Data Platform Lead

What We Do:

Florence software advances cures by helping the world’s most important research sites do their best work. Our solutions are now used by over 30,000 research teams in 70 countries around the world—we’re the most widely deployed site workflow tool in the industry. By the end of the decade, we’ll double the pace at which new medicines get to market by doubling the output of trial site teams. To date, we were named a Deloitte Fast 50 business, G2 Category Leader, an Inc. & AJC best place to work, and an Inc. 5000 company five years in a row.

At Florence, we are committed to make the world a better place by accelerating research while providing an environment for our employees where they can be happy in their lives, enjoy their jobs, and grow.

What You’ll Bring to The Team:

We are seeking an experienced Data Platform Lead to establish and lead our Data Center of Excellence (CoE) in Florence and drive the architecture, scalability, and governance of our enterprise data platform. This role will focus on building AI-driven, high-quality data pipelines, reusable templates, and standardized APIs while promoting Data Mesh principles and Master Data Management (MDM) practices.

The Data Platform Lead will be responsible for delivering data solutions that enable internal teams and external customers to access reliable, governed, and reusable data products.

You will:

• Lead the Florence Data Center of Excellence, setting standards, best practices, and governance for data platform operations across the organization.

• Implement and manage standard data feeds and APIs for internal and external data consumers, ensuring reliability, security, and scalability.

• Architect and operationalize Data Mesh principles, empowering domain-driven data ownership and productization.

• Drive AI/ML-enabled data quality frameworks for validation, anomaly detection, and automated cleansing.

• Develop reusable templates and scalable data pipelines across cloud and hybrid environments using Snowflake, DBT, Kafka, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB.

• Lead Master Data Management (MDM) initiatives to maintain a single source of truth across domains.

• Collaborate cross-functionally with Engineering, Product, Data Science, and Business teams to align data strategy with enterprise goals.

• Mentor and grow a high-performing data engineering team, fostering innovation, technical excellence, and