Director, Data Engineering

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom, +2 more countries.

📋 Description

• Contribute to the strategy, design, and roadmap for lakehouse architecture utilizing medallion principles.

• Align the reporting and analytics architecture with operational, clinical, financial, and safety requirements.

• Direct engineering initiatives concerning data ingestion, transformation, storage, and optimization within the Enterprise Data Lake.

• Oversee the performance, quality, reliability, security, and lifecycle management of data within the lake environment.

• Ensure scalable engineering pipelines across various data domains, complying with governance requirements.

• Act as a subject matter expert in data delivery processes.

• Align data products and services with the organization's strategic priorities.

• Direct cross-functional prioritization and delivery processes.

• Advocate for transparency and communication regarding data technology roadmaps.

• Build, mentor, and lead global data engineering teams.

• Foster capability development in cloud engineering, Databricks, CI/CD, SQL, and Python.

• Promote a culture focused on innovation, operational rigor, and customer-centered delivery.

• Facilitate Parexel's real-world data movement within the Enterprise Data Lake.

• Deliver standardized operational data products across clinical, safety, and corporate domains.

• Collaborate with Data and Technology teams, the Data and Analytics Center of Excellence, and business stakeholders to ensure high-quality, well-governed data.

⛳️ Requirements

• Strong advanced-level IT experience in developing, implementing, and maintaining large-scale enterprise integration services and platforms across diverse hardware and software environments.

• Significant expertise in emerging computing architectures.

• Exposure to Real World Data within the clinical and medical sectors.

• Experience with GxP regulations in a life sciences context is advantageous.

• Extensive experience leading teams in data delivery management and execution, including substantial projects in data management, integration, and analytics.

• Strong experience in people and team management.

• Proven track record in developing and implementing applications in new computing architecture environments using cutting-edge technologies.

• Experience managing technical personnel through various project lifecycle phases with cross-functional exposure.

• Experience in overseeing financial resources across multiple projects.

• Skilled in developing efficient and effective solutions to intricate business challenges.

• Extensive experience in implementing and supporting enterprise data initiatives on cloud platforms.

• Demonstrated expertise in data and cloud platforms, particularly Azure Databricks.

• Significant experience with medallion architecture-based data lake implementations.

• Advanced proficiency in SQL querying and query optimization (mandatory).

• Proficient in modern data management and data-sharing tools, programming languages, relational databases, data transformation, and development frameworks.

• Particularly proficient in Python.

• Deep understanding of architectural best practices, application design, and estimation processes.

• Comprehensive knowledge of application architectures and enterprise application ecosystems.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field (required).

• Must be located in the UK, Poland, or Romania.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive base salary.

• Bonus opportunity.

• Car allowance.

• Holiday benefits.

• Structured career pathway.

• Encouragement for personal development within the role.

• Other leading benefits typically offered by a top company in the CRO industry.

• Fully home-based and remote working options available within the eligible locations.