Vice President, Data Engineering & Analytics

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Position Summary

The Vice President of Data Engineering & Analytics is a transformational executive leader responsible for architecting and executing a global strategy that positions Data Engineering and Analytics as core enablers of the company’s growth, innovation, and competitive advantage. This leader will oversee a team of 151 employees and contractors—expected to expand significantly in the coming years—ensuring the function is structured, scalable, and aligned with the company’s most critical priorities.

This role is accountable for delivering enterprise-scale, secure, and cost-efficient Data engineering and business intelligence platforms while influencing at the highest levels of the organization. The Vice President will work in close partnership with all Global Information Systems (GIS) functions, the executive leadership team, and cross-functional business units to ensure that Data engineering and Analytics investments directly translate to measurable business outcomes.

The Vice President must bring strategic vision, and operational excellence, as well as the ability to attract, develop, and inspire a world-class global team.  It carries full accountability for a current $20M budget, with responsibility for optimizing spending, shaping investment priorities, and ensuring that financial decisions accelerate innovation, efficiency, and enterprise value creation.

Essential Duties

Enterprise Strategy & Leadership

• Set and execute the long-term global Data engineering and analytics strategy, ensuring alignment with business growth objectives, digital transformation, and GIS priorities.
• Lead, develop, and scale a high-performing team of 151 employees and contractors, with responsibility for organizational growth, succession planning, and workforce expansion.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to the CIO and C-suite executives, influencing strategic direction and shaping enterprise-wide technology decisions.
• Drive a culture of innovation, accountability, cost discipline, and agility to accelerate business value.
• Oversee a $20M+ annual budget, with full responsibility for strategic investment, vendor/partner negotiations, and resource allocation to maximize ROI and enable scalable growth.

Global Execution & Delivery

• Oversee delivery of secure, scalable, and high-performance Data engineering and business intelligence platforms across geographies.
• Ensure projects and programs are consistently delivered on time, within budget, and in compliance with quality and regulatory standards.
• Establish global delivery frameworks that balance regional agility with enterprise standardization.
• Champion continuous improvement in system performance, cost optimization, and speed to insight.

Enterprise Partnership & Influence

• Align closely with all GIS functions to ensure data engineering and data solutions enable and advance their strategic roadmaps.
• Engage directly with senior executives to demonstrate the strategic value of data and business intelligence investments.
• Harmonize competing priorities across global business units, balancing innovation with compliance and efficiency.

Governance, Risk & Compliance

• Establish and enforce enterprise wide data engineering and data governance frameworks to safeguard quality, security, and compliance.
• Ensure adherence to global regulatory requirements (e.g., 21 CFR 820, ISO 13485, MDSAP, IVDR, GDPR, HIPAA, SOX, CCPA).
• Implement robust risk management policies, business continuity plans, and controls to ensure operational resilience.

Key Competencies

• Executive Leadership: Proven ability to inspire large global teams and engage C-suite executives as a trusted advisor.
• Strategic Vision & Transformation: Demonstrated success setting enterprise-wide strategy and driving multi-year transformation.
• Operational Excellence: Track record of delivering predictable, measurable results across global portfolios.
• Change Leadership