US Data Lakehouse Tribe Lead

Job Description

We aspire to be the premier research-intensive biopharmaceutical company. Were at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions that advance the prevention and treatment of diseases in people and animals. Join our team as a US Commercial Data Lakehouse Tribe Lead and be a part of our mission to use the power of leading-edge science to save and improve lives around the world.

Delivery Accountability

• Own end-to-end delivery accountability for US Commercial Bronze and Silver data products across multiple delivery squads.

• Coordinate delivery activities across squads chapters and supporting competencies (QA Reliability DevOps).

• Ensure predictable delivery outcomes aligned with agreed priorities milestones and capacity commitments.

• Act as the primary escalation point for delivery risks cross-team dependencies and execution blockers.

Planning and Alignment

• Support PI planning backlog alignment and dependency management in a scaled agile / SAFe delivery environment.

• Take over operational ownership of the modernized US Commercial data platform on Databricks once migration activities are completed.

• Ensure the platform is stable observable and fit for continuous Bronze and Silver data delivery.

• Work with Architecture Reliability and Platform teams to ensure operational standards monitoring and support processes are in place.

Continuous Improvement and Innovation

• Drive continuous improvement of data pipelines and products within the boundaries of established platform and governance standards.

• Drive and encourage AI-enabled delivery methods across US data delivery including automation assisted development and intelligent quality checks in line with chapter standards and governance.

• Promote the use of AI to improve delivery efficiency consistency and time-to-value across Bronze and Silver data pipelines.

• Work with Architecture and Platform teams to ensure AI-enabled approaches are applied responsibly aligned with enterprise compliance data governance and observability requirements.

• Encourage experimentation and adoption of new delivery patterns and tooling that support scalable repeatable and AI-ready data foundations.

Strategy and Communication

• Co-create and maintain the US Commercial data domain strategy together with Data & Information Architecture and Gold Analytics stakeholders.

• Ensure Bronze and Silver data products are aligned to clearly defined Gold use cases and business outcomes.

• Translate the domain strategy into clear delivery priorities and execution plans for delivery squads.

• Promote reuse consistency and standard data patterns across the US Commercial domain.

• Serve as the main point of contact for the Domain Analysis & Planning team responsible for intaking structuring and planning requirements into delivery in close cooperation with Bronze and Silver layer leads.

• Communicate delivery status risks and trade-offs clearly and transparently to stakeholders.

• Align delivery priorities with adjacent domains (e.g. Market Access Forecasting) where data dependencies exist.

Governance and Compliance

• Ensure data governance lineage and quality standards are consistently applied across all US Commercial Bronze and Silver pipelines.

• Enforce adherence to SDLC audit and compliance requirements where applicable.

• Partner with QA and Reliability teams to improve data quality incident response and operational resilience.

• Experience leading or coordinating data delivery across multiple squads or teams in an enterprise environment.

• Strong understanding of data platforms and analytics delivery including Bronze / Silver / Gold concepts.

• Experience working with cloud data platforms preferably Databricks or equivalent technologies.

• Proven ability to drive delivery through influence and coordination without relying on formal line management.

• Experience working in scaled agile delivery models.

• Strong communication skills able to work effectively with technical analytical and business stakeholders.

• Experience working in global distributed teams across multiple time zones.

• Experience in US Commercial Market Access or Life Sciences data domains is preferred.

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