Acadia advances care for underserved neurological disorders and rare diseases. Since our founding, we have been working at the forefront of healthcare to bring vital solutions to people who need them most. Backed by NEA.
About the role
The Director, AI Engineering is a strategic technology leader responsible for shaping and advancing the enterprise AI application and agent ecosystem. This role owns the AI platform and agent framework layer that enables scalable, secure, and impactful AI-powered solutions across the organization.
What they're looking for
- Engineer multi-agent coordination patterns enabling agents with distinct roles, data access, and functional scope to collaborate reliably on complex, multi-step business workflows
- Design and implement reusable agent templates, composable orchestration primitives, and agentic memory systems (short-term, long-term, episodic) that development teams and non-engineers can configure and deploy
- Build human-in-the-loop (HITL) escalation workflows and clearly defined agent action boundaries to ensure appropriate human oversight at high-risk decision points
- Establish and manage the enterprise prompt management system with versioning, governance workflows, A/B testing, rollback capabilities, and domain-specific prompt libraries for commercial, medical, and R&D functions
- Contribute to the enterprise AI strategy and portfolio roadmap, participate actively in the AI Governance Council providing expertise on agentic risk, safety, and platform governance
- Ensure all engineered solutions comply with global AI regulations, ethical AI standards, data privacy requirements (HIPAA, GDPR), applicable GxP processes, and enterprise security standards
More about this role
About Acadia Pharmaceuticals
Acadia is committed to turning scientific promise into meaningful innovation that makes the difference for underserved neurological and rare disease communities around the world. Our commercial portfolio includes the first and only FDA-approved treatments for Parkinson’s disease psychosis and Rett syndrome. We are developing the next wave of therapeutic advancements with a robust and diverse pipeline that includes mid- to late-stage programs in Alzheimer’s disease psychosis and Lewy body dementia psychosis, along with earlier-stage programs that address other underserved patient needs. At Acadia, we’re here to be their difference.
This hybrid position requires onsite attendance three days per week at one of our office locations in San Diego, CA, South San Francisco, CA, or Princeton, N J
Position Summary
The Director, AI Engineering is a strategic technology leader responsible for shaping and advancing the enterprise AI application and agent ecosystem. This role owns the AI platform and agent framework layer that enables scalable, secure, and impactful AI-powered solutions across the organization.
The successful candidate will drive the development of...
Browse similar: AI jobs · AI startup jobs · Startup jobs · San Francisco Bay Area