Job Title: Associate Director, Data Engineering
Job Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Job Location Type: Hybrid
Job Contract Type: Full time
Job Seniority Level: Director

Job Title: Associate Director, Data Engineering

Global Career Level: E

About Our Team

AstraZeneca is transforming into an AI- and data-led enterprise. Within R&D;, our Predictive AI & Data team connects expertise across functions to turn complex information into practical, life-changing insights that improve patient outcomes. We invent, build, and deliver novel solutions alongside leading experts, leveraging cutting-edge techniques in data, AI, and machine learning. We work inclusively across diverse disciplines and partners, pooling knowledge to decode business needs, and applying our technical knowledge to deliver value.

Introduction To Role

We are seeking a hands-on Associate Director of Data Engineering to lead data architecture, modeling, warehousing, and platform engineering that accelerates scientific decision-making across Clinical Pharmacology & Safety Science (CPSS).



You will design and deliver scalable, FAIR-aligned data solutions on enterprise infrastructure, driving positive, disruptive transformation toward AstraZeneca’s Bold Ambition for 2030. This role partners closely with R&D; IT and DS&AI; and collaborates globally with colleagues in Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Accountabilities
- Data platform architecture: Design, implement, and operate robust, secure, and scalable data platforms and services that enable discovery, access, and reuse (FAIR), with clear SLOs for reliability and performance.
- Modeling and warehousing: Define canonical data models, dimensional schemas, and lakehouse/warehouse layers; implement semantic modeling; optimize storage, compute, and query performance.
- Data integration: Build and harden ingestion frameworks for structured and unstructured data; standardize metadata, lineage, and cataloging; ensure interoperability across do

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