Director, Test Code Product & Lifecycle

IQVIA • Valencia, CA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking Director, Test Code Product & Lifecycle to join IQVIA Laboratories at Valencia, CA. We hire passionate innovators who drive healthcare forward through thoughtful and inclusive collaboration. If you want to discover a career with greater purpose, join us as we transform and accelerate research and development. Job Summary: Provide technical leadership and management direction for database administration teams in a matrix-managed environment. Lead advanced database design, analysis, administration and performance optimization to support complex processing needs and future business requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent experience
• Twelve (12) years of information technology experience
• Eight (8) years experience in the database administration area
• Experience applying database design approaches that consider existing and future needs, capacity, limitations, operating time and desired results
• Experience evaluating database implementation approaches, backup strategies and recovery strategies
• Knowledge of database administration activities including denormalization, data archival schemes, sizing, data definition language and database objects
• Knowledge of referential integrity, security enforcement and application optimization
• Ability to lead technical teams and provide management direction in a matrix-managed environment
• Strong strategic consultation skills with the ability to advise and guide staff on complex database analysis and design reviews
• Advanced problem-solving skills for complex database processing challenges
• Ability to evaluate technical options and recommend database design, implementation, backup and recovery strategies
• Strong focus on operational reliability, performance optimization and production support

Nice To Haves

• Other Equivalent combination of education, training, and experience may be accepted in lieu of degree

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and management direction to database administration team members
• Manage resource allocations within a matrix-managed environment
• Lead, plan and oversee state-of-the-art database designs to solve complex database processing problems
• Perform complex database analysis and database design tasks using advanced techniques on the forefront of technology
• Ensure databases meet required operational standards and performance levels, including reliability, response time and query execution time
• Prepare cost analyses and justification for difficult database systems
• Serve as a senior consultant to staff by providing strategic technical advice and consultation on database analysis and design reviews
• Participate in the administration, monitoring, tuning and support of databases in the production environment

Benefits

• We invest in integrated benefits programs and resources to take care of our employees' physical, mental and emotional, financial and social well-being so they can thrive at home and at work, at any stage of their well-being journey.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director