Associate Director, Data Engineering & Architecture
Biogen
August 14, 2026
Remote friendly (Triangle, NC)
United States
IT
What You’ll Do
- Define and maintain enterprise data architecture standards, technology strategies, and Snowflake roadmaps.
- Establish data governance standards (metadata management, data quality, lineage, privacy compliance).
- Evaluate emerging technologies in cloud, AI, analytics, and data via assessments and POCs.
- Collaborate with IT stakeholders to align solutions with business objectives.
- Lead architecture design, solution reviews, and technical governance for data initiatives.
- Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance for implementation teams.
- Manage and prioritize stakeholder requests to align with business needs.
- Facilitate meetings with IT and business stakeholders to drive alignment.
- Engage with leadership to manage cross-department dependencies.
- Make independent decisions on complex projects and strategic initiatives.
- Plan and estimate project timelines to deliver against priorities.
Required Skills
- Bachelor’s Degree.
- 10+ years’ experience in Data Management, Analytics, or related.
- 3+ years’ experience in cross-system, full-stack architecture using Snowflake.
- Proven ability to develop Snowflake data platform roadmaps.
- Strong expertise in cloud data platforms, data modeling, and data governance.
- Experience supporting enterprise analytics, reporting, AI/ML, and data-driven business initiatives.
Preferred Skills
- Pharmaceutical/Biotech industry experience.
- Experience with Snowflake, Databricks, AWS, Power BI, Informatica, and modern data engineering platforms.
- GxP and regulated environment experience.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, Vision, & Life insurances; fitness/wellness programs; short- and long-term disability.
- Paid vacation (minimum 15 days) plus end-of-year shutdown (Dec 26–Dec 31).
- Up to 12 paid holidays + 3 paid days off for Personal Significance; sick time (80 hours).
- Paid maternity and parental leave.
- 401(k) with company match; employee stock purchase plan.
- Tuition reimbursement up to $10,000/calendar year.
- Employee Resource Groups participation.
- Define and maintain enterprise data architecture standards, technology strategies, and Snowflake roadmaps.
- Establish data governance standards (metadata management, data quality, lineage, privacy compliance).
- Evaluate emerging technologies in cloud, AI, analytics, and data via assessments and POCs.
- Collaborate with IT stakeholders to align solutions with business objectives.
- Lead architecture design, solution reviews, and technical governance for data initiatives.
- Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance for implementation teams.
- Manage and prioritize stakeholder requests to align with business needs.
- Facilitate meetings with IT and business stakeholders to drive alignment.
- Engage with leadership to manage cross-department dependencies.
- Make independent decisions on complex projects and strategic initiatives.
- Plan and estimate project timelines to deliver against priorities.
Required Skills
- Bachelor’s Degree.
- 10+ years’ experience in Data Management, Analytics, or related.
- 3+ years’ experience in cross-system, full-stack architecture using Snowflake.
- Proven ability to develop Snowflake data platform roadmaps.
- Strong expertise in cloud data platforms, data modeling, and data governance.
- Experience supporting enterprise analytics, reporting, AI/ML, and data-driven business initiatives.
Preferred Skills
- Pharmaceutical/Biotech industry experience.
- Experience with Snowflake, Databricks, AWS, Power BI, Informatica, and modern data engineering platforms.
- GxP and regulated environment experience.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, Vision, & Life insurances; fitness/wellness programs; short- and long-term disability.
- Paid vacation (minimum 15 days) plus end-of-year shutdown (Dec 26–Dec 31).
- Up to 12 paid holidays + 3 paid days off for Personal Significance; sick time (80 hours).
- Paid maternity and parental leave.
- 401(k) with company match; employee stock purchase plan.
- Tuition reimbursement up to $10,000/calendar year.
- Employee Resource Groups participation.