Teva Pharmaceuticals · 17 hours ago
Senior Director, IT Business Application
Parsippany, NJ
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$186K/yr - $233K/yr
7+ years expTeva Pharmaceuticals is on a mission to make good health more affordable and accessible. They are seeking a visionary Senior Director to lead their Data Platform & Strategy team, focusing on enabling AI/ML capabilities across the enterprise and managing global teams and vendors.
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Responsibilities
Define and execute a comprehensive data and AI platform strategy aligned with enterprise goals
Drive adoption of modern data architectures (e.g., Data Mesh) and AI/ML product frameworks
Partner with business and technology leaders to prioritize and deliver high-impact data and AI initiatives
Lead the development and scaling of a cloud-native data platform (Azure, Databricks, Snowflake)
Integrate SAP BW and SAP Datasphere into the broader data and AI ecosystem
Enable AI/ML product development by ensuring robust data pipelines, feature stores, and model registries
Support LLM-based applications and agentic workflows using technologies such as LangChain, Hugging Face, Azure OpenAI, and vector databases (e.g., FAISS, Weaviate)
Establish and maintain ML Ops practices for model deployment, monitoring, and lifecycle management
Implement site reliability engineering (SRE) principles to ensure platform uptime, scalability, and performance
Collaborate with DevOps and cloud engineering teams to automate infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines
Lead agile teams in the design, development, and deployment of data and AI products
Translate business needs into scalable, governed, and reusable data assets
Ensure compliance with data privacy and regulatory standards
Implement data governance frameworks, including enterprise reporting using Informatica Cloud Data Manager and similar tools
Maintain centralized metadata, lineage, and cataloging for discoverability and trust
Manage and mentor a global team of data engineers, ML engineers, solution architects, and data analysts
Govern vendor relationships, performance metrics, and contract negotiations
Drive vendor selection and onboarding in collaboration with procurement and legal
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or related field
7+ years of experience in data platform engineering, architecture, or strategy roles
Proven experience with: Azure Databricks, SAP BW, SAP Datasphere
Informatica Cloud, Collibra, SQL, Python
ML Ops tools (e.g., MLflow, Kubeflow, Azure ML)
LLM/agent frameworks (e.g., LangChain, Hugging Face, Azure OpenAI)
Vector databases (e.g., FAISS, Pinecone, Weaviate)
Strong understanding of agile methodologies and experience leading agile teams
Experience in developing and supporting AI/ML products in a regulated industry
Familiarity with SRE principles and cloud-native infrastructure automation
Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
Experience managing global teams and external vendors
Preferred
Pharmaceutical, life sciences of finance industry experience
Familiarity with data mesh principles and federated governance
Knowledge of data privacy regulations (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA)
Experience with visualization tools (Power BI, Tableau) and project management tools (JIRA, Confluence)
Benefits
Generous annual leave
Reward plans
Flexible working schedules (dependent on role)
Access to tailored health support
Meaningful ways to give back to the community
Company
Teva Pharmaceuticals
Teva Pharmaceuticals is a pharmaceutical company that develops generic and innovative medicines.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$5.51BKey Investors
Royalty PharmaBerkshire Hathaway
2026-01-11Post Ipo Equity· $500M
2025-05-20Post Ipo Debt· $2.3B
2023-11-13Post Ipo Equity· $100M
Leadership Team
Dipankar Bhattacharjee
President & CEO: Generics Europe
Richard Francis
President and Chief Executive Officer
Recent News
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