Sr. Manager Software Engineering

What you will do

We are seeking a seasoned Senior Manager Software Engineering to lead our data engineering teams in developing and maintaining data pipelines and operational frameworks. This role focuses on deep domain expertise in process development and operations data. The successful candidate will drive best practices in data engineering, cloud technologies, and Agile development, ensuring robust governance, data quality, and efficiency.

You will collaborate extensively with global teams to ensure seamless integration and operational excellence. If you have a strong background in the end-to-end software development lifecycle, technical product ownership, business analysis, and leadership experience, we invite you to join us in driving key organizational initiatives and delivering high-quality results in a matrixed environment.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Maintain strong partnerships with leadership to ensure consistent communication, alignment, and stakeholder engagement.
• Lead and manage large, diverse teams across global and matrixed environments, including US and international locations.
• Embed global ways of working within local operations to ensure strategic consistency and cultural alignment.
• Collaborate with Platform, Product, and Service Owners to meet delivery commitments and manage escalations effectively.
• Define and execute technology growth strategies, including scaling capabilities and building high-performing teams in India and other key locations.
• Drive innovation by providing technical leadership, leading rapid experimentation, and delivering scalable solutions.
• Align technology investments with compliance, security, and regulatory standards.
• Cultivate a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement, and innovation.
• Champion team motivation, diversity, and inclusion through servant leadership and effective delegation.
• Mentor and grow talent, ensuring career development and succession planning within the team.
• Lead enterprise data operations including ingestion, validation, transformation, and publishing across cloud and on-premises systems.
• Develop and optimize operational workflows, job scheduling, monitoring, and incident response for reliability and scalability.
• Serve as the escalation point for data-related incidents, ensuring timely resolution and root cause analysis.
• Define and monitor key performance indicators (SLAs, latency, data quality) and drive continuous service improvements.
• Ensure adherence to GxP, quality standards, data privacy, and compliance requirements across all operations.
• Partner with governance, compliance, and security teams to maintain audit readiness and regulatory alignment.
• Build strong relationships with business and analytics partners to align operational priorities with data consumption needs.

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients.

Basic Qualifications:

• Doctorate degree / Master's degree / Bachelor's degree and 12 to 17 years of Computer Science, IT or related field experience.

Must-Have Skills:

• Background as a Technical Product Owner (TPO), people manager, and business analyst, ensuring the ability to oversee and guide a team to translate business needs into definition and delivery of technical solutions, guiding development teams, prioritizing features, and ultimate delivery and management of the digital products.
• Proven leadership skills with the ability to lead large matrixed teams. In addition, demonstrated experience in leading and developing a hard-working team of technology professionals, building a culture of innovation and continuous improvement within the team to deliver powerful solutions and platform improvements.
• Experience in implementing a strategic roadmap and driving transformation initiatives using Scaled Agile methodology.
• Strong skills in collaborating and communicating with cross-functional teams, business collaborators, and executives to ensure alignment of platform initiatives with business outcomes, handling expectations, and ensuring successful delivery of projects.
• Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or Life Sciences solid understanding of AWS and Databricks technology stacks

Preferred Qualifications:

• At least 5-8 years of domain knowledge in health and/or life sciences combined with Information Technology
• Understanding, and preferably applied experience and knowledge, in data management .
• Leadership experience within a highly regulated pharmaceutical or technology organization, with the ability to ensure compliance with industry regulations and standard methodologies for GxP software validation.
• Experience driving a collaborative culture that values technical depth, accountability, and customer service.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Understanding of ITIL processes and implementation.
• Experience handling vendor relationships and working with external partners or consultants to ensure optimal performance, support, and development of digital products.
• Passionate about data, data governance, and data modeling across analytical and transactional systems, with expertise in structured and unstructured data, AI, ML, and Generative AI. Knowledge of Graph databases, semantic modeling, and proficiency in Oracle, Databricks, R/Python are a plus.

Professional Certifications:

• Databricks Certificate preferred
• AWS Data Engineer/Architect

Soft Skills:

• Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work effectively with global, virtual teams
• High degree of initiative and self-motivation.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities successfully.
• Team-oriented, with a focus on achieving team goals
• Strong presentation and public speaking skills.