Why choose AstraZeneca India?
Help push the boundaries of science to deliver life-changing medicines to patients. After 45 years in India, we’re continuing to secure a future where everyone can access affordable, sustainable, innovative healthcare.
The part you play in our business will be challenging, yet rewarding, requiring you to use your resilient, collaborative and diplomatic skillsets to make connections. The majority of your work will be field based, and will require you to be highly-organised, planning your monthly schedule, attending meetings and calls, as well as writing up reports.
Who do we look for?
Calling all tech innovators, ownership takers, challenge seekers and proactive collaborators. At AstraZeneca, breakthroughs born in the lab become transformative medicine for the world's most complex diseases. We empower people like you to push the boundaries of science, challenge convention, and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. You'll embrace differences and take bold actions to drive the change needed to meet global healthcare and sustainability challenges.
Here, diverse minds and bold disruptors can meaningfully impact the future of healthcare using cutting-edge technology. Whether you join us in Bengaluru or Chennai, you can make a tangible impact within a global biopharmaceutical company that invests in your future. Join a talented global team that's powering AstraZeneca to better serve patients every day.
Success Profile
Ready to make an impact in your career? If you're passionate, growth-orientated and a true team player, we'll help you succeed. Here are some of the skills and capabilities we look for.
Tech innovators
Make a greater impact through our digitally enabled enterprise. Use your skills in data and technology to transform and optimise our operations, helping us deliver meaningful work that changes lives.
Ownership takers
If you're a self-aware self-starter who craves autonomy, AstraZeneca provides the perfect environment to take ownership and grow. Here, you'll feel empowered to lead and reach excellence at every level — with unrivalled support when you need it.
Challenge seekers
Adapting and advancing our progress means constantly challenging the status quo. In this dynamic environment where everything we do has urgency and focus, you'll have the ability to show up, speak up and confidently take smart risks.
Proactive collaborators
Your unique perspectives make our ambitions and capabilities possible. Our culture of sharing ideas, learning and improving together helps us consistently set the bar higher. As a proactive collaborator, you'll seek out ways to bring people together to achieve their best.
Responsibilities
Job Title: Director- Data Engineering
GCL- F
Introduction to role:
Are you ready to lead the charge in redefining healthcare data into actionable insights? Alexion is seeking a dynamic and visionary data leader to architect and design innovative data integration solutions that drive innovation across the company. As Director of Data Engineering, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of patient-centric data platforms, enabling better decision-making and delivering impactful results. Your expertise will empower multi-functional teams, support global business strategies, and contribute to the development of groundbreaking data pipelines. If you're passionate about demonstrating data to drive business innovation and have a proven track record in the Pharma/Biopharma industry, we want you on our team!
Accountabilities:
- Proactively find opportunities and threats using data platforms and integration to enhance decision-making at Alexion.
- Drive multi-functional collaboration to provide strategic advice on key business questions.
- Educate executive, business, and IT teams on the value of data management platforms.
- Collaborate with leadership and IT to support strategies that optimize Alexion's business growth.
- Work with multi-functional teams to structure problems, extract data, and develop integrated information solutions.
- Partner with authorities to advance data management and modeling for self-service business analysis.
- Provide technical leadership throughout project phases from discovery to delivery.
- Evolve data platforms, tools, and methods for continuous improvement.
- Deliver high-quality solutions and responses to ad-hoc data requests.
Essential Skills/Experience:
- A Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or related scientific/technical field preferred.
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in data engineering, business analysis, and data management.
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills; ability to convey analytical insights in actionable business terms.
- Highly motivated self-starter with confidence to present complex information effectively to all audiences.
- Strong analytical, logical thinking, and organizational skills; capable of managing multiple projects simultaneously.
- Ability to anticipate future business trends and integrate them into IT and business practices.
- Proven track record of effective functional and multi-functional collaboration and leadership.
- Diligent self-starter; able to work independently and in a team environment.
