Director, Real-World Data Engineering (Remote)

Parexel; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Parexel is seeking a Director, Data Engineering - RWD to lead domain-aligned engineering across ingestion, transformation, and distribution of Real-World Data in a life sciences context. You will coordinate with Clinical Operations, Commercial, governance, analytics, and platform teams to translate needs into executable plans and measurable outcomes.

The role emphasizes matrixed leadership, cloud data platform expertise, and a strong focus on governance, quality, and reusability of data assets

Qualifications

• Deep technical expertise in enterprise data engineering and data delivery.
• Experience leading data engineering initiatives in life sciences or RWD environments.
• Ability to translate business needs into technology priorities and delivery plans.

Responsibilities

• Act as domain-aligned engineering coordination lead for Real-World Data in life sciences.
• Drive delivery across Data Ingestion, Data Engineering, and Data Distribution teams.
• Provide technical leadership for scalable RWD pipelines and lakehouse design.

Skills

Technical leadership

Matrixed leadership

Life sciences data

Stakeholder engagement

Cloud data platforms

Product/program management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Information Systems

Tools

Azure Databricks

Azure Data Lake

SQL

Python

Spark

APIs, CI/CD

Job description

Parexel is seeking a Director, Data Engineering - RWD to lead domain-aligned engineering across ingestion, transformation, and distribution of Real-World Data in a life sciences context. You will coordinate with Clinical Operations, Commercial, governance, analytics, and platform teams to translate needs into executable plans and measurable outcomes.

The role emphasizes matrixed leadership, cloud data platform expertise, and a strong focus on governance, quality, and reusability of data assets