Senior Director, Data Infrastructure

At Horizon Therapeutics, we define success by the number of lives touched, lives changed, and lives saved. Our global biotechnology company is made up of agile, out-of-the-box thinkers with a focus on delivering breakthrough medicines to those living with rare, autoimmune, and severe inflammatory diseases.

This is the heart of our global mission. Start a career that enables you to live up to your potential and help others live up to theirs. Join us. The exceptional support we provide patients and communities equally extends to our employees. We offer industry-leading and award-winning benefits, compensation and rewards programs that positively impact all areas of our employees' personal and professional lives.

Position Summary:

The Senior Director, Data Infrastructure leads a growing team of Data Infrastructure engineers in onboarding and managing all enterprise data assets, providing best practices and coaching on ETL, data management, data quality, and data automation to the team.

Perhaps as important, you will assist in advising the greater Enterprise Analytics team on how to most effectively utilize our data and data platform to generate meaningful and actionable insights to the business.

Responsibilities

Manages and guides team leads in day-to-day operations, helping them support the Data Engineers in task prioritization and project management

Serves as a liaison with the Brand Analytics teams to ensure efficient and effective use of the data warehouse, including management, design, and implementation of a robust pre-processed Analytics Layer, business rules, and KPIs

Maintains a critical eye on the data needs of the business as well as technical landscape, making recommendations to the business for new data sourcing, technology, or integration to help drive key insights generation

Works with Associate Director(s) to instill best practices amongst team in ETL (Extract Transform Load), robust data validation/cleansing, advanced coding in Transact SQL and Python

Designs and implements advanced structures within data platform to support concepts such as Customer360, MDM Integration, and Omni-Channel Marketing

Leads relationships with the cross-functional teams such as CRM, Medical Affairs Operations, Trade, etc

Works with Associate Director(s) to manage documentation processes and data transparency with the rest of the organization

Assists Executive Director in long range, future state, planning for Data Infrastructure capabilities and effectiveness

Qualifications and Skills Required

BA/BS required10+ years in the pharmaceutical industry, including experience in Data Infrastructure, Market Research and/or Sales Analytics

Demonstrated successful cross-functional collaboration and leadership

Demonstrated high proficiency in understanding data, data nuances, and application of data to pharmaceutical business needs

Proven ability to plan, organize, and manage complex requirements through creation and refinement of processes that drive enterprise data development practices

Proficient in components of data management and enterprise data platforms, specifically:

SQL language:

Transact-SQLETL technologies and processes, specifically SQL Server Integration Services and Azure Databricks

Tables, keys, and indices

Stored Procedures, Functions, Views, and Triggers

Azure Data Lake

Azure Data Factory

Python

High degree of independence and exceptional work ethic

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Professional, proactive demeanor, and strong interpersonal skills

Our Values

Transparency:

We value collaboration. Trusting teach other and tackling tough challenges can make a powerful difference.

Accountability:

We do what's right for our patient communities through quality decisions and owning our successes and failures.

Growth:

We fiercely innovate and evolve to better ourselves, our communities and our patients.

These three values come to life through our five Leadership Expectations that apply to all Horizon employees

Enterprise Mindset:

Look beyond one's team, brand or function to see the broader company and external perspective

Exhibit Intellectual Curiosity:

Seek to understand what you do not know; ask the right questions of the right people and sources

Ensure Accountability and Courage:

Step up to address difficult issues and hold self and others accountable to commitments

Embrace Diverse Perspectives:

Welcome others with a respectful attitude; integrate diverse perspectives into ways of working

Develop Talent:

Provide feedback, coaching and mentorship to help others be more effective in their role

At Horizon, we know that disease does not discriminate. We embrace the bold ideas of one another, foster a sense of belonging, and value inclusion. We attract and develop diverse talent because we believe that when people from different backgrounds and life experiences come together, we make lives better.

Horizon intends that all qualified applications are given equal opportunity, and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by law.