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Director, Data Management

Chicago, IllinoisFull-time2026-09-28 → 2026-10-22

Core

Lead end-to-end data management, governance, and architecture for media and pharmaceutical data to ensure accuracy, compliance, and fit for analytics.

Role type

Senior IC data management director (media & pharma)

Builds

Scalable data pipelines, governance frameworks, and reporting/measurement datasets for media and pharmaceutical clients

Domain

Advertising/Marketing + Data Engineering + Pharmaceutical Industry

Required skills

Data governance strategy, Databricks, Snowflake, SQL, Python, ETL/ELT, data quality management, media data operations, privacy compliance, stakeholder leadership

Preferred skills

Pharmaceutical media/HCP data experience, lakehouse architecture, data observability, AI-assisted data engineering, program management

Technologies

Databricks, Snowflake, SQL, Python

Responsibilities

Define data governance standards and health controls; lead media data ingestion, validation, and quality guardrails; guide cross-functional teams on data strategy and architecture; design backend data models and transformation logic; enforce privacy and compliance controls; drive global data operations and continuous improvement

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC leadership