Director, Data Engineering

Abbott

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Work type
On-site
Location
Madison, WI
Salary
$171,300–$342,700 / yr
Posted
21 days ago
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Confirmed live 2 days ago

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This role $257k
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About Abbott

Abbott Laboratories is a global healthcare company that manufactures and markets a broad and diversified line of health care products including diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals, and branded generic pharmaceuticals. Industry: Healthcare & Medical Devices

Abbott currently has 90 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $99,300–$198,700 across 89 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Director, Data Engineering

As the Director, Data Engineering for the Cancer Diagnostics division, you will serve as a senior data executive responsible for establishing the enterprise data strategy, governance model, and analytics roadmap. You will oversee the integration and staging of data while managing the development of data lakes, warehouses, and marts to support various business units. Your daily work involves defining investment priorities, ensuring regulatory compliance for data assets, and managing quality controls to mitigate corporate risk. The role requires expertise in modern cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP, distributed data systems, and contemporary data engineering frameworks. You will also manage AI/ML data pipelines, metadata management, and MLOps best practices. This position addresses the challenge of transforming complex, regulated data into actionable insights to support advanced cancer screening tests and next-generation diagnostic technologies.

What you'll do

  • Establish and own the enterprise data strategy, vision, and roadmap for the Cancer Diagnostics division.
  • Define governance models for data, algorithms, and automated decision-making systems.
  • Lead regulatory and compliance programs related to data and analytics assets.
  • Oversee the integration of data and the maintenance of data lakes, warehouses, and marts.
  • Manage data quality, interoperability, and risk controls for all corporate data sources.
  • Identify new data sources and processes to drive business innovation across the organization.
  • Develop enterprise information management policies for data stewardship and advocacy.
  • Execute large-scale digital and data transformation initiatives in a regulated environment.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s Degree in a related field, or Associate’s Degree and 2 years of experience, or High School Diploma/GED and 4 years of experience.
  • 18 years of progressive experience in data and software engineering, digital platforms, or enterprise technology leadership.
  • 10 years of progressive leadership experience leading cross-functional and enterprise teams.
  • Proven track record delivering large-scale digital and data transformation initiatives in complex, regulated, or global environments.
  • Expertise in modern cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), distributed data systems, and contemporary data engineering frameworks (preferred).
  • Strong knowledge of AI/ML data pipelines, metadata management, and MLOps best practices (preferred).
  • Exceptional leadership, communication, and collaboration skills with experience influencing senior executives and boards (preferred).
  • Experience managing multi-functional engineering teams and vendor/partner ecosystems (preferred).

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