Sr Director, Enterprise Data & Analytics
$255,000–$357,000 year
HybridIrvine, California, United States
Job Summary
Define the multi-year enterprise data and analytics strategy, aligning roadmap priorities with commercial and corporate goals to establish data as a competitive differentiator. Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership and stakeholders across commercial, finance, HR, medical affairs, and R&D, translating complex data opportunities into clear business value. Partner with IT to develop and execute corporate AI strategy, proactively integrating Gen AI, predictive modeling, and advanced analytics to drive measurable outcomes. Lead the architecture and lifecycle of a modern cloud-native data platform, ensuring robust governance, security, and compliance with HIPAA and GDPR standards. Direct the onboarding of complex life sciences data ecosystems into a unified landscape and establish architectural strategies for integrating external applications using agnostic frameworks. Provide strategic oversight for engineering teams building ETL/ELT pipelines and manage IT budgets for all data analytics spend. Champion a data-driven culture through shared literacy programs and self-service reporting frameworks while developing a high-performing team of data professionals.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's in computer science, Information systems, Engineering or related field
- 15+ years of progressive experience in data, analytics, and technology leadership
- minimum of 5 years in a senior leadership role
- preferably in a life sciences
- Deep pharmaceutical or life sciences industry experience
- business acumen
- comprehensive understanding of commercial data ecosystems
- including HCP data
- claims data
- specialty pharmacy
- market access
- and patient services
- from leading data sources and partners
- Familiarity with regulatory and compliance requirements relevant to pharmaceutical data
- including HIPAA
- GDPR
- 21 CFR Part 11
- Proven track record of building and scaling enterprise data platforms in a cloud environment
- deep technical fluency in data management tools such as Databricks
- Snowflake
- Microsoft Azure
- and AWS
- and data visualization tools such as Tableau
- PowerBI
- and Spotfire
- Experience integrating life sciences CRM and commercial applications
- such as Veeva CRM
- Veeva Vault
- Salesforce
- and Salesforce Marketing Cloud
- with enterprise data platforms
- Proven experience driving the implementation and adoption of Generative AI
- predictive modeling
- and machine learning capabilities within enterprise systems and data platforms
- Exceptional executive communication and storytelling skills
- with the ability to present complex data strategies to non-technical senior leaders and board-level audiences
- Strong financial acumen
- with experience managing budgets and spending for all data analytics related projects and consultants
- Good project management experience
- to manage large projects in an agile or waterfall framework
- depending on the type and complexity of the project
- A good team player
- with experience in managing and developing diverse, distributed teams of data professionals
- Some travel may be required – up to 10%
Desired Qualifications
- advanced degrees such as MBA or MS
- Remote candidates with exceptional leadership skills in leading remote teams
- The position will be based in our beautiful Irvine office
- complete with onsite gym
- pool
- snacks
- drinks
- and occasional catered meals
- We provide a hybrid work environment
- Our Tarsans live our values of commitment to patients
- empowerment to champion innovation
- and teamwork to amplify impact
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