Director, Data

The Director, Data & AI Engineering is responsible for designing, developing, and scaling enterprise data pipelines, and analytics and AI/ML algorithms to create operation efficiencies and create business value. The role ensures that data pipelines, models, and AI/ML engineering frameworks are reliable, secure, compliant, and optimized for business value delivery. This position leads a team of engineers to enable seamless integration of data from biotech systems, support AI/ML lifecycle management, and ensure the organization's data foundation supports innovation and regulatory compliance.

Principal Accountabilities

• Design, implement, and maintain enterprise-scale data pipelines for data ingestion, processing, storage to support advanced analytics and ML workloads.
• Lead and mentor a team of data engineers, data scientists and AI/ML engineers to build scalable, secure, and compliant solutions.
• Design, implement, and maintain cloud-native solutions (AWS, Azure) for applying AI/ML to solve business problems in a biotech environment.
• Ensure integration of biotech systems (MES, LIMS, SCADA, ERP, QMS) into centralized data platforms.
• Implement MLOps practices to streamline model deployment, monitoring, and lifecycle management.
• Collaborate with product managers, product engineers, platform architects, and business stakeholders to align data and AI engineering solutions with business requirements.
• Drive performance optimization, cost management, and reliability of cloud-based data/AI infrastructure.
• Partner with cybersecurity and compliance teams to ensure adherence to GxP, FDA 21 CFR Part 11, and data privacy regulations.
• Stay current with emerging technologies (data mesh, real-time streaming, digital twins, generative AI platforms) and introduce relevant innovations.
• All other duties that may be assigned from time to time.

Minimum Education And Experience Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, AI/ML Engineering, or related technical discipline required.
• 10+ years of professional experience in data engineering, AI/ML engineering, or cloud platform engineering.
• Minimum of 6 years in a technical leadership or team lead role.
• Strong experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure).
• Proven experience implementing MLOps/DevOps pipelines for scalable AI/ML deployment.
• Familiarity with biotech or life sciences systems and regulatory compliance frameworks (GxP, FDA, EMA).

Preferred Education And Experience

• Master's degree in Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, or Cloud Computing preferred.

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Technical: Expertise in distributed systems, data pipelines, cloud architecture, APIs, and MLOps frameworks.
• AI/ML Engineering: Proficiency in deploying ML models at scale, container orchestration, monitoring, and lifecycle management.
• Biotech / Regulatory: Knowledge of biotech IT/OT systems (MES, LIMS, SCADA), and compliance frameworks (GxP, FDA, data privacy).
• Leadership: Ability to lead, mentor, and develop high-performing technical teams.
• Analytical: Strong problem-solving, optimization, and troubleshooting skills for large-scale data systems.
• Soft Skills: Effective communication with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, influencing at senior levels.
• Other: Passion for emerging technologies, continuous improvement, and building innovative engineering cultures.

FUJIFILM Biotechnologies
is an industry-leading Biologics Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) with locations in Hillerød, Denmark, Teesside, UK, RTP, North Carolina and College Station, Texas, USA. We use our skills, dedication, and ambition to enable impact for the world's most innovative biotech and biopharma companies reimagining healthcare's potential. We work across the entire lifecycle of our customers' products – enabling success throughout. Every cure, vaccine, biologic, and advancement we contribute to starts with our people and our passion. We fuel one another's passion, help accelerate progress, expand capabilities, strengthen innovation, and improve processes to improve lives.

We aim to foster a collaborative, innovative and rewarding environment, where diverse perspectives and people come together united by a common purpose and shared values. We pursue our fullest potential as individual contributors and team members. We strive to be the employer of choice and offer a competitive compensation and benefit package. This role can be in connection to any of Fujifilm Biotechnologies sites.

FUJIFILM Biotechnologies (FDB) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identify or any other protected class.

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