Director of Scalable Scientific Tools & APIs

Chemical Abstracts Service; Columbus (OH); Presencial; USD 180.000 - 240.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Chemical Abstracts Service is seeking a Director of Scientific Capability Engineering to lead the team building and scaling scientific tools and APIs across chemistry, life science, and materials science. You will set strategy, govern architecture, and partner with product and leadership to drive the capability roadmap.

The role oversees a multi-domain engineering organization, manages budget and vendor relationships, and ensures reliability, data quality, and compliance to accelerate innovation.

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Chemistry, Life Sciences, or related field; advanced degree preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive technology experience, including building tools and APIs for scientific or technical domains, plus 6+ years of people leadership experience, including managing managers.
• Experience scaling technical capability across multiple scientific domains or product lines preferred.

Responsabilidades

• Owns the multi-year strategy and roadmap for scientific tools and API capability enablement across domains.
• Owns the extensible architecture and platform patterns for onboarding new domains without re-architecting core capability.
• Represents capability enablement strategy to senior leadership and translates roadmaps into technical investment decisions.
• Manages a team of managers and senior engineers, holding accountability for organizational performance, career development, and succession planning.
• Directs vendor and licensing strategy for scientific data, tools, and API infrastructure, evaluating renewals and usage against the organization's evolving needs.
• Builds business cases for incremental investments to support the roadmap.
• Communicates capability enablement status, risks, and delivery progress to senior leadership and relevant stakeholders.
• Owns the reliability, scalability, and quality of scientific tools and APIs in production, ensuring they meet the needs of internal and external consumers.
• Maintains governance, documentation, and operational standards that scale with the organization's growth.

Conocimientos

API design

Leadership

Strategic planning

Cross-functional leadership

Data modeling

Communication

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Chemistry, Life Sciences, or related field

Herramientas

APIs architecture

Descripción del empleo

Chemical Abstracts Service is seeking a Director of Scientific Capability Engineering to lead the team building and scaling scientific tools and APIs across chemistry, life science, and materials science. You will set strategy, govern architecture, and partner with product and leadership to drive the capability roadmap.

The role oversees a multi-domain engineering organization, manages budget and vendor relationships, and ensures reliability, data quality, and compliance to accelerate innovation.