Director - Principal Data Engineering Lead
- Location India - Chennai
- Experience ~10-18 yrs
- Job type Full-time
- Posted 13 Oct 2026
You will be taken to AstraZeneca’s own careers page to apply. Job ID R-261745.
Job description
Job Title: Director - Principal Data Engineering Lead GCL: F Location: Chennai
Introduction to role: Are you ready to turn the latest AI breakthroughs into resilient, production-grade systems that accelerate late-stage scientific discovery and move life-changing medicines closer to patients? Can you picture yourself setting enterprise-wide Data and AI strategy while building reusable autonomous frameworks and GenAI capabilities that scale with confidence? In this role, you will lead how we embed intelligence into the digital backbone of drug development. You will develop long-term platform funding priorities, capability roadmaps, and technology choices. Then you will translate strategy into solutions that make complex enterprise workflows simpler, safer, and faster for our scientists and product teams. Join us at a pivotal point in our transformation into a digital and data-led enterprise. Backed by investment and an ecosystem of partners, you will work across AI science, engineering and business partners to create patterns that become the standard and prove them through high-impact deliveries that stand up in a regulated environment.