Director Data Engineering

Grade F

Location: Barcelona, Spain

Salary: Competitive & Excellent Benefits Package 

Introduction to Role:

Join us at AstraZeneca as aDirector of Data Engineering in our Clinical Pharmacology & Safety Science (CPSS) team. This role is a unique opportunity to lead our data engineering activities, delivering fit-for-purpose solutions using enterprise infrastructure and technology. You will be at the forefront of our "Bold Ambition" initiative for 2030, leading a team of 3 data engineers and collaborating with global colleagues to design and deliver solutions that meet our business requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Provides management to their team of engineers to ensure successful delivery of teams’ objectives

• Responsible for the development of engineering standards, roadmaps and blueprints that maximises current technology platforms and adapts to new data technology, working closely with Data Architects and Solution Architects.

• Oversee and manage the work of other Data Engineers, on and offshore, ensuring the quality of the delivery, guiding in best practice, problem-solving design/delivery challenges.

• Lead innovation and testing of new technologies with relevance to data and analytics, including proof of technology/value assessments and business case development. 

• Responsible for data and analytics solution evaluation and selection decisions; buy vs build decisions, and project estimates which contribute to the creation of business case and delivery plans. 

• Lead the contribution to the continued development of Data Engineering as a capability - training, tooling, ways of working, and operating model to optimise output and value. 

• Collaborate with academic research groups and contribute to publications in peer-reviewed journals

• Help educate and train AstraZeneca colleagues in omics data interpretation and related areas

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent number of years of experience in a Computer Science or Data Management related field  

• Significant years of experience in a data engineering role with practical examples in developing using modern data platforms to build, deploy, and maintain data applications 

• The role holder will possess a blend of design skills needed for Agile data development projects  

• Proficiency in data engineer techniques and testing methodologies 

• Proficiency in data development technologies  

• Proficiency with data and application design patterns and processes 

• Proven Experience of technical leadership in data and analytics. 

Desirable:

• Masters in computer science and Data Management or suitable experience 

• Experience with DevOps or DataOps concepts, preferable hands-on experience implementing continuous integration or highly automated end-to-end environments  

• Experience implementing a microservices architecture 

• Proven experience of leading and growing engineering teams 

• Industry experience with data in large, complex data settings, consultancy or vendor experience 

• Experience in reusing of metadata and prebuilt components from cataloguing tools 

• Good commercial awareness and understanding of the external market for data-related technology and best practices 

• Demonstrate initiative, strong customer orientation, and cross-cultural working 

• Exposure to Data Pipelines (Ingest & Store, Data Preparation, Discover & Present, Insight & Experience) 

• Experience with ETL tools (Snaplogic, informatica, Snowflake pipes, etc), Database technologies (e.g. snowflake, oracle, RDBMS, NoSQL, etc), Cloud technologies (AWS, Snowflake, etc)   

• Familiar with Data visualisation Tools such as PowerBI, Spotfire, Rshiny, Python Dash or Flask, Streamlit, etc. 

• Familiar with Agile practises, particularly SCRUM and SAFe as well as Kanban. 

• Familiar with Drug Development process, particularly pre-clinical. 

When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That's why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we're not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.

At AstraZeneca, we are a dedicated distributed team that's powering the company to better serve patients every day.

At AstraZeneca, we follow the science to explore and innovate. We are driven by our desire to understand and reveal new insights. We are free from fear of failure, free to ask the right questions, make bold decisions, and dig deep into the biology of complex disease. We are committed to making an impact on patients' lives by improving patient access to healthcare globally. Our values guide everything we do at AstraZeneca. They power our belief in What Science Can Do - a belief in its potential to redefine what's possible.

Are you ready to push the boundaries of science to deliver life-changing medicines? If your passion is science and you want to be part of a team that makes a bigger impact on patients' lives, then there's no better place to be. Apply now to join us in our mission!