Associate Director – Data Engineering Lead

Novartis

. Define and enforce enterprise standards for data engineering, pipeline reliability, and production controls .

Posted 10/20/2026full-timeEast Hanover • New Jersey • United StatesSenior💰 $152,600 - $283,400 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in designing and governing enterprise data pipelines while ensuring compliance with data governance and privacy standards. Proficient in implementing data observability and automation to enhance data reliability and operational performance.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Data EngineeringData GovernanceData Pipeline MonitoringData ObservabilityEnterprise Data Architecture

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Hard Skills

Data Pipeline DesignData Product ManagementSchema ValidationData IntegrationData Contract Lifecycle ManagementOperational AlertingAnomaly DetectionMetadata CaptureLineage GenerationTesting and Reporting

Soft Skills

CollaborationLeadershipProblem-SolvingCommunication

Certifications & Qualifications

Cloud CertificationData Engineering CertificationData Management CertificationArchitecture Certification

Industry Keywords

Data GovernanceCompliance-Driven Data EnvironmentsPrivacy-Sensitive DataEnterprise Data PlatformsData Modeling

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define and enforce enterprise standards for data engineering, pipeline reliability, and production controls
Design and oversee scalable, governed data pipelines supporting critical business and data domains
Lead the enterprise data contract lifecycle, including review, approval, governance, and enforcement
Implement data observability capabilities across monitoring, anomaly detection, service levels, and operational alerting
Establish controls that ensure critical data elements remain traceable, validated, and protected
Develop safeguards preventing incomplete, inaccurate, or non-compliant data from reaching downstream systems
Partner with data modeling teams to align engineering implementation with approved enterprise data models
Collaborate across governance, privacy, architecture, and platform teams to enable compliant data delivery
Drive automation for deployment, validation, metadata capture, lineage generation, testing, and reporting
Monitor operational performance and lead resolution of pipeline, contract, and data reliability issues

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Engineering, Data Management, Engineering, Analytics, or a related field
5+ years of experience in data engineering, data governance, data architecture, data product management, or enterprise data platform delivery
Experience designing, building, or governing enterprise data pipelines, data products, data platforms, or data integration capabilities
Direct experience with data contracts, schema validation, data pipeline monitoring, data observability, or data product certification
Experience working in complex enterprise environments with multiple data producers, consumers, vendors, platforms, and governance stakeholders
Advanced degree or relevant cloud, data engineering, data management, or architecture certification
Experience supporting regulated, privacy-sensitive, or compliance-driven data environments
Must be accessible to the East Hanover, New Jersey site if applying for the preferred location
Company will not sponsor visas for this position

Benefits

Comp & perks

Performance-based cash incentive
Eligibility to be considered for annual equity awards, depending on the level of the role
Health benefits
Life benefits
Disability benefits
401(k) with company contribution and match
Vacation
Personal days
Holidays
Other leaves
Reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities