Associate Director Computing

Associate Director, High-Performance Computing

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This role is responsible for the architecture, implementation and management of high-performance computing platforms within the Takeda portfolio and for the day-to-day development and alignment of delivery to the strategic vision. It focuses on understanding and introducing emerging technology that will transform the way we engineer and deliver computing resources through cloud technology and platforms, including architecture, delivery, and communication of progress to stakeholders.

As a recognized expert within your business or function, you possess comprehensive expertise in high-performance computing and AWS architecture, with broad knowledge across related areas. You excel at anticipating internal/external challenges, recommending improvements, and providing leadership and consultative expertise in HPC across the business, regions, or functions. Your role involves shaping company policies, solving unique far-reaching problems affecting operations, disciplines, or other business units/functional areas/regions.

You frequently interact with equivalent-level managers and customer representatives, conducting briefings and technical meetings. Operating independently, you provide guidance in the most complex situations, lead functional teams or projects, and serve as a best practice and quality resource for scientific computing initiatives.

• Architect and implement scalable high-performance computing (HPC) solutions on AWS for computational chemistry, molecular dynamics, and large-scale genomics workflows.
• Lead planning, execution, and integration of HPC projects, ensuring timely, within-budget delivery aligned with enterprise systems.
• Partner with strategy, architecture, and business teams to analyze requirements, identify opportunities, and drive technology enhancements in scientific computing.
• Guide implementation, enhancement, and ongoing maintenance of HPC platforms, guiding support to maximize uptime and reliability.
• Drive experimentation and proof-of-concept initiatives to explore innovative features, automation techniques, and platform enhancements.
• Provide leadership for evaluating and recommending advanced frameworks, platforms, and tools for HPC solutions.
• Create reference architectures, documentation, guides, and training materials for HPC on AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Establish management processes to identify, verify, and document business, functional, and technical requirements for robust, technology-led solutions.

• Deep expertise in architecting cloud-based HPC resources using AWS Parallel Cluster, AWS Batch, AWS Healthomics.
• Hands‑on experience deploying and optimizing cloud storage solutions using Amazon S3, EFS, FSx for Lustre for high‑throughput data access.
• Extensive expertise in Linux system administration, HPC schedulers (SLURM), and parallel computing technologies (MPI, OpenMP).
• Strong proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and Cloud Formation.
• Experience with multi‑account AWS environments and CI/CD workflows for IaC deployments.
• Strategic planning to align HPC projects with business objectives and guide teams in complex, large‑scale scenarios.
• Monitoring, optimizing, and scaling compute resources to ensure robustness, high performance, and reliability for large data workloads.
• Managing relationships with stakeholders at all levels, ensuring clear communication and alignment on data‑centric goals and strategies.
• Working across functional boundaries to promote teamwork and achieve shared objectives in computing initiatives.
• Fostering an environment of collaboration, accountability, and innovation in data‑driven projects.
• Overseeing large‑scale HPC projects from inception to completion, ensuring delivery within budget and timeline constraints.
• Managing integration of data systems for seamless connectivity and high functionality across platforms.
• Innovative thinker, applying creative and cutting‑edge solutions to cloud computing challenges.
• Strong business…