Associate Director - BIM

Axtria; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Axtria seeks a senior Data Engineering leader to drive data strategy and modernize the enterprise data platform for a Global Capability Center. You will lead 20–40 engineers across data engineering, MLOps, and reporting, delivering scalable data products and governance.

You will partner with global stakeholders to implement robust data quality, lineage, and orchestration, enabling analytics across pharma domains and regulatory reporting.

Qualifications

• 12–15 years of Data Engineering experience with 5+ years in a leadership role managing 20–40 engineers.
• Proven track record delivering multi‑million‑dollar programs in global matrixed environments or GCCs.
• Certification or hands‑on experience in Snowflake, Azure/AWS, and modern orchestration (Airflow, ADF).

Responsibilities

• Define and execute data engineering roadmap aligned with global data & digital strategy.
• Lead multi‑squad teams (Data Engineering, MLOps, Reporting) and set governance standards.
• Architect scalable cloud‑native data platforms and oversee ELT/ETL, CI/CD, and MLOps practices.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Strategic thinking

Communication

Problem solving

Lifescience Knowledge

Education

BE/B.Tech

Master of Computer Application

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

Dataiku

Airflow

Azure Data Factory (ADF)

Power BI

AWS Data Pipeline

Job description

Position Summary

Lead a 20–40 member data engineering team supporting global pharma R&D, Commercial, and Manufacturing use-cases. Own data strategy execution, modernize data platform development, and delivery excellence for a Global Capability Center (GCC). Drive scalable data products, governance, and analytics solutions.

Job Responsibilities

Leadership & Strategy

• Own Data Engineering roadmap for enterprise data transformation; align with global data & digital strategy.
• Lead multi-squad engineering teams (Data Engineering, MLOps, Reporting).
• Establish standards for ingestion, transformation, quality, cataloging and lineage.
• Partner with global product owners, business stakeholders, and platform leads across R&D, HEOR, Commercial, Supply Chain.

Technical Delivery

• Architect and scale cloud-native data platforms
• Oversee ingestion pipelines across structured (clinical, commercial, manufacturing) and unstructured data (medical notes, literature, NLP outputs).
• Ensure high-performance ELT/ETL, orchestration, CI/CD, and MLOps practices.
• Manage Lakehouse / Warehouses (Databricks, Snowflake, Dataiku).
• Implement robust data quality KPIs, reconciliation frameworks

Domain Expectations

• Deep understanding of pharma data:
• Commercial data (IMS/IQVIA, specialty pharmacy feeds)
• Clinical trial data (CDISC, SDTM, ADaM)
• RWE/claims/EHR, patient support program data
• Manufacturing & QC datasets
• Experience delivering data foundations for regulatory submissions, pharmacovigilance, digital biomarkers, omnichannel analytics.

GCC Focus

• Run onsite–offshore governance, delivery dashboards, and stakeholder reporting.
• Drive talent development, vendor management, and operating-model improvements.
• Set up reusable accelerators, playbooks, and delivery frameworks tailored for GCC scale.
• Engage with GCC stakeholders as well as global stakeholders delivering customer delight

Education

• BE/B.Tech
• Master of Computer Application

Work Experience

• 12–15 years in Data Engineering, with 5+ years in pharma/biotech.
• 3–5 years in a leadership role managing 20–40 engineers.
• Proven track record delivering multi-million-dollar programs in global matrixed environments or GCCs.
• Certification or hands-on experience in Snowflake, Azure/AWS, and modern orchestration (Airflow, ADF).

Behavioural Competencies

Teamwork & Leadership

Motivation to Learn and Grow

Ownership

Cultural Fit

Talent Management

Technical Competencies

Problem Solving

Lifescience Knowledge

Communication

Project Management

Attention to P&L Impact

Snowflake

Power BI

Data Governance

AWS Data Pipeline