Sr Director, Platform DevOps

Location: Hybrid NY/NJ or Remote

Medidata follows a hybrid office policy in which employees who are hired for an in-person position are expected to work on site a certain number of days per week following Company policy.

About our Company:

Medidata is powering smarter treatments and healthier people through digital solutions to support clinical trials. Celebrating over 25 years of ground-breaking technological innovation across more than 38,000 trials and 12 million patients, Medidata offers industry-leading expertise, analytics-powered insights, and one of the largest clinical trial data sets in the industry. More than 1 million registered users across approximately 2,300 customers trust Medidata's seamless, end-to-end platform to improve patient experiences, accelerate clinical breakthroughs, and bring therapies to market faster. A Dassault Systèmes brand (Euronext Paris: FR0014003TT8, DSY.PA), Medidata is headquartered in New York City and has been recognized as a Leader by Everest Group and IDC. Discover more at www.medidata.com. Listen to our latest podcast, from Dreamers to Disruptors, and follow us at @Medidata.

About the Team:

As the Senior Director of Software Engineering for Platform DevOps, you will report to the Vice President of Software Engineering. Your primary mission is to define and execute the technical vision and strategy for Medidata's core engineering platforms and infrastructure. You will lead a globally distributed engineering teams to build and scale core platform services and CI/CD pipelines that ensure the reliability and speed of development for our applications. A key part of your role will be driving DevOps, SRE, and automation best practices across the organization and working closely with application teams to ensure quality, consistency, efficiency and cost. You will collaborate closely with product, engineering, and senior leadership to ensure your teams are building high-quality, scalable, and reliable solutions on our AWS-hosted platform. Your leadership will be crucial in handling ambiguities, fostering an engineering excellence culture, and turning our technical vision into a reality that powers smarter treatments and healthier people.

Responsibilities:

Technical Leadership & Data Expertise

• Expertise in cloud-native infrastructure and architecture (e.g., AWS, Kubernetes), with an emphasis on scalability, reliability (SRE), and performance.
• Proven experience developing and communicating a clear technical vision for core engineering platforms and infrastructure.
• Deep understanding of modern DevOps and Systems Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles, and demonstrated experience implementing CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code (IaC).
• Hands-on experience with configuration management and observability tools (e.g., Terraform, Prometheus, Grafana) to drive automation and operational excellence.
• Extensive experience in driving continuous delivery (CD), automated testing, and release management across large-scale systems.

Business Acumen

• A strong understanding of the software product development lifecycle, particularly for infrastructure and platform services.
• Ability to translate complex business requirements into technical strategies and robust platform solutions that deliver clear business outcomes.
• Experience leading digital transformation initiatives centered on engineering productivity and system reliability.

Leadership and Management

• A proven track record of building, leading, and mentoring high-performing, globally distributed engineering teams.
• Ability to develop and implement organizational change, keeping teams unified, motivated, and connected to strategic goals.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage with senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.

Innovation and Strategy

• A demonstrated ability to use engineering and platform metrics (e.g., DORA metrics, SLOs, KPIs) to inform strategy and execution.
• Experience in fostering a culture of innovation and experimentation, encouraging new approaches to platform and reliability challenges.
• Ability to influence technical direction across the organization without direct authority by driving DevOps and SRE best practices.

Qualifications:

• Typically requires 12+ years of related technical experience with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of progressive leadership experience in software engineering, with at least 4 years managing data engineering, analytics, or machine learning teams.
• Extensive experience designing and operating highly scalable, reliable cloud infrastructure (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure) and implementing modern DevOps practices, including deep knowledge of container orchestration (Kubernetes) and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

As with all roles, Medidata sets ranges based on a number of factors including function, level, candidate expertise and experience, and geographic location. Pay ranges for candidates in locations other than New York City, may differ based on the local market data in that region.

The salary range for positions that will be physically based in the NYC Metro Area is $216,000-288,000

The salary range for positions that will be physically based in the California Bay Area is $227,250-303,000.

The salary range for positions that will be physically based in the Boston Metro Area is $212,250-283,000.

The salary range for positions that will be physically based in Texas or Ohio is $189,750-253,000.

The salary range for positions that will be physically based in all other locations within the United States is $193,500-258,000.

Base pay is one part of the Total Rewards that Medidata provides to compensate and recognize employees for their work. Most sales positions are eligible for a commission on the terms of applicable plan documents, and many of Medidata's non-sales positions are eligible for annual bonuses. Medidata believes that benefits should connect you to the support you need when it matters most and provides benefits, including medical, dental, life and disability insurance, 401(k) matching, family leave, flexible paid time off; and 10 paid holidays per year.

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We will accept applications on an ongoing basis until we fill the position.

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Medidata is powering smarter treatments and healthier people through digital solutions to support clinical trials. Celebrating over 25 years of ground-breaking technological innovation across more than 38,000 trials and 12 million patients, Medidata offers industry-leading expertise, analytics-powered insights, and one of the largest clinical trial data sets in the industry. More than 1 million registered users across approximately 2,300 customers trust Medidata’s seamless, end-to-end platform to improve patient experiences, accelerate clinical breakthroughs, and bring therapies to market faster. A Dassault Systèmes brand (Euronext Paris: FR0014003TT8, DSY.PA), Medidata is headquartered in New York City and has been recognized as a Leader by Everest Group and IDC. Discover more at www.medidata.com. Listen to our latest podcast, from Dreamers to Disruptors, and follow us at @Medidata.