Director II, Data Engineering - Business Technology Solutions

Role: Senior leader for Data Engineering supporting AbbVie's R&D development pipeline, from first-in-human trials through medical affairs. Responsibilities include defining and executing the vision, strategy, and multi-year roadmap for development data platforms, overseeing data ingestion, curation, integration, and quality. The leader manages approximately 15 engineers and 100 contractors, driving enterprise adoption of architecture standards, governance, and modernization initiatives. Collaborates across Clinical Operations, Regulatory, CMC, Data Management, and other functions to ensure trusted, compliant, data assets that enable analytics and decision-making. Key focus areas include platform modernization, data product creation, metadata, lineage, data quality automation, and regulatory compliance. Qualifications: Bachelor's in Computer Science or related field with 12+ years of experience, proven leadership in high-performing teams, extensive experience designing data architectures (including data products, feature stores, governance), and influencing senior stakeholders. Preferred: advanced degree, enterprise architecture background, cloud proficiency, regulated industry experience, and a track record in building large-scale data capabilities. The role requires strategic vision, operational discipline, and enterprise influence to scale trusted data infrastructure in a complex, regulated biopharma environment.