Associate Director, Data Platforms

Madrigal Pharmaceuticals • Waltham, MA

1d • $177,000 - $216,000

About The Position

Madrigal is a biopharmaceutical company focused on delivering novel therapeutics for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), a serious liver disease that can progress to cirrhosis, liver failure, need for liver transplantation and premature mortality. Every member of our Madrigal team is connected by our shared purpose: leading the fight against MASH. Madrigal’s medication, Rezdiffra (resmetirom), is a once-daily, oral, liver-directed THR-β agonist designed to target key underlying causes of MASH. Rezdiffra is the first and only medication approved by both the FDA and European Commission for the treatment of MASH with moderate to advanced fibrosis (F2 to F3). An ongoing Phase 3 outcomes trial is evaluating Rezdiffra for the treatment of compensated MASH cirrhosis (F4c). Our success is driven by our people. We are building a dynamic, inclusive, and high-performing culture that values scientific excellence, operational rigor, and collaboration. To support our continued growth, we are strengthening our workforce strategy to ensure we have the right talent, at the right time, in the right way. Reporting to Executive Director of Data and Analytics as Associate Director of Data Platforms, you will own the enterprise data platform strategy, architecture, and execution, with a strong focus on Microsoft Fabric. This role is responsible for designing and operating a scalable, secure, and globally available data platform that supports analytical and operational data products. The AD will ensure platform reliability (SLAs), performance, governance, and cost efficiency, while enabling teams to build trusted data pipelines and reusable data products. This role partners closely with Data Engineering, Analytics, AI/ML, Cloud, Security, and Business stakeholders.

Requirements

• 10-12+ years of experience in data engineering, data platforms, or cloud architecture.
• Strong 2+ hands-on and architectural experience with Microsoft Fabric (or 8+ deep experience in Azure data services with Fabric adoption).
• Proven experience designing and operating large-scale, enterprise data platforms.
• Experience owning platform SLAs, reliability, and operational excellence.
• Strong understanding of data pipelines, Lakehouse architecture, and data warehousing.
• Experience with global / multi-region deployments and enterprise security models.
• Excellent communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in product-oriented data platforms or data mesh implementations.
• Familiarity with DevOps / DataOps, CI/CD, and Infrastructure-as-Code.
• Experience supporting AI/ML and advanced analytics workloads.
• Prior leadership experience managing senior engineers or platform teams.

Responsibilities

• Platform Architecture & Strategy · Own the end-to-end Microsoft Fabric architecture, including Lakehouse, Data Warehouse, OneLake, Data Pipelines, Notebooks, Real-Time Analytics, and Power BI integration.
• Define and maintain reference architectures, design standards, and best practices for enterprise data platforms.
• Drive global, multi-region scalability, resiliency, and performance of the data platform.
• Lead platform modernization, migrations, and roadmap evolution aligned to business needs.
• Platform Operations & SLAs · Own platform SLAs, SLOs, and operational KPIs (availability, latency, data freshness, cost).
• Establish monitoring, alerting, incident management, and on-call processes.
• Ensure high availability, disaster recovery, and business continuity for critical data workloads.
• Manage platform capacity planning, performance tuning, and cost optimization.
• Data Pipelines & Engineering Enablement · Provide architectural oversight for batch and streaming data pipelines built on Fabric.
• Define patterns for ingestion, transformation, orchestration, and data quality.
• Enable CI/CD, automation, and Infrastructure-as-Code for platform components.
• Partner with data engineering teams to ensure pipelines are reliable, scalable, and reusable.
• Governance, Security & Compliance · Define and enforce data governance, security, and access control within Fabric.
• Implement metadata management, lineage, auditing, and data classification.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory, privacy, and enterprise security requirements.
• Partner closely with the Cyber Security and Risk teams to ensure the data platform complies with enterprise security standards, policies, and controls.
• Ensure Microsoft Fabric architecture aligns with identity, access management, encryption, network security, and data protection standards.
• Support security reviews, threat modeling, audits, and remediation activities for the data platform.
• Leadership & Collaboration · Act as a technical leader and mentor for platform and data engineering teams.
• Partner with Cloud, Security, Enterprise Architecture, and Application teams.
• Collaborate closely with Analytics leaders to enable scalable, reliable data pipelines and curated datasets that support enterprise reporting and insights.
• Partner with Data Science and Advanced Analytics teams to ensure the platform supports future-ready analytical, AI/ML, and experimentation use cases
• Influence stakeholders and leadership through clear communication of platform strategy and trade-offs.
• Contribute to vendor engagement and evaluation (Microsoft, tooling ecosystem).

Benefits

• Madrigal offers a competitive Total Rewards strategy to attract and retain top talent and is inclusive of base pay, bonus, equity, and a generous benefits package.
• Full-time employees are eligible for base salary, bonus, equity, and a comprehensive benefits suite.
• Full-time employees are also eligible for comprehensive benefits, including flexible paid time off, medical, dental, vision and life/disability insurance, and 401(k) offerings (i.e., traditional, Roth, and employer match) in accordance with applicable plans.
• We also offer additional voluntary benefits like supplemental life insurance, legal services, and other offerings.
• In addition, we offer mental health benefits through our Employee Assistance Program for employees and their family.
• The company also provides other benefits in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed