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Sandeep Vakayil

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Sr. Director / Client Partner at Straive
📍 Parsippany, New Jersey, United States

Sandeep Vakayil is a Senior Director and Client Partner at Straive, where he leads the go-to-market strategy for AI/ML solutions within the life sciences sector. His extensive experience at Novartis involved managing the global regulatory IT ecosystem and leading M&A IT divestments. Colleagues describe him as a technically savvy and customer-oriented leader.

He enabled the digital transformation of Regulatory Affairs at Novartis by implementing innovative AI and machine learning solutions.

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Experience
25 Years
Current Role
Sr. Director / Client Partner
Job Level
Senior
Location
Parsippany, New Jersey, United States
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AI in Life Sciences
Leads go-to-market strategy for AI/ML solutions in the Pharma domain at Straive and previously implemented AI solutions for regulatory affairs at Novartis.
Go-to-Market Strategy
His current role at Straive involves leading the commercial and go-to-market strategy to drive pipeline growth for data and AI solutions.
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Career

Work history

10-2025
Sr. Director / Client Partner
Straive
7-2025 - 10-2025
Program Governance
Space Inventive
7-2025 - 10-2025
Client Partner
Space Inventive
5-2017 - 7-2025
Director, Regulatory Affairs IT
Novartis
7-2015 - 4-2017
Associate Director - Program Manager (Web Services COE, Novartis)
Novartis
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Education
1993 - 1997
Bachelor of Engineering
Bangalore University
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