Director, Data Product & Analytics Engineering – Pathway AI
BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.4 months ago
San Rafael, CA, USAStaff+
Responsibilities
- Develop and own the technical requirements framework, integrated use-case view, technical roadmap, and reusable data product foundation for Patient FIND.
- Build governed analytical datasets and data products across claims, EHR/EMR, lab, Rx, CRM, specialty pharmacy, digital engagement, and other approved sources.
- Establish standards for feature logic, cohort definitions, metadata, lineage, quality controls, documentation, access, and analytical workflows.
- Enable AI/ML teams with feature engineering, model input design, validation, monitoring, governance, explainability, and scalable model-enablement practices.
- Own signal readiness, deployment, consumption, and measurement frameworks connecting patient identification, engagement, outcomes, and model refinement.
- Lead cross-functional technical alignment and resolution of data, platform, privacy, compliance, governance, and access issues.
- Mentor technical contributors, establish delivery and review practices, and support future organizational design, hiring, talent development, and succession planning.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics, Bioinformatics, Health Informatics, Epidemiology, Life Sciences, or a related quantitative field.
- At least 8 years of progressive experience in data science, analytics engineering, healthcare analytics, data product development, life sciences analytics, or related technical leadership roles.
- Experience leading complex cross-functional data or analytics initiatives from ambiguous business needs through technical design, delivery, governance, and adoption.
- Strong SQL and Python capability, including transforming, profiling, validating, and analyzing large-scale healthcare or life sciences data.
- Experience developing reusable analytical datasets, feature logic, model inputs, data products, measurement layers, and production-grade analytical workflows.
- Experience with healthcare or pharmaceutical data such as claims, EHR/EMR, lab, Rx, CRM, specialty pharmacy, hub or patient services, digital engagement, or real-world data.
- Ability to set technical direction, influence senior stakeholders, align matrixed teams, and translate ambiguous strategic questions into technical requirements and recommendations.
- Strong understanding of data quality, metadata, reproducibility, lineage, access controls, privacy, governed analytics, and AI/ML enablement.
- Experience mentoring, guiding, or providing technical direction to data scientists, analytics engineers, contractors, or matrixed technical contributors.
- Preferred experience includes pharma, biotech, rare disease, specialty pharmacy, commercial or medical analytics, RWD, HEOR, patient identification, modern data platforms, MLOps, model monitoring, API-based data products, regulated environments, and commercial pharma use cases.
About BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.
BioMarin Pharmaceutical develops and commercializes therapies for rare, genetically defined diseases, serving patients, clinicians, and health systems worldwide. Its portfolio spans enzyme replacement, small‑molecule, and gene therapies, with revenue primarily from proprietary drug sales and related licensing. Founded in 1997 and headquartered in San Rafael, California, BioMarin is a public company traded on the NASDAQ.