Novartis
Director Analytics Infrastructure, Pipeline Operations
Remote Position (USA) · Director
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About the role
- Please note that this role would not provide relocation as a result.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement intelligent, self-healing data pipelines that leverage AI/ML for automated data quality monitoring, anomaly detection, and remediation.
- Build and maintain centralized feature stores that enable feature reusability across multiple models and use cases.
- Create curated data repositories optimized for data science/AI workflows, including training datasets, evaluation datasets, and production serving layers.
- Develop automated feature engineering pipelines that transform raw data into analytics-ready features with lineage tracking.
- Partner with Enterprise IT to optimize analytics platform architecture for high-performance data science workloads.
- Build automated pipelines that integrate diverse data sources including sales, CRM, patient claims, real-world evidence, and unstructured data.
- Create self-service data access layers that empower data scientists and analysts to query and extract data independently.
- Establish SLAs for data availability, freshness, and quality; implement monitoring and observability solutions.
- 5+ years leading teams building enterprise-scale data platforms and feature stores.
- We strive to create an inclusive workplace that cultivates bold innovation through collaboration and empowers our people to unleash their full potential.
Requirements
- Advanced degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or related field;
- 10+ years of experience in data engineering, ML/AI engineering, or analytics infrastructure.
- Strong proficiency in Python, SQL, Spark/PySpark for large-scale data processing.
- Experience with data orchestration tools (Airflow, Prefect, dbt) and CI/CD for data pipelines.
- Expert knowledge of feature store technologies (Feast, Tecton, SageMaker Feature Store, Databricks Feature Store).
- Knowledge of streaming technologies, MLOps tools, and data lakehouse architecture.
Skills
- Job Description Summary
- Novartis has an exciting opportunity for a Director, Analytics Infrastructure & Pipeline Operations.
- This position can be based remotely anywhere in the U.S. (there may be some restrictions based on legal entity).
- The expectation of working hours and travel (domestic and/or international) will be defined by the hiring manager.
- This position will require 20% travel.
- Strategic thinker who can balance innovation (cutting-edge AI tools) with reliability (production stability).
Compensation
- The salary for this position is expected to range between $194,600 and $361,400 per year.
- The final salary offered is determined based on factors like, but not limited to, relevant skills and experience, and upon joining Novartis will be reviewed periodically.
- Novartis may change the published salary range based on company and market factors.
- Your compensation will include a performance-based cash incentive and, depending on the level of the role, eligibility to be considered for annual equity awards.
- $194,600.00 - $361,400.00
Benefits
- US-based eligible employees will receive a comprehensive benefits package that includes health, life and disability benefits, a 401(k) with company contribution and match, and a variety of other benefits.
- In addition, employees are eligible for a generous time off package including vacation, personal days, holidays and other leaves
Equal opportunity
- The Novartis Group of Companies are Equal Opportunity Employers.
- The Novartis Group of Companies are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities.
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