Senior Director, Software Engineering

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At Genentech Research & Early Development (gRED) we have initiated an exciting journey to bring together and further strengthen our computational talent and capabilities by forming a new, central organization - gRED Computational Sciences (gCS).  gCS is on a mission to partner across the organization to realize the potential of data, technology and computational approaches that will revolutionize how targets and therapeutics are discovered and developed, ultimately enabling novel treatments for patients across the world.  We stand at the beginning of an exciting journey.  

The Computational Catalysts group within gCS is a diverse, curious and action-driven team at the intersection of computation, engineering and science with ambition to advance our technical excellence. The focus of the team is on partnering with the informatics and scientific communities to create a computational and data ecosystem that powers scientific discovery and accelerates decision making.  We aim to modernize our ability to acquire, store, link, share, find and analyze data across the organization through scalable and integrated solutions that truly make every data point count.  Reporting directly to the Executive Director, Data Solutions and Engineering this Function Tech Lead will play a key role in defining and executing the strategy for the Data Fabric for this newly created group.  

The Data Solutions and Engineering group within Computational Catalyst is accountable for establishing a common Data Fabric which connects our Systems, specifically our Data Pipelines and Applications for data acquisition, collection, storage, transformation, linkage and sharing. This team strives to build delightful applications and systems for our stakeholders with a strategic mindset. The team is responsible for the end to end product lifecycle management and the work done is leveraged downstream for building key scientific insights and enabling our ML/AI workflows and models. The Senior Director of Software Engineering will closely work with Software Engineers, Product Tech/ML Ops and Function Tech Leads in their role.

Join us on an exciting journey as we build a new, centralized Computational Sciences organization. We are on a mission to revolutionize how therapeutics are discovered and developed by realizing the full potential of data and technology. As the Senior Director of Software Engineering, you will be a visionary technical leader at the heart of this transformation, defining and executing the strategy for our foundational Data Fabric and building the teams that make it a reality.

• Provide the strategic engineering vision for our Data Fabric, identifying opportunities to build common, scalable solutions while consolidating legacy systems.

• Recruit, hire, and develop an inclusive, high-performing software engineering organization, fostering a culture of trust, collaboration, and continuous learning.

• Drive technical excellence by setting and championing best practices for data pipelines and applications across scientific domains.

• Lead the architectural design of our data ecosystem, leveraging modern patterns like microservices and event-driven design to ensure our systems are robust and interoperable.

• Champion an Open Source, Cloud First, API First, and AI First approach to problem-solving, influencing the adoption of key technologies and methodologies.

• Integrate diverse data sets to enable a wide range of use cases, from advanced AI/ML models and natural language search to reporting and analytics.

• Establish and foster strong collaborative partnerships with scientific and technical leaders across the organization to break down silos and accelerate innovation.

• Act as a key contributor to our resourcing strategy, ensuring priorities are staffed effectively to deliver maximum impact.

You are an experienced and highly credible servant leader with a passion for building exceptional teams and pioneering technology. You excel at creating trusted partnerships and can align diverse groups toward a common technical vision, mentoring and coaching others to achieve outstanding results. You bring the following qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a similar technical field (Master's or higher preferred), with 12+ years of experience in software engineering.

• 7+ years of formal leadership experience, with a proven ability to build, manage, and develop high-performing engineering teams.

• Deep expertise in modern software and data engineering, including full-stack development, cloud-native architecture, data analytics (SQL/NoSQL, ETL), and APIs (REST, GraphQL).

• Demonstrated experience leading the technical direction of large, complex projects across multiple teams, influencing stakeholders to achieve outstanding results.

• A strategic mindset with the ability to optimize for long-term goals, paired with a strong sense of urgency and a passion for technical excellence and user-centric design.

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