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Director II, Data Engineering - Business Technology Solutions

North Chicago, IL, us💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-21 → 2026-09-25

Core

Lead the Data Engineering team supporting drug development pipelines from clinical trials through medical affairs, ensuring trusted data delivery for operational execution and decision-making.

Role type

Director II, Data Engineering (Strategic Leadership & Delivery)

Builds

Modern, reliable development data engineering capability, transactional data pipelines, and curated data products for the drug development lifecycle.

Domain

Life Sciences / Pharmaceutical R&D / Regulated Data Engineering

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | infrastructure

Required skills

Enterprise data architecture design, team leadership (15+ direct reports), strategic roadmap planning, cross-functional stakeholder management, financial stewardship, regulated environment compliance, vendor/partner strategy, data governance frameworks, cloud architecture, distributed systems.

Preferred skills

Advanced degree (MS/PhD), prior enterprise architect or head of architecture experience, regulated industry background, 10+ years in software/data engineering/platform leadership, deep expertise in cloud architecture and modern data platforms.

Technologies

Cloud platforms, distributed systems, data products, feature stores, metadata management, API integration patterns, observability tools, security/encryption frameworks.

Responsibilities

Own the data engineering vision, strategy, and multi-year roadmap; define the operating model and governance standards; lead and develop the engineering organization; shape portfolio investment decisions; provide leadership for major initiatives like platform modernization; design target-state patterns for data platforms; establish engineering governance forums; drive data governance and risk management; guide enterprise tooling and partner strategy; represent architecture strategy in executive forums; contribute to financial stewardship.

Seniority

Director II, Strategic Leadership & Enterprise Architecture

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