Senior Director - Engineering and Data Operations - OpenData

The Role

Veeva Systems is looking for a Senior Director of Engineering and Data Operations for the Open Data team. You'll lead both the engineering and data operations teams responsible for designing, building, and launching data & software products that onboard, process, and manage healthcare reference data.

You will lead a mixed team of engineering and data operations professionals, serving as the strategic and technical expert who defines the platform's future scalability through sound architecture and technical guidance. This involves overseeing the data platform's lifecycle: from acquiring data (government, professional, and web sources) and ensuring its curation and quality, to providing the technical vision for the enterprise software platform.

You’re passionate about building large-scale, data-focused platforms and excited about leading a high-performing development and operations team.

• Lead a unified team encompassing both Engineering and Data Operations
• Serve as a hands-on technical leader who can help build and design the platform alongside the team
• Own the architecture, build, and delivery of a new software platform on AWS
  , encompassing all elements: data source ingestion, data pipeline, curation/standardization, data governance, and overall platform architecture
• Drive technical decisions and design
  , translating complex data source requirements and product vision into sound technical architecture
• Oversee and optimize data operations activities, including data acquisition, cleansing, standardization, and quality checking processes to maintain high-quality HCP/HCO profiles and affiliations
• Develop and implement data management policies and procedures to ensure data integrity, security, access, and compliance
• Collaborate closely with Product Management, QA, and other cross‑functional R&D teams to manage priorities, backlogs, and deliver quality releases on time
• Provide leadership, guidance, and mentorship to foster a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, and quality within the team

• 5+ years leading engineering teams, tech leads, and managers
• 5+ years of experience working on large-scale enterprise data products or platforms
• Experience driving the adoption of new data tools and cultural shifts within a large organization
• Proven experience in architecting and delivering Big Data solutions in a fully managed cloud data warehouse
• Experience in driving technical architecture decisions and owning the full development process for external-facing, scalable data products
• Deep expertise in data governance principles
  , data modeling, data warehousing, and ETL/ELT processes
• Strong experience with the acquisition, curation, and management of complex data sources
  , particularly involving healthcare or governmental data
• Experience hiring, developing, and leading high-performing engineers and analysts
• Experience building and managing products in an Agile environment

• Strong experience with the acquisition, curation, and management of complex data sources, particularly involving healthcare or governmental data
• Deep experience with healthcare reference data or healthcare data in general

• Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance
• Flexible PTO and company paid holidays
• Retirement programs
• 1% charitable giving program

• Base pay: $165,000 - $220,000
• The salary range listed here has been provided to comply with local regulations and represents a potential base salary range for this role. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range above or below, depending on experience and location. We look at compensation for each individual and base our offer on your unique qualifications, experience, and expected contributions. This position may also be eligible for other types of compensation in addition to base salary, such as variable bonus and/or stock bonus.

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Veeva’s headquarters is located in the San Francisco Bay Area with offices in more than 15 countries around the world.

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