Vertex is seeking a Director of Engineering and Data Governance to lead the strategy, planning, and governance of data and custom software solutions for their research and pre-clinical teams, aiming to drive innovation, ensure data quality, and enable impactful research through cutting-edge data & AI products.
Requirements
- Strong knowledge and experience with leading and managing data, AI/ML, reporting and analytics projects and assets for the research & pre-clinical domains in the biopharmaceutical industry.
- Strong understanding of data management, data governance, data architecture, software engineering, and cloud computing
- Strong knowledge of modern technologies like AI/ML, LLMs, cloud computing, cybersecurity, data platforms like AWS, Snowflake and Databricks
- Experience with Agile methodologies.
Responsibilities
- Partner with DTE Leadership to develop and execute data and analytics strategy aligned to the research business strategy and develop data and analytics roadmaps to enable the data strategy.
- Collaborate with cross-functional leaders to identify and deliver high-impact data and software solutions.
- Oversee the management, documentation, use, and quality assurance processes for prioritized data projects and data assets, including proprietary data sets, third party data, research and pre-clinical data.
- Establish and enforce data governance standards, frameworks and best practices.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to define project goals, deliverables, timelines, budgets, and resource requirements.
- Collaborate with resource managers to source, allocate and assign internal or contingent workers to project and operational activities
- Monitor project progress, manage risks, and communicate status to senior leadership.
Other
- 10+ years’ experience working in growing technology roles with at least 6 years in IT leadership positions.
- 6+ years’ experience in a similar governance, planning, or strategy role with a focus on bio pharma
- Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate technical and non-technical topics to senior leaders and engineering teams.
- Proven ability to serve as a control function and enforce annual planning agreements by finding ways to say “yes” to prioritized commitments and “no” to lower priority requests
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
