Associate Director, Product Line Technical Lead - US IT Data Services (Hybrid - NJ, PA or Prague)

About the position

The role is for a data and analytics technology leader within the Human Health IT US Data Services team, focusing on the technical delivery of end-to-end data capabilities and products. The position emphasizes the importance of data as a strategic asset to drive insights and decision-making across the organization. The successful candidate will lead efforts in data pipeline architecture, data governance, and value realization, while collaborating with various stakeholders to ensure high-quality delivery of data solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead efforts to design, build, and maintain data pipeline architecture from sourcing to data readiness for stakeholders.
• Partner with Product Line leader and other stakeholders to understand, prioritize, plan, and implement technical solutions that deliver business value.
• Serve as the single point of accountability for all technical matters within the product line.
• Coordinate execution for successful delivery across various teams and vendor partners to meet product line objectives.
• Contribute to developing accurate plans, resource estimates, and timelines aligned with business requirements.
• Coach, guide, and manage a team of technical staff to deliver solutions from conception to retirement.
• Define and enforce development standards and best practices to ensure quality and reusability of solution components.
• Apply risk-based decision making to complex problems and consult with subject matter advisors as needed.
• Conduct innovation proof of concepts and pilots to identify and onboard solutions.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree required, preferably in IT, Engineering, or Computer Science.
• Minimum of 8 years of relevant work experience in Data and Analytics.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience as a technical leader of data product teams.
• Strong expertise in architecting and implementing data and analytics platforms and data pipelines using modern, cloud-based technologies.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to establish credibility with stakeholders.

Nice-to-haves

• Demonstrable knowledge of technologies used in the Pharmaceutical commercial space such as Veeva, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Google Analytics.
• Previous experience in Life Sciences and Pharmaceutical industry.
• Proficiency in Life Sciences Commercial data domains.
• Experience in architecting performant solutions at tera-byte scale using cloud technologies.
• Certifications in AWS and/or Databricks.
• Master's Degree preferred.

Benefits

• Bonus eligibility
• Long term incentive if applicable
• Health care and other insurance benefits for employee and family
• Retirement benefits
• Paid holidays
• Vacation
• Sick days