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: Lead Consultant - Data Engineering
Introduction to role:
Are you ready to turn complex, global data into decisions that transform how a science-led business operates at scale? Step into a role where your engineering leadership powers the data foundations behind faster discovery, smarter development and better access for patients.
You will join a global technology community focused on data, analytics and AI, working across data platforms, cloud, software engineering and emerging AI practices. Partnering closely with product leaders and architects, you will shape and deliver new enterprise-grade solutions for multiple business areas—translating strategy into production systems that teams rely on every day.
This is a pivotal moment in our journey to become truly data-led. You will set the technical direction, stay hands-on with engineering, and mentor a diverse team to deliver reliable, secure and scalable data products at pace. Could you connect the dots across platforms and people to build systems that move the needle for patients and the business?
Accountabilities:
Data Platform Architecture: Design, develop and lead scalable, robust data infrastructure that underpins analytics and AI, ensuring solutions are secure, cost‑effective and built for change.
End-to-End Delivery Leadership: Act as the technical single point of accountability from requirements through deployment and transition to BAU, staying hands-on and driving code quality, test coverage and release readiness.
Product and Architecture Alignment: Collaborate with product managers, architects and delivery leaders to define the technical vision and roadmaps that directly support product objectives and measurable business outcomes.
Technical Design and Risk Management: Own detailed technical designs and user story refinement, proactively manage technical risks and dependencies, and optimise resource allocation.
Team Leadership and Mentoring: Lead and coach multidisciplinary engineering teams (Data Engineering, AI and more), partnering with AI/GenAI leaders to spark collaboration and innovation.
Governance and Standards: Define and communicate governance frameworks for Data Engineering, including risk management, performance metrics and reusable patterns that accelerate delivery.
Advanced Analytics: Develop and operationalise advanced analytical models, ensuring data pipelines and features are production‑ready, observable and maintainable.
Regulatory and Security Compliance: Ensure all solutions meet regulatory requirements, data security policies and industry standards—by design, not as an afterthought.
Performance and Reliability: Continuously monitor, tune and improve data systems and analytics solutions to enhance reliability, throughput and cost efficiency at scale.
FAIR Data Principles: Embed Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability and Reusability into all data solutions to maximise reuse, sharing and enterprise value.
Essential Skills/Experience:
Around 10 years in data and software engineering.
Deep expertise in Data Engineering, Software Engineering and AI.
Proficiency in Data Platforms like Snowflake/Red Shift/Big Query, PL\SQL and ETL Tools (Snaplogic/DBT).
Proficiency in writing sophisticated SQL queries, Stored Procedures, and other database-related tasks.
Demonstrable understanding of DevOps, DataOps, and product management.
Good understanding of Data Mesh and Data Product concepts. Hands on development of Data Models (Star or Snowflake) is a must.
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience.
Experience in the pharmaceutical industry or similar large multinational environments.
Desirable Skills/Experience:
Experience with automation strategies (CI/CD etc) and containerisation (Kubernetes, Docker) will be an advantage.
Familiar with DBT, FiveTran and AI Enabled engineering practices.
Good to have proficiency in programming languages such as Python, JavaScript etc.
Able to develop and integrate applications using APIs will be a significant advantage.
Familiarity with cloud platforms like AWS.
Knowledge of NoSQL databases.
Having experience in developing and deploying AI and machine learning applications will be beneficial.
Why AstraZeneca:
Here, technology and science meet to deliver visible impact—from accelerating discovery to simplifying operations so medicines reach patients sooner. You will work with modern platforms and bold thinkers, often bringing unexpected teams together to unlock ideas, backed by meaningful investment and room to experiment. We value kindness alongside ambition, champion transparent collaboration and lifelong learning, and encourage you to challenge norms in pursuit of better outcomes. Your contribution will scale across the enterprise, advancing what digital, data and AI can do for healthcare while advancing your craft every day.
Call to Action:
Seize the chance to lead enterprise data engineering that drives real patient impact—join us to build the platforms, products and practices that will shape our digital future!
Date Posted
12-Jun-2026Closing Date
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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