Senior Fellow - Scientific AI

Overview

Senior Fellow - Scientific AI (Job ) — Consulting

Do you want to work on complex and pressing challenges—the kind that bring together curious, ambitious, and determined leaders who strive to become better every day? If this sounds like you, you've come to the right place.

Your role will be split between supporting client service teams of scientific & technical colleagues, developing new internal knowledge & technology assets and building the firm's external network.

You will bring distinctive scientific knowledge, specifically in protein engineering and/or computational chemistry, to complex client R&D challenges through part-time staffing on client studies with a multidisciplinary team.

You will drive proposal processes and participate in client negotiations by identifying end-to-end opportunities to transform R&D and architecting solutions that address specific client needs. You will also advance the latest thinking in scientific AI and generate a steady stream of whitepapers, scientific publications and keynote speeches in top scientific and AI conferences and journals.

Your role will also include establishing an external network & playing a lead role in external reputation building and attracting and retaining junior colleagues by mentoring them to expand their scientific AI knowledge and impact. You will lead firm and cell-level initiatives to scale our service in scientific AI and continuously improve the productivity & impact of our service line.

You will work as a member of McKinsey's global scientific AI team to transform the way our clients do research and development in industries where scientific innovation is core to value creation:
Life Sciences, Specialty Chemicals, Global Energy and Materials, Agriculture, Advanced Industries, and Sustainability. With your expertise at the intersection of protein engineering, computational chemistry, or a similar field, and artificial intelligence / machine learning (i.e., deep learning, foundation models, Bayesian modelling, and causal inference), you will help build and lead McKinsey's forward-looking capabilities to transform clients' innovation engines.

Your core responsibilities will include but not be limited to; delivery of distinctive capabilities, knowledge, and insights through your work with client service teams and clients; technical and scientific leadership in the creation & dissemination of cutting-edge knowledge and proprietary assets; and elevation of the firm's reputation in your area of expertise.