JOB TITLE: Associate Director - Platform Services
CAREER LEVEL: F
Do you have expertise in, and passion for, information technology? Would you like to apply your expertise to impact the IT strategy in a company that follows the science and turns ideas into life changing medicines? If so, AstraZeneca might be the one for you!
AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialisation of prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious disease. But we’re more than one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies. At AstraZeneca we’re dedicated to being a Great Place to Work.
It’s a dynamic and results-oriented environment to work in – but that’s why we like it. There are countless opportunities to learn and grow, whether that’s exploring new technologies in hackathons, or redefining the roles and work of colleagues, forever. Shape your own path, with support all the way. Diverse minds that work cross- functionally and broadly together.
ABOUT THE ROLE
You will be the Service Lead – the person that is accountable for the success of our data automation & orchestration technology stacks in AstraZeneca. We need someone that can lead, shape and build the service so that it is scalable and sustainable and most importantly loved by AZ Data Engineers, whilst also being an inspiring engineering leader who can develop their global team, manage and influence multiple stakeholders - all whilst having laser focus on delivery and maximising return of value.
What you’ll do
You will be accountable for developing and delivering the roadmapfor the Data Ops Platform services, ensuringwe have the right security, rigour,integrations and automation to work efficiently, safelyand at speed
Leading and working with yourteam - you will need to define an efffective and agile working practices to ensure that the service evolves to meet user needs whilst ensuring key service metrics, net promoter scores and KPIs are defined, governed, maintained and improved progressively
You will ensure we have structure, prioritised backlogs, capacity planning of the team so that dependencies are identified and delivery is predictable
You will be accountable for the cost of run of your service and defining measures to highlight the business value return of the work your team accomplish
You will establish strong working relationships with the data teams, third parties and partners to develop and oversee and aligned strategy of onboarding and migration to the platform
As an engineering leader you will advocate and advance modern, agile development practices and help develop and evangelise great engineering culture
You’llbuild and develop a high performing team of engineers through hiring, coaching, mentoring, feedback and hands-on career development
HIGHLIGHT THE SKILLS AND CAPABILITIES NEEDED
We consider individuals in this role to be our top tierEngineers; thismeansyouneed to be capable of working in multiple spaces and are likely to be the most experienced and skilled engineer on the team. You will raise expectations within the whole team, solve complex technical problems and work alongside complementary delivery platforms.
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You have proven ability to work with automation and orchestration technologies such as Jenkins, Airflow or similar
You are able to show where you have successfully worked with an enterprise mindset and having implemented good governance practices, standards and industry best practices
You have demonstrable experience of working with multiple internal stakeholders to deliver complex roadmaps
You have a strong experience in building partnerships with technical vendors
Strong history as a lead data engineer; managed global technical teams with strong Team Leadership skills
You have experience working in a global organization with multi-partners, stakeholders and team members are spread out in a diverse culture environment
You have good exposure to Cloud environments
You understand and can lead technical roadmaps for operational monitoring, usability and governance
You have good awareness and experience working with GxP and SOX compliant platforms and services; and understand key concepts behind data security & protection,access based policies, back up and disaster recovery .
WHY JOIN US?
We’re a network of high-reaching self-starters who contribute to something far bigger. We enable AstraZeneca to perform at its peak by delivering premier technology and data solutions.
We’re not afraid to take ownership and run with it. Empowered with unrivalled freedom. Put simply, it’s because we make a significant impact. Everything we do matters.
SO, WHAT’S NEXT?
Are you already envisioning yourself joining our team? Good, because we’d love to hear from you! Click the link to apply and we’ll be in touch as soon as we can.
WHERE CAN I FIND OUT MORE?
Our Social Media, Follow AstraZeneca on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/1603/
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.
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