Data Architect (Manufacturing & Quality) (Information Technology)
At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals!
As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets. We're driven by our vision of ‘Food and Companionship Enriching Life' and our approach to sustainability – the Elanco Healthy Purpose™ – to advance the health of animals, people, the planet and our enterprise.
At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success. Here, you'll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.
Making animals' lives better makes life better – join our team today!
Your Role:
The role will be a part of the Data Engineering & Platforms team which is responsible for transforming Elanco into a data-driven company through a dedicated focus on data architecture, engineering, and analytics. In this role, the M & Q Domain lead will also partner closely with enterprise data architects and peers to identify and implement global capabilities and deliver data solutions in alignment with Elanco's enterprise reference architecture and engineering framework. This position reports to the Senior Director IT – Data Engineering & Platforms.
Your Responsibilities:
Data Domain Architecture
- Partner across M & Q stakeholders and Product Management to develop an integrated data strategy for maximizing value derived from internal data assets and the external data ecosystem.
- Collaborate with business partners to identify, scope, and execute analytic efforts to answer business questions, solve business needs, and drive insights for Elanco.
- Maintain a holistic view of the functional data landscape and drive the adoption of data by identifying use cases across Elanco M & Q and other enterprise data assets.
- Align data products and pipelines with the enterprise data strategy and architecture.
- Design scalable data pipelines that will ingest, transform, and distribute numerous data streams and batches in support of key initiatives.
- Support and collaborate with Data Scientists developing advanced machine learning and statistical models.
- Prototype, test and learn, and plan the design and integration of workflows applied to M & Q data.
- Identify, design, and implement process improvements opportunity by automating manual processes and optimizing data delivery.
- Where required, deep dive key initiatives to help overcome technical incidents, complex problems and/or realize opportunities.
- Be accountable for contributing to business plan and financial forecasting based on the M & Q data portfolio.
Innovation
- Partner with M & Q stakeholders to develop comprehensive strategy for leveraging M & Q data and create mechanisms/models to accelerate development and/or improve probability of technical success.
- Engage with M & Q leaders on due diligence, proof-of-concepts, and exploratory work to assess partnership and/or new business opportunities.
- Actively engage in the external pharma and animal health science and technology ecosystem in seeking out advances and modern approaches for data management, analysis and advanced analytics in the M & Q space.
- Actively build and stay abreast of emerging technologies in the data space, guiding IT and the business partners on how to interpret and best leverage innovative technologies.
Enterprise Data
- Collaborate with the Data Engineering & Platforms Enterprise Architect to contribute to the enterprise design and delivery of efficient data platform and solution architectures, automation and technology choices starting from experimentation through proof of concept and delivery.
- Proactively engage with the IT community (internally and externally) across multiple channels, looking to share, represent, educate, and inspire.
- Serve as a coach for IT Data Product Owners/Analysts/Engineers to advance individuals' technical acumen.
- Establish strong partnerships with key service providers, helping to ensure technical competency and architecture alignment.
What you need to succeed (minimum qualifications):
- Education: B.S. in Information Systems/Computer Science.
- Required Experience: 5+ years of experience in architecting and delivering integrated data solutions. 3+ years of experience building and optimizing data pipelines in cloud/hybrid cloud computing environments (Azure, Google Cloud).
- Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States. Elanco Animal Health does not anticipate providing sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B or TN status) for this position
What will give you the competitive edge (preferred qualifications):
- Previous experience in a Manufacturing & Quality function
- Proven track record in leading and delivering on complex data projects
- Expertise in data management, information integration and analytics practices and capabilities.
- Experience working with modern data architectures and engineering methodologies (Domain driven data architecture, Scalable data pipelines, DataOps (CI/CD), API-Centric Design, SQL/NoSQL, FAIR data principles, etc.)
- Exposure to projects supporting development of data pipelines and data products using Azure storage, search, catalog, API management, and data processing & analytics services such as Azure Data Factory, Data Bricks, Synapse, and Power BI.
- Familiarity with Machine Learning workflows and Data Science concepts.
- Proven track record as a coach and/or mentor in developing technical skills.
- Good interpersonal and communication skills; proven ability to work effectively within a team.
Don't meet every single requirement? Studies have shown underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Elanco we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive work environment. If you think you might be a good fit for a role but don't necessarily meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply. You may be the right candidate for this role or other roles!
Elanco Benefits and Perks:
- We offer a comprehensive benefits package focusing on financial, physical, and mental well-being while encouraging our employees to pursue our purpose! Some highlights include:
- Multiple relocation packages
- Two weeklong shutdowns (mid-summer and year-end) in the US (in addition to PTO)
- 8-week parental leave
- 9 Employee Resource Groups
- Annual bonus offering
- Flexible work arrangements
- Up to 6% 401K matching
Elanco is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status
