Sr. Manager, Data Engineering & IT Applications

About the position

Join an Industry Leader at Octapharma Plasma as a Sr. Manager, Data Engineering & IT Applications. In this role, you will manage teams responsible for producing data products, ensuring the reliability and performance of databases, and delivering IT applications. You will also plan and implement new systems while ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. This position offers the opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of patients who need life-saving medicines.

Responsibilities

• Manage data engineering team to produce data products for both on-premises data warehouse and cloud data platform.
• Manage data operations team to ensure availability, reliability, accuracy, and performance of on-premises databases and cloud data platform.
• Manage IT application engineering team to deliver and support custom and off the shelf applications.
• Plan, design, implement new systems, enhancements to existing systems, or upgrades of existing systems while assuring compliance with SOP and regulatory requirements.
• Define, develop, and manage external relationships with vendors or service providers.
• Work with regulatory team to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and assume primary responsibility for SOP updates, IT documentation, and quality control for IT Change Control submissions related to data and application engineering.
• Implement best practices in assigned areas and ensure that all core IT functions are fully documented, supportable, and in compliance with applicable regulations.
• Ensure systems are kept at current software levels and evaluate the costs/benefits of upgrades for applications.
• Provide a leadership example to team members and provide feedback, training plans, and motivation to drive overall performance improvement in IT service delivery.
• Manage assigned staff and other roles as required, including recommendations for hiring, personnel administration, and recommendations for annual salary increases.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology or related field of study, or equivalent industry qualifications.
• Five (5) years of management experience.
• Minimum of eight (8) years of experience leading Development and Support teams in a regulated environment.
• Experience with ETL tools and procedures.
• Extensive experience with SQL Server database tools and database administration tasks.
• Demonstrated experience in a regulated environment.
• Expert understanding of Application Lifecycle Management (ALM).
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communications skills.
• Demonstrated flexibility to changing priorities.
• Extensive experience in the development and presentation of technical material to non-technical leaders.
• Solid understanding of data warehouse/lake design, development, and support.
• Experience in the design and management of effective change control systems.

Benefits

• Formal training
• Outstanding plans for medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Health savings account (HSA)
• Employee assistance program (EAP)
• Wellness program
• 401 (k) retirement plan
• Paid time off
• Company-paid holidays
• Personal time