Cloud Data Platform Architecture Lead & Strategy

ES06 (FCRS = ES006) Novartis Farmacéutica, S.A.; Sabadell; Hybrid; EUR 64,000 - 118,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Insurance plans

Retirement plans

Wellbeing resources

Hybrid working options

Job summary

Novartis AG is seeking an Associate Director of Cloud Data Platform Architecture in Barcelona. You will define the technology strategy and architecture for cloud data platforms supporting the Drug Development portfolio, guiding secure, compliant, scalable platform capabilities for data and AI use cases.

You will lead evolution of an established cloud data mesh platform, overseeing architecture, governance, and self-service interfaces while mentoring vendor architects and engineers.

Qualifications

• Degree in IT, Life Sciences, Pharmacy, Engineering or equivalent.
• Proven enterprise-scale, multi-tenant cloud data platforms architecture experience.
• Translate business priorities into scalable architecture, roadmaps and delivery plans.
• Strong collaboration across IT, engineering, governance and business functions.
• Hands-on Databricks and AWS cloud data platform solutions with prototypes.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture and design of cloud data platform capabilities for Drug Development use cases.
• Define technology strategy, standards and reusable platform patterns.
• Evolve the multi-tenant cloud data mesh platform and self-service interfaces.
• Coordinate MVP delivery with engineering teams and vendors.
• Provide technical direction to project vendors and oversee multiple delivery streams.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Delivery planning

Governance coordination

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic thinking

Education

IT/Life Sciences/Pharmacy/Engineering degree

Tools

Databricks

AWS cloud data platform

Delta Lake

Unity Catalog

Lakeflow/DLT

Databricks SQL

Asset Bundles

PySpark/Python

SQL

Spark Structured Streaming

Kafka

Amazon API Gateway

AWS Lambda

Job description

Novartis AG is seeking an Associate Director of Cloud Data Platform Architecture in Barcelona. You will define the technology strategy and architecture for cloud data platforms supporting the Drug Development portfolio, guiding secure, compliant, scalable platform capabilities for data and AI use cases.

You will lead evolution of an established cloud data mesh platform, overseeing architecture, governance, and self-service interfaces while mentoring vendor architects and engineers.