual Leave, Sick Leave, Privilege Leave, Compassionate Leave, Special Sick Leave, and Gazetted Public Holidays.
• Free Transport pick up and drop from the home -office - home (applies in Chennai)

About The Business A global leader in information and analytics, we help researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. Building on our publishing heritage, we combine quality information and vast data sets with analytics to support visionary science and research, health education and interactive learning, as well as exceptional healthcare and clinical practice. At Elsevier, your work contributes to the world’s grand challenges and a more sustainable future. We harness innovative technologies to support science and healthcare to partner for a better world.

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