CDnA - Ad Tech Data Platform Engineering, Associate Director

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CDnA - Mar Sci Operations Associate Director role at Amgen

Join Amgen’s mission to serve patients living with serious illnesses. Amgen has a long-standing history in biotech with focus areas including Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease.

Amgen Data Science is seeking a US-based Associate Director of Marketing Science Operations to lead a globally distributed BI operations team. This role drives global BI delivery excellence, data quality rigor, and the integration of advanced analytics and AI technologies into the reporting ecosystem. You will transform BI operations into a scalable, automated, innovation-forward capability that supports decision-making across functions. You will champion AI-assisted analytics, automated data pipelines, and emerging technologies to elevate analytical maturity.

This is a Flexible Commuter role based at Amgen’s Thousand Oaks, CA, or Deerfield, IL office, requiring on-site presence 2–3 days per week.

• Lead and mentor BI Engineering Leads and their teams based in Portugal and India, fostering engineering excellence, accountability, and inclusion.
• Drive team performance using KPIs, SLAs, and delivery standards aligned to enterprise goals.
• Ensure seamless collaboration between global engineering teams and US-based business stakeholders.
• Oversee design, development, and maintenance of scalable and secure BI solutions across multiple domains.
• Implement modern development operations: version control, automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and monitoring for BI assets.
• Collaborate with teams to embed machine learning and AI-generated insights into dashboards and reporting workflows.
• Champion the adoption of emerging technologies (e.g., generative AI, LLMs, vector databases, natural language querying) to improve data access and user experience.
• Stay current with analytics innovation trends and integrate applicable tools into the BI ecosystem.
• Translate BI priorities and business goals into actionable, agile delivery plans for offshore teams.
• Collaborate with Architecture, Platform Engineering, and Governance to ensure compliance, scalability, and alignment.
• Promote a product-oriented delivery model and agile methodology across offshore BI teams.
• Promote self-service BI through governed, business-friendly data models and semantic layers.
• Drive process improvements and tooling enhancements to maximize development efficiency and business impact.

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The professional we seek is a collaborative partner with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

• Doctorate degree and 3 years of data engineering, science and/or operations experience
• Or Master’s degree and 5 years of data engineering, science and/or operations experience
• Or Bachelor’s degree and 7 years of data engineering, science and/or operations experience
• Or Associate’s degree and 12 years of data engineering, science and/or operations experience
• Or High school diploma / GED and 14 years of data engineering, science and/or operations experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• 8+ years of experience in data/BI engineering, data operations, or analytics delivery
• Extensive experience with SQL, Python and similar programming languages
• Understanding of data management, architecture and efficient data pipelines
• Demonstrated success in leading offshore or globally distributed technical teams
• Proficiency with BI platforms (Power BI, Tableau, Looker) and cloud-native data ecosystems (Snowflake, Databricks, Azure)
• Experience implementing Dev Ops practices for BI: version control, CI/CD, monitoring, automation
• Strong cross-functional communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Exposure to AI/ML integration into BI solutions or operationalizing AI outputs
• Experience in biotechnology, pharmaceutical, or other regulated environments

We support your professional and personal growth and well-being. From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture, we’ll support your journey every step of the way.

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