Senior Director, Research (Digital Health & AI R&D) Full-time

Digital Health Team:

Our mission is to empower people to live healthier lives by leveraging our wearables, smartphones, medical devices, AI, and health services. We research, develop, and commercialize innovative digital health products and solutions by bringing together the full capabilities of our team, including product strategy and management, clinical expertise, partnerships, UI/UX design, usability research, clinical research and validation, software development, AI / Gen AI, and regulatory. Millions of Samsung users’ lives around the world have been touched by our products, including the Samsung HeartWise for cardiac rehabilitation and the Samsung ECG Monitor App. Samsung’s unique advantage in the consumer electronics market and growing focus on Digital Health and AI / Gen AI provides exciting technical challenges and rewarding career experience. Join us!

Position Summary:

Samsung Research America is looking for an outstanding Senior Research leader to lead our Digital Health Research (R&D) team. This role requires strong experience in leading research and development in digital health, especially applying AI, Machine Learning, and Generative AI / LLM to develop novel health products that leverage wearables, smartphones, apps, and health data. This role will lead the following teams: biomarker/algorithms, AI / Gen AI for health, and co-innovation.

You must have a strong record of accomplishment in leading digital health research (R&D) in academic and/or industry settings with a portfolio of innovative products. Preferred experience includes research and development applying AI, Machine Learning, and Gen AI approaches with wearables, medical devices, apps, and health data to develop novel digital biomarkers, Software-as-a-Medical Device, and Gen AI/LLM based health products and services.

You will lead a digital health research team charged with developing, incubating, and launching a portfolio of digital health product concepts that will disrupt the healthcare paradigm. You will build and advance a pipeline of innovative research (R&D) projects with the objective to commercially launch at scale and create health outcomes and impact for consumers. In achieving these goals, you will develop research excellence demonstrated by applying advanced technologies, creating new IP that adds to our IP portfolio, and enhance our research leadership through scientific publications and presentations in top-tier computing and health venues. In addition to internal research, you will also manage a portfolio of partnerships and co-innovation research projects with leading academic centers and health systems.

In addition to technical capabilities, success in this position will require strong internal collaboration and external partnerships across a global network of stakeholder. This requires strong emotional intelligence, relationship and communication skills, persuasive presentation and writing skills, ability to build trust and lead through influence.

A key aspect of this role is team leadership. We envision a leader, who will lead the team to develop innovative products, set and deliver bold goals, achieve research excellence, and nurture a strong, cohesive, collaborative, and results-oriented team culture. This will require hands-on leadership, modeling, and proactive coaching and mentorship.

By leveraging AI, ML, Gen AI, smartphones, wearables, embedded devices, IoT in the health/wellness domain and building innovative products, your work will significantly benefit consumers, patients, physicians and healthcare providers, and caregivers. Samsung’s unique advantage in the consumer electronics market and growing focus at the intersection of digital health and AI will provide you with exciting technical challenges and a rewarding career experience.

Position Responsibilities:

• Lead the Digital Health Research team to develop and advance new and novel digital health products, build proofs-of-concept, demo/prototypes, design and execute studies and pilots.
• Develop talent, provide inspirational leadership, coaching and mentorship
• Develop advanced, “new to the world” technologies and products.
• Foster a co-innovation model with strong internal collaboration and external partnerships
• Ensure research excellence through impactful products, patents, and scientific publications.
• Ensure a rich product pipeline that advances to commercialization

Required skills:

• Ph.D. in a technical or health area (e.g. Computer Science, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Biophysics, biological science, or other related areas). Or, M.D / D.O. or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• 14+Years of leadership experience in leading research and development of digital health products and services leveraging wearables, medical devices, and health data.
• A track record of developing innovative products with demonstrated success.
• Strong technical knowledge and proficiency in AI, ML, and Gen AI/ML
• Ability to drive cutting-edge, product-oriented research and development in a hands-on manner.
• Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills, ability to present complex information in an understandable and compelling manner, and comfortable working with multi-disciplinary teams and matrixed organizational structures.
• A record of research excellence and productivity (products, patents, publications).
• Previous experience partnering with academic medical centers and health systems desirable
• Working knowledge of the U.S. healthcare system, HIPAA, health privacy, and ethical guidelines.
• Familiarity with health technology, data, and interoperability standards (e.g. FHIR, USCDI, TEFCA, C-CDA)

Our total rewards programs are designed to motivate and engage exceptional talent. The base pay range for roles at this level is listed below, but may be higher or lower in other states due to geographic differentials in the labor market. Within the base pay range, individual rates depend on a number of factors-including the role’s function and location as well as the individual’s knowledge, skills, experience, education and training. This is part of our comprehensive compensation package with annual bonus eligibility and generous benefits to help you live life well.

Base Pay Range

$257,200-$399,300 USD

Additional Information

Essential Job Functions

This position will be performed in an office setting. The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk, communicate in person and by telephone, and frequently operate standard office equipment, such as telephones and computers.

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