Senior Manager, Data Operations and Governance
$135,000–$185,000 year
Remote · United States or New York City, New York, United States
Job Summary
Senior Manager, Data Operations & Governance will own ingestion, integrity, and downstream usability of Compass Pathways' commercial data assets as we prepare for and execute launch. The role serves as the technical liaison between external data partners and analytics, forecasting, and field operations to ensure compliant, clean, and well-modeled data. Responsibilities include building and maintaining data models, transformations, and data pipelines; enforcing data governance ( lineage, access controls, audit trails, change management ); partnering with Commercial Analytics, Forecasting, Field Operations, Market Access, and IT to deliver data products; and supporting regulatory compliance (HIPAA, PDMA, aggregate spend). The candidate will design systems from the ground up with autonomy in a fast-moving environment, ideally with hands-on experience in data ingestion, quality control, and governance practices. Location is Hybrid in NYC or remote on the US East Coast.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Data Engineering, Information Systems, Statistics, or a related field (Master's a plus, not required)
- 6+ years of experience in data operations, analytics engineering, or commercial data management within pharmaceutical, biotech, or healthcare with at least 2 years in a senior individual contributor or lead role
- Hands-on experience with specialty pharmacy data strongly preferred; adjacent specialty data experience (claims, LDD, hub, REMS) also considered
- Working knowledge of SP data aggregation platforms, familiarity with Veeva software tools including Network and Nitro are a plus
- Strong technical toolkit: advanced SQL, Python, dbt or comparable transformation framework, and AWS/S3 or equivalent cloud infrastructure
- Demonstrated ability to model data thoughtfully, with opinions on grain, naming, and structures that hold up over time
- A scrappy, builder orientation. Comfortable in environments where the playbook is still being written, and able to push back on vendors and stakeholders without burning bridges
- Strong communication skills, including the ability to translate technical tradeoffs to non-technical commercial leaders
- For NYC: Compensation Description (annually) indicates base pay range of $135,000—$185,000 USD
Desired Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in computer science
- Data Engineering
- Information Systems
- Statistics
- Master's degree is a plus
- 6+ years of experience in data operations/analytics engineering/commercial data management in pharma/biotech/healthcare
- 2+ years in a senior IC or lead role
- Hands-on with specialty pharmacy data
- Knowledge of SP data aggregation platforms
- Veeva Network and Nitro familiarity
- SQL
- Python
- dbt or similar
- AWS/S3
- Ability to model data with governance in mind
- Strong communication skills
- Sponsorship not available for visas
Additional Requirements
- Sponsorship not available; must have employment rights in the country of application
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