StellenbeschreibungpVisium combines strategy, frontier AI, and deep regulated-industry expertise to build and deploy AI-native systems that reinvent how businesses operate - unlocking the value of AI at scale. /ppWe're not a strategy firm that ships slide decks and walks away. Not a tech consultancy that builds what won't get adopted. Not a product company chasing problems it doesn't understand. We're all three at once: strategy, deep technical and integration expertise, and product, working as one. That combination is our flywheel. Consulting keeps us close to the hardest real-world problems. Products let us solve them at scale. Every engagement sharpens our products; every deployment makes the next engagement faster, deeper, and more certain. /ppWe're obsessed with outcomes. While 95% of enterprise AI pilots never reach production, Visium is built to be the 5% delivering productised AI that compounds in value, not point solutions that deliver marginal gains. We are AI-native, not AI-adjacent. We don't bolt AI onto broken workflows; we redesign them with AI at the core. /p pstrongRole /strong /ppAs a VP of Research - Foundation Models (Distinguished Scientist / Research Lead), you will own: /pulliPre-training strategy and execution for biologics foundation models built from scratch across modalities (architecture, data, representation, scaling, evaluation). /liliContinued pre-training and adaptation of vertical LLMs for regulated industries. /liliThe full training stack in practice: data pipelines, distributed training, scaling laws, evaluation harnesses, checkpointing, failure recovery. /liliResearch direction, standards and review for a small founding team. /liliTranslating frontier research into models that hold up in regulated, real-world use. /li /ulpYou’ll be a hands-on Research Lead / Distinguished Scientist role - not a manager of managers - owning architectures, training runs, and technical direction alongside a founding team of elite researchers. Freedom to publish, established compute resources, and direct collaboration with founders, offering real ownership and zero bureaucracy from day one. /p pstrongRequirements /strong /ppTo succeed in this role, you bring a combination of expertise, experience, and skills including: /pulliWorld-class pre-training experience (Meta / FAIR, OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Anthropic, Mistral, or equivalent/academic). /liliDeep mastery of large-scale distributed training (parallelism strategies, scaling laws, optimization at scale, debugging instability). /liliDemonstrated experience in data acquisition and preparation at scale. /liliStrong publication or shipped-model track record. /liliBiologics / scientific foundation model pre-training experience across modalities (e.g. protein, genomic, molecular, structural, multi-omics, or other specialized scientific domains). /liliPhD in a relevant field. /liliAbility to code and stay hands-on in the details. /liliWillingness to be based in Switzerland (Lausanne or Zurich), on-site. /li /ulpstrongBenefits /strong /ppBy joining us as VP of Research, you'll benefit from /pulliDefined, in-place compute to run real pre-training. /liliA founding research seat with genuine technical authority. /liliDirect partnership with top-20 pharma companies to bring world-leading models to life. /liliDirect line to the founding team and co-shaping the company strategy /liliAbility to publish and open source research /liliA competitive compensation package incl. Equity /liliA flexible working culture of freedom responsibility /liliA position that enables you to have an impact on 1’000s of people and the future of the company /liliAn international, passionate team of demonstrated extraordinary achievements with a strong collaborative mindset and a drive to make a positive difference /li /ul