Healthcare Data & AI Director (Azure & Fabric)

PwC South Africa; Dublin; On-site; Confidential; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

competitive compensation package

inclusive employee benefits

flexibility programs

Job summary

PwC Ireland is seeking a Director in our Data & AI team to lead the design and delivery of large-scale health data modernisation programmes, leveraging Azure architectures including Microsoft Fabric to build secure, scalable data platforms.

You will guide sales and pre-sales activities, architect end-to-end solutions with services like Data Lake Storage, Synapse, Data Factory, and Databricks, and manage relationships with C-suite, clinical leadership, and technical stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 15+ years’ experience designing, delivering, and leading large‑scale enterprise data platforms and transformation programmes.
• Significant, demonstrable experience delivering data programmes within the health / healthcare sector.
• Hands‑on expertise in Microsoft Azure data services: Azure Data Lake Storage, Synapse Analytics, Data Factory, Databricks, and related modern data ecosystem tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead health‑sector data strategy and modernisation‑engagements, positioning Azure‑based solutions to solve clients' most complex clinical and operational data challenges.
• Guide sales and technical pre‑sales activities for Azure and Microsoft Fabric data modernisation solutions, shaping opportunities and defining requirements with health clients.
• Architect end‑to‑end data platform solutions, integrating Azure Data Lake Storage, Synapse Analytics, Data Factory, Databricks, and Microsoft Fabric.
• Design and assure solutions that meet the stringent security, privacy, and regulatory demands of healthcare (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA, and relevant health data standards).
• Advise clients on EHR/PAS data integration and the secondary use of clinical data for research, population health, and analytics.
• Oversee delivery of complex, multi‑disciplinary programmes, ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, and compliant.
• Build and manage senior client relationships across C‑suite, clinical leadership, and technical stakeholders, acting as a trusted advisor on health data transformation.
• Stay current on emerging Azure and Fabric capabilities, health data trends, and AI/ML adoption, proactively identifying opportunities for innovation.
• Guide business development activities to identify opportunities on new/existing clients.
• Develop market awareness of PwC’s technology brand and service offerings.
• Continue to develop industry relationships and your PwC brand.
• Lead, train, coach and supervise a small team of technical resources.
• Lead the development of your own and team’s technical acumen.
• Lead a portfolio of clients, while reporting to Partners.
• Lead the financial management of clients.
• Cultivate strong working relationships with senior business, technology and change management stakeholders, in the capacity of a trusted advisor on Data matters.
• Establish strategic alliances, and lead joint ventures with key IT suppliers and business partners.
• Communicate the practical implications of architectural decisions, issues and plans to executive, business, technical delivery and IT management stakeholders.

Skills

Azure Data Services

Data Analytics

Artificial Intelligence

Security & Compliance

Microsoft Fabric

Tools

Azure Data Lake Storage

Synapse Analytics

Data Factory

Databricks

Microsoft Fabric

Job description

PwC Ireland is seeking a Director in our Data & AI team to lead the design and delivery of large-scale health data modernisation programmes, leveraging Azure architectures including Microsoft Fabric to build secure, scalable data platforms.

You will guide sales and pre-sales activities, architect end-to-end solutions with services like Data Lake Storage, Synapse, Data Factory, and Databricks, and manage relationships with C-suite, clinical leadership, and technical stakeholders.