Sr Director, Enterprise Data & Analytics

Irvine, California, United States

We are seeking a visionary and results-driven Senior Director of Enterprise Data & Analytics to serve as a strategic leader and key partner to the business. This senior leadership level role will be responsible for expanding and executing the company’s enterprise data strategy, analytics capabilities, and driving the adoption of advanced AI and machine learning solutions across commercial and enterprise functions.

The ideal candidate brings deep pharmaceutical and life sciences expertise, hands‑on experience with modern cloud data platforms, and the strategic mindset to build world‑class data capabilities that enable faster, smarter decision‑making across the enterprise.

• Define and own the multi‑year enterprise data and analytics strategy, and roadmap aligning closely with the company’s commercial and corporate priorities ensuring data capabilities as a competitive differentiator.
• Serve as a trusted advisor and strategic partner to senior leadership and business stakeholders across commercial, finance, HR, medical affairs, market access, R&D and operations — translating complex data opportunities into clear business value.
• Partner with senior leadership team and IT to develop and execute corporate AI strategy and adoption.
• Proactively understand the industry trends and bring innovative data and AI capabilities to improve AI/ML adoption including Gen AI, integration of AI applications through MCP, predictive modeling and advanced analytics that drive measurable business outcomes.
• Lead the architecture, evolution, scalability, and lifecycle of a modern, cloud‑native enterprise data platform (e.g., Databricks, Azure, Tableau), ensuring it robustly supports the organization’s advancing analytics and AI workloads.
• Ensure robust data governance, security, privacy, retention and compliance standards — working in close partnership with Information Security, Legal, and Privacy teams to safeguard all data assets in alignment with HIPAA, GDPR, and other applicable regulations.
• Direct the strategy and governance for onboarding complex life sciences data ecosystems—including commercial, claims, provider (HCP), and third‑party logistics (3PL) streams—into a unified data landscape.
• Establish the architectural strategy for integrating advanced AI capabilities and external applications (e.g., Veeva, Salesforce) using modern, agnostic data exposure frameworks like MCP to drive seamless interoperability.
• Provide strategic oversight for the engineering teams responsible for building and maintaining robust ETL/ELT pipelines across commercial and enterprise data ecosystems.
• Serve as the organizational authority and subject matter expert on enterprise data architecture, data integration, and business intelligence—ensuring delivery of high‑impact executive insights and robust self‑service reporting frameworks.
• Implement data quality monitoring frameworks and SLAs to ensure that business‑critical data assets meet accuracy, completeness, and timeliness standards.
• Lead strategic vendor relationships across data platform providers (e.g., Snowflake, Databricks), pharma data suppliers (e.g., IQVIA), analytics tools vendors, and implementation partners.
• Lead and manage IT budgets for all enterprise data and analytics spend.
• Champion a data‑driven culture across the organization by establishing shared data literacy programs, self‑service analytics frameworks, and executive‑level reporting capabilities.
• Develop and retain a high performing team of data engineers, analysts, developers and consultants, fostering a culture of innovation, continuous learning and technical excellence.

• Bachelor’s in computer science, information systems, engineering or related field; advanced degrees such as MBA or MS will be a plus.
• 15+ years of progressive experience in data, analytics, and technology leadership, with a minimum of 5 years in a senior leadership role preferably in life sciences.
• Deep pharmaceutical or life sciences industry experience and business acumen with comprehensive understanding of commercial data ecosystems including HCP data, claims data, specialty…