Associate Director, Principal Data Engineer, Marketing at Alnylam Pharmaceuticals | Cambridge, MA | $175K/yr – $237K/yr

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals

Associate Director, Principal Data Engineer, Marketing

Cambridge, MA (Hybrid)

$175K/yr – $237K/yrSenior Level10+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Own and evolve the end-to-end marketing data platform, CDP architecture, real-time journey orchestration, and AI-powered marketing capabilities, while leading a cross-functional engineering team and partnering with Marketing stakeholders.

Data pipeline and spine governance
CDP activation and real-time journey streams
AI-powered personalization and GEO monitoring

Job Description

Responsibilities

Own the end-to-end marketing data pipeline architecture, ingesting data from all marketing platforms (Veeva, Adobe Experience Cloud, Salesforce, Google Ads, paid media) into the Snowflake data lakehouse using the Alnylam Common Integration Pattern (Snowflake Data Sharing, Fivetran, Snowpipe)
Design and maintain the composable CDP architecture with Snowflake as the system of record and Salesforce Data Cloud as the activation layer, ensuring identity resolution, consent propagation, and event schemas are standardized across all marketing touchpoints
Architect and maintain the “data spine”: the standardized integration layer connecting all marketing execution tools to the Snowflake/dbt core, eliminating ad hoc point-to-point integrations that create technical debt
Lead the technical implementation of real-time journey orchestration infrastructure, including audience suppression logic, frequency caps, channel sequencing, and agentic decisioning capabilities using AWS Bedrock
Serve as the primary technical interface to Commercial/Marketing business stakeholders, partnering with Business co-lead Directors across the five commercial digital marketing teams (Audience Science, Digital Experience, Content Intelligence, Omnichannel Delivery, Performance Analytics)
Lead the engineering implementation of AI-powered marketing capabilities, including Next-Best-Experience engine infrastructure, audience propensity modeling pipelines, content personalization at scale, and Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) monitoring across AI search platforms
Manage and develop a team of data engineers, software engineers, MarTech integration engineers, and BI engineers while contributing hands-on to production code, architecture decisions, and technical design reviews

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related technical field; Master’s degree preferred
10+ years of progressive experience in data engineering, software engineering, or platform engineering, with at least 5 years in a leadership role managing technical teams
3+ years of experience building data pipelines and platform integrations for marketing, commercial analytics, or digital experience teams; pharmaceutical or life sciences industry experience strongly preferred
Deep hands-on expertise with the modern data stack: Snowflake, dbt, Fivetran, and cloud-native orchestration tools (Astronomer/Airflow)
Production experience with CDP architectures, including Salesforce Data Cloud, Adobe Experience Platform, or equivalent composable CDP implementations
Strong software engineering fundamentals: Python, SQL, REST/GraphQL APIs, CI/CD, and infrastructure-as-code practices
Experience with AWS services (Bedrock, SageMaker, S3, Lambda) in a production environment
Demonstrated ability to serve as a trusted technical partner to non-technical business stakeholders, particularly in marketing and commercial functions
Understanding of pharmaceutical regulatory requirements including GxP, 21 CFR Part 11, HIPAA, and MLR review processes as they apply to marketing data and technology
Experience with identity resolution, consent management, and privacy-by-design architectures in a regulated industry

Benefits

Alnylam’s robust Total Rewards package is designed to support your overall health and well-being. We offer comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, a lifestyle reimbursement program, flexible spending and health savings accounts and a 401(k)with a generous company match. Eligible employees enjoy paid time off, wellness days, holidays, and two company-wide recharge breaks. We also offer generous family resources and leave.
Our commitment to your well-being reflects our belief that caring for our people fuels the impact we create together.
Learn more about these and additional benefits offered by Alnylam by visiting the Benefits section of the Careers website: https://www.alnylam.com/careers

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals

3.5 Glassdoor

SILENCE DISEASE. AMPLIFY LIFE.TMAlnylam is a leading independent biopharmaceutical company and the pioneer in RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics – a revolutionary approach to treating diseases which “silences” the genes that cause or contribute to them.Founded in 2002 by a group of distinguished researchers and biotech leaders, Alnylam’s work over more than two decades has yielded the critical breakthroughs and advancements that have made the field of (RNAi) therapeutics possible. In 2018, our first commercial medicine, and the world’s first RNAi therapeutic was approved. Since then, five more Alnylam-developed medicines have been approved and we’re hard at work developing new therapies to treat both rare and prevalent diseases.We are a global and diverse company of 2,500+ people. We pride ourselves on fostering a fun, inclusive and dynamic work environment where employees can recognize their fullest potential. That's why we’re consistently ranked as a top employer by The Boston Globe (2015-24), Science Magazine (2018-25), Fast Company (Best Workplaces for Innovators 2020-25) and LinkedIn (2024).We are based in Cambridge, Massachusetts (U.S.), with offices throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and South America.See our social media community guidelines: https://bit.ly/2FcRhJy.Please note: If you wish to report an adverse event or product complaint, please email medinfo@alnylam.com or you may call us using the following telephone numbers: for North America, 877.ALNYLAM (877.256.9526), for Europe, +31 20 369 7861Fraudulent Recruitment ActivityBe aware of the potential for scams and fraudulent recruitment activity from individuals claiming to represent Alnylam Pharmaceuticals. Alnylam never conducts its interview process via messaging apps, freelance sites, or social media platforms. Alnylam team members only communicate with potential candidates through an official Alnylam email address ending in "@alnylam.com."

Founded in 2002

Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

2.7K employees (134 in marketing)

www.alnylam.com

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