- Desire and ability to learn/implement new tools and analytic capabilities.
- Experience designing methods, processes, and systems for consolidating and analyzing structured/unstructured data from diverse sources.
- Experience developing advanced software applications, algorithms, querying, and automated processes for data evaluation.
- Proven ability to design complex, large-scale data solutions that are scalable, robust, secure, and resilient.
- Pharmaceutical or Life Sciences industry experience a plus.
- Experience using dbT, Fivetran, GitHub, Apache Airflow.
- Extensive hands-on experience with SQL, Python, ETL/ELT frameworks, and data orchestration pipelines.
- AWS Architecture Framework knowledge and certification.
- Expertise in Snowflake concepts like resource monitors, RBAC controls, virtual warehouse sizing, query performance tuning, Zero copy clone, data sharing, time travel, SnowSQL, SnowPipe, Streamlit, Cortex.
- Experience in data quality and observability tools/methodologies.
- Understanding of FAIR and TRUSTed data product principles.
- Knowledge of data governance frameworks/compliance standards relevant to life sciences industry (GDPR/HIPAA).
- Experience with ETL/ELT/Data Loading tools using Apache Airflow, AWS Glue with Python.
- Experience bringing to bear AI technologies for ELT processes and automating self-healing data pipelines.
- Experience working with data science operations teams using serverless architectures, Kubernetes, Docker/containerization.
- Solid understanding of analytic data architecture/data modeling concepts/principles (data lakes/warehouses/marts).
- Data warehousing methodologies/modeling techniques (Kimball/3NF/Star Schema).
Desirable Skills/Experience:
- Prior experience of 10+ years as a Data Platform or Technical Leader in biotech/pharma industry.
- Advanced experience with cloud platforms beyond AWS (Azure/Google Cloud/Databricks) for data engineering/storage solutions.
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.
AstraZeneca offers an environment where you can make a significant impact by connecting across the business to influence patient outcomes positively. Here you'll collaborate with leading experts using innovative techniques to drive disruptive transformation as we become a digital and data-led enterprise. Our inclusive team thrives on diversity and innovation, empowering you to expand your knowledge while delivering greater value for patients every day.
Ready to take on this exciting challenge? Apply now to join our team!
AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.
Reasons to Join
Thomas Mathisen
There are many things I enjoy when working at AstraZeneca, mainly the Speak up culture, the great colleagues that are in my teams, the great products that AstraZeneca provides to our patients and the challenging conversations I have around our medicines.
Christine Recchio
Working at AstraZeneca has impacted my life in such a positive way. I now have an improved work-life balance through creating my own schedule and time management, I feel a balance that I didn’t have before.
Stephanie Ling
There are a lot of reasons why I enjoy working in AstraZeneca, my colleagues being one of them. My team members and the managers have provided a great deal of guidance in helping me to be more confident in my daily work.
What we offer
We're driven by our shared values of serving people, society and the planet. Our people make this possible, which is why we prioritise diversity, safety, empowerment and collaboration. Discover what a career at AstraZeneca could mean for you.
Lifelong learning
Our development opportunities are second to none. You'll have the chance to grow your abilities, skills and knowledge constantly as you accelerate your career. From leadership projects and constructive coaching to overseas talent exchanges and global collaboration programmes, you'll never stand still.
Autonomy and reward
Experience the power of shaping your career how you want to. We are a high-performing learning organisation with autonomy over how we learn. Make big decisions, learn from your mistakes and continue growing — with performance-based rewards as part of the package.
Health and wellbeing
An energised work environment is only possible when our people have a healthy work-life balance and are supported for their individual needs. That's why we have a dedicated team to ensure your physical, financial and psychological wellbeing is a top priority.
Inclusion and diversity
Diversity and inclusion are embedded in everything we do. We're at our best and most creative when drawing on our different views, experiences and strengths. That's why we're committed to creating a workplace where everyone can thrive in a culture of respect, collaboration and innovation.
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