Principal Data Engineer, Marketing

Overview

Alnylam Pharmaceuticalsisbuildingadata-drivendigitalmarketingcapabilitythatintegratestechnologyandcommercialoperationstodeliverpersonalizedexperiencesforhealthcareprofessionalsandpatientsacrossourrarediseaseportfolio.

The Associate Director ,Marketing Dataand Software Engineeringservesastheprimarytechnicalinterfacebetweenthe Data ,AI&Enterprise Architectureorganizationandthe Commercial /Marketingbusinessfunction,owningtheengineeringbackbonethatpowers

Alnylam'sdigitalmarketingexecution:data pipelines,platformintegrations,CDPactivation,andanalyticsinfrastructureconnectingthe

Alnylam Data Platform (Snowflakelakehouse) tothemarketingtechnologyecosystem.

Reportingtothe

HeadofAI,Data&Engineering,thisrolepartnersdailywiththe

Chief Marketing Officer 'sorganizationtotranslatemarketingdataandtechnologyrequirementsintoproduction-gradeengineeringsolutions.

Thepositionmanagesateamofdataengineers,softwareengineers,andMarTechintegrationspecialists,andservesastheengineeringco-lead across

Alnylam'sfive-teamcommercialdigitalmarketingstructure.

Thisisahybridrolebasedin Cambridge,MA,with3daysperweekonsite.

• Owntheend-to-endmarketingdatapipelinearchitecture,ingestingdatafromallmarketingplatforms(Veeva,Adobe Experience Cloud ,Salesforce,Google Ads,paidmedia) intothe
  
  Snowflakedatalakehouseusingthe Alnylam Common Integration Pattern (Snowflake Data Sharing ,Fivetran,Snowpipe)
• DesignandmaintainthecomposableCDParchitecturewith Snowflakeasthesystemofrecordand Salesforce Data Cloudastheactivationlayer ,ensuringidentityresolution,consentpropagation,andeventschemasarestandardizedacrossallmarketingtouchpoints
• Architectandmaintainthe"dataspine":thestandardizedintegrationlayerconnectingallmarketingexecutiontoolstothe
  
  Snowflake/dbtcore,eliminatingadhocpoint-to-pointintegrationsthatcreatetechnicaldebt
• Leadthetechnicalimplementationofreal-timejourneyorchestrationinfrastructure,includingaudiencesuppressionlogic,frequencycaps,channelsequencing,andagenticdecisioningcapabilitiesusingAWSBedrock
• Serveastheprimarytechnicalinterfaceto Commercial/Marketingbusinessstakeholders,partnering with
  
  Businessco-lead Directorsacrossthefivecommercialdigitalmarketingteams(Audience Science,Digital Experience,Content Intelligence,Omnichannel Delivery,Performance Analytics)
• LeadtheengineeringimplementationofAI-poweredmarketingcapabilities,including
  
  Next-Best-Experienceengineinfrastructure,audiencepropensitymodelingpipelines,contentpersonalizationatscale,andGenerative Engine Optimization (GEO) monitoringacrossAIsearchplatforms
• Manageanddevelopateamofdataengineers,softwareengineers,Mar Techintegrationengineers,andBIengineerswhilecontributinghands-ontoproductioncode,architecture decisions,andtechnicaldesignreviews

• Bachelor'sdegreein
  
  Computer
  
  Science,Data Engineering,Software Engineering,orarelatedtechnicalfield;
  
  Master'sdegreepreferred
• 10+yearsofprogressiveexperienceindataengineering,software engineering,orplatformengineering,withatleast5yearsinaleadershiprolemanagingtechnicalteams
• 3+yearsofexperiencebuildingdatapipelinesandplatformintegrationsformarketing,commercialanalytics,ordigitalexperienceteams;pharmaceuticalorlifesciencesindustryexperiencestronglypreferred
• Deephands-onexpertisewiththemoderndatastack:
  
  Snowflake,dbt,Fivetran,andcloud-nativeorchestrationtools(Astronomer/Airflow)
• ProductionexperiencewithCDParchitectures,including
  
  Salesforce Data Cloud ,Adobe Experience Platform ,orequivalentcomposableCDPimplementations
• Strongsoftwareengineeringfundamentals:
  
  Python,SQL,REST/GraphQLAPIs,CI/CD,and infrastructure-as-codepractices
• ExperiencewithAWSservices(Bedrock,Sage Maker,S3,Lambda) inaproductionenvironment
• Demonstratedabilitytoserveasatrustedtechnicalpartnertonon-technicalbusinessstakeholders,particularlyinmarketingandcommercialfunctions
• Understandingofpharmaceuticalregulatoryrequirementsincluding
  
  GxP,21
  
  CFRPart
  11,HIPAA,andMLRreviewprocessesastheyapplytomarketingdataandtechnology
• Experiencewithidentityresolution,consent management,and privacy-by-designarchitecturesinaregulatedindustry
• Familiaritywiththe Veevaecosystem(Vault Promo Mats ,CRM) anditsdataintegrationpatterns
• Backgroundinreal-timepersonalizationengineering,includingA/Btestinginfrastructure(Adobe Target) andjourneyorchestrationplatforms
• Experiencewithmulti-touchattributionmodelingandmarketingmixanalyticsdataproducts
• AWSSolutions Architectorequivalentcloudcertification
• Priorexperienceinraredisease,specialtypharma,orbiotechcommercialoperations
• Trackrecordofrecruitinganddevelopingengineeringtalentfromnon-pharmaindustries(financial services,technology,consumer digital)
• Travel:
  
  Minimal;occasionaltraveltovendorconferences(Google,AWS) andteamoffsites

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The pay range reflects the full-time base salary range we expect to pay for this role at the time of posting. Base pay will be determined based on a number of factors including, but not limited to, relevant experience, skills, and education. This role is eligible for an annual short-term incentive award (e.g., bonus or sales incentive) and an annual long-term…