Summary
About the Role
Key Responsibilities:
- The ideal candidate brings strong experience in data integration, data engineering, and data operations within the pharmaceutical or healthcare space. The role requires collaboration, innovation, and a strong focus on data accuracy and operational excellence
- Govern delivery of integration and data pipeline initiatives using integration best practices and design thinking.
- Lead design, development, and optimization of ETL pipelines and API/middleware integrations for enterprise data consumption.
- Drive improvements to reduce data latency, strengthen quality, and streamline cross‑system data flow.
- Develop integration frameworks, documentation, and POVs to guide strategic capability development.
- Partner with cross‑functional teams to translate data needs into clear integration requirements and execution roadmaps.
- Ensure adherence to data quality, governance, monitoring, and validation standards.
- Troubleshoot pipeline failures and integration issues across ETL tools, APIs, and data platforms.
- Communicate progress, risks, KPIs, and milestones with stakeholders clearly and consistently.
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in data science, Computer Science, IT
- 9+ years of experience in data engineering/integration with strong ETL and data pipeline exposure.
- Expertise in integration technologies, ETL/ELT patterns, and data quality practices.
- Proficiency in SQL, Python, DataIKU, Snowflake, Databricks or similar tools.
- Strong communication skills and ability to partner across functional and technical teams.
- Strong analytical skills and commitment to data accuracy.
- Experience integrating commercial, provider, or operational datasets within pharma/healthcare.
- 5+ years leading technical or integration teams.
Desired Skills
- Experience driving data‑driven decisions for senior leadership.
- Familiarity with data governance frameworks and KPI monitoring for pipeline performance, data completeness, and timeliness.
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Accessibility and accommodation
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