Senior Manager/Associate Director, Data Integration & Engineering

KLR Executive Search Group LLC; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 165,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

KLR Executive Search Group LLC is helping a Boston-area biotechnology leader find a Senior Manager of Data Integration & Engineering to lead enterprise integration, middleware, and data pipelines. You will partner with IT, Commercial, Medical, Finance, and other functions to design scalable, secure data flows.

This hands-on leader will implement and mature integration strategies, oversee API-based and ELT pipelines, and manage external partners.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years of experience in enterprise integration or data engineering.
• Proven track record delivering enterprise integrations and data pipelines.
• Hands-on with one or more data platforms listed.
• Excellent cross-functional collaboration and vendor management.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain an enterprise integration roadmap aligned to ERP, Commercial, Medical, Clinical, Research, Quality, MDM, and data warehouse priorities.
• Evaluate and govern integration platforms (Informatica, Boomi, MuleSoft, Azure, Fivetran, dbt, Snowflake).
• Manage implementation and maturation of enterprise integration and data engineering capabilities.
• Design and oversee data pipelines between ERP, CRM, EDC, LIMS, HRIS, CLM, Concur, and partners.
• Collaborate with Architecture Review Board to ensure designs meet security, privacy, and operational standards.

Skills

Enterprise integration

Data engineering

Cloud data platforms

API integrations

ELT/ETL pipelines

Data quality checks

Communication

Vendor management

Tools

Informatica/IICS

Boomi

MuleSoft

Azure Integration Services

Fivetran

dbt

Snowflake

Databricks

Job description

Senior Manager, Data Integration and Engineering

We are working with a leading biotechnology company in the Boston area to help them find a Senior Manager of Data Integration & Engineering to join their growing team. This critical role will help lead the design, implementation, and operation of the company’s enterprise integration, middleware, and data engineering capabilities. This hands-on leader will partner with leaders across IT, Commercial, Medical, Finance, Supply Chain, Clinical Development, Research, and Quality, and external partners to establish scalable, secure, and compliant data flows across the enterprise. Here are more details about the role:

Responsibilities

• Partner with IT and business leaders to define and maintain an enterprise integration roadmap aligned to ERP, Commercial, Medical, Clinical, Research, Quality, MDM, and data warehouse priorities.
• Work with key stakeholders, evaluate, select, implement, and govern integration and ELT platforms such as Informatica/IICS, Boomi, MuleSoft, Azure Integration Services, Fivetran, dbt, Snowflake, or similar technologies.
• Manage the implementation and maturation of the company’s enterprise integration and data engineering capabilities, including middleware/iPaaS, API-based integration, event/message-based integration, file-based ingestion, and ELT/data pipeline patterns.
• Design and oversee integrations and data pipelines between internal and external systems including ERP, Veeva CRM/Vault, commercial data providers, patient services platforms, EDC/clinical systems, safety systems, LIMS, eQMS, Dotmatics/ELN, HRIS/HCM, CLM, Concur, Adaptive Planning, banks, CDMOs/CMOs, 3PLs, and other partners.
• Collaborate with the Architecture Review Board to ensure system and data-flow designs are consistent with company standards for security, infrastructure, data architecture, privacy, and operational supportability.

Requirements

• Minimum of 7-10 years prior experience with enterprise integration, data engineering, middleware, cloud data platform, or analytics platform
• Proven experience designing and delivering enterprise integrations, API integrations, batch/file-based interfaces, ELT/ETL pipelines, data orchestration, quality checks, monitoring, and production support processes.
• Hands-on experience with one or more integration or data platforms such as Informatica/IICS, Boomi, MuleSoft, Azure Integration Services, Fivetran, dbt, Snowflake, or Databricks a plus.
• Knowledge of cloud data warehouse and analytics architectures, including source-to-target mapping, transformation logic, data layers, semantic models, and BI consumption patterns.
• Experience integrating enterprise SaaS platforms and life-sciences systems such as ERP, HCM, CLM, Concur, Adaptive Planning, ServiceNow, eQMS, LIMS, EDC, ELN, clinical data repositories, or commercial data platforms.
• Ability to balance strategic architecture with pragmatic delivery in a growing, fast-paced organization; comfortable building capability, standards, and operating models from scratch.
• Experience managing external consultants, implementation partners, managed service providers, and/or application service providers.
• Excellent communication and coordination skills across business, technical, Quality, Security, and vendor teams; ability to prioritize, and drive decisions with documentation.

The base salary range for this position is $165K to $210K with no inclusion of benefits or bonus potential. Compensation is determined by a variety of factors including but not limited to the role, function, and associated responsibilities, as well as a candidate’s work experience, education, knowledge, skills, and geographic location.