Director Data Platforms

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Job Function:

Technology Product & Platform Management

Job Sub Function:

Multi-Family Technology Product & Platform Management

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

California (Any City), New Jersey (Any City), Pennsylvania (Any City), Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America, West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Job Description:

We are searching for top talent for Director – Data Platforms. This position can be based in the following locations:

Hybrid: Raritan, NJ; West Chester, PA; Mumbai, India

Remote candidates in CA, NJ, and PA will be considered on a case-by-case basis and if approved by the company.

Please note that this role is available across multiple countries and may be posted under different requisition numbers to comply with local requirements. While you are welcome to apply to any or all of the postings, we recommend focusing on the specific country(s) that align with your preferred location(s):

US: R-076739

India: R-077611

The Leader will own the strategy and execution of a simplified enterprise-grade data platform that advances data maturity, strengthens data quality and governance, and accelerates business-unit agility. Drive a lean, federated operating model that balances centralized platform capabilities and guardrails with autonomy for business units to move quickly. The role focuses on platform simplification, automation, and enabling prioritized use cases through trusted, reusable data products.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and deliver the global roadmap for a cloud-scale, governed data platform (Lakehouse/data mesh patterns) that simplify the legacy platforms, reduces tool and pipeline redundancy and improves data maturity across MedTech. 
• Embed AI and automation across the data lifecycle (ingestion, transformation, quality monitoring, remediation and operations) to accelerate time-to-insight and reduce manual effort. 
• Scale a data-as-a-product operating model with defined ownership, SLAs, lifecycle management and measurable outcomes for curated data products. 
• Develop and mature metadata capabilities — catalog, lineage and business glossary — to improve discoverability, trust and reuse. 
• Design and implement policy-based self-service access patterns (data marketplace) that simplify consumption while implementing compliance. 
• Co-Lead the MedTech Data Office, drive federated governance and stewardship with clear enterprise policies and BU accountability; institutionalize data quality critical metrics, automated monitoring and remediation workflows. 
• Own MDM platform strategy, closely partner with BU leaders to deliver for priority domains (customer, product); harmonize entities, hierarchies and reference data. 
• Build, coach and lead a distributed team across platform engineering, and governance; partner closely with Business Units analytics, AI/ML, security, privacy and regulatory partners.
• Lead with a product approach and focus on outcomes that directly support business units priorities. 
• Foster a culture of data literacy, pragmatic governance and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 15+ years of progressive IT leadership with major accountability for Data & Analytics and platform delivery in regulated industries (MedTech, life sciences, or equivalent).
• Consistent record building and running enterprise-scale data platforms (cloud-native, Lakehouse, data mesh) and delivering shared capabilities across global organizations.
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