Associate Director - Catalog lead

Job Title: Associate Director - Catalog Lead

Career Level - F

Introduction to Role:
Join us at AstraZeneca in the Metadata Discovery and Access Team as a Catalog Lead. This full-time Grade F role is based at our GITC site in Chennai. As part of our Information and Data Enablement (IDE) capability, we are seeking a Technical Lead for our metadata discovery workstream. You will work closely with the Enterprise Data Marketplace Product Owner on the technical roadmap and delivery of our business needs. Your responsibility will include leading the technical team on solutioning requirements on Collibra and EvEx platform, user interfaces, APIs, data models, and workflows. 

Accountabilities:
You will be accountable for the excellence of code & test-driven development and collaborating with the Business Analyst, Project Manager, Scrum Master and IA to ensure effective day-to-day execution of a metrics-driven SDLC. You will need a collaborative delivery approach to be successful. We use Scaled Agile with standard-length program increments (12-14 weeks). 

Essential Skills/Experience:
- Technical Proficiency: Experience working in Data Governance Platforms such as Collibra, Evidence Explorer, Data.world, Atlan.
- Metadata Domain Knowledge: Good understanding of the tech and business metadata usage across the organization.
- Engineering Leadership: Hands-on experience of engineering best practices including CICD, automated testing, cloud infrastructure, requirements gathering code review etc.
- Agile Delivery: Proven experience in delivering Metadata solutions and service at scale in large, complex settings.
- Service Excellence and Continuous Improvement: Ensure delivery of services focusing on automation, reuse, and standardized platforms.
- Optimization and Collaboration: Ensure coordinated efforts across enterprise team, IT DO and business DO for maximum impact.
- Strategic Alignment: Engage with Product Owners and leads of other workstreams in the Data Discovery and Access team to develop integrated solutions and technical roadmaps of the products/platforms in use.
- Stakeholder Relationships: Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, ensuring technical designs and solutions meet their strategic goals.
- Team Management: Lead and support your team, focusing on their wellbeing, performance, and professional development.
- Enterprise Integration: Collaborate with enterprise leaders to leverage global solutions and provide necessary support to business areas.
- Strategic thinking: Ability to see beyond the tactical day to day noise and shape long term D&AI strategy in line with long term business strategy.

- Undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Informatics, or equivalent experience.
- Proven experience of leading and growing engineering teams with a track record of developing talent and fostering a collaborative team environment.
- Proven experience of innovation, Lean and agile delivery methodologies.
- Excellent communication and influencing skills to communicate with senior stakeholders across IT & business.

When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That's why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we're not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.

At AstraZeneca, we are committed to making a meaningful impact. Our work has a direct impact on patients by transforming our ability to develop life-changing medicines. We empower the business to perform at its peak and lead a new way of working, combining cutting-edge science with leading digital technology platforms and data. Join us at a crucial stage of our journey in becoming a digital and data-led enterprise. Make the impossible possible by building partnerships and ecosystems, creating new ways of working and driving scale and speed to deliver exponential growth. 

Are you ready to disrupt an industry and change lives? Apply now and be part of our journey!

AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorisation and employment eligibility verification requirements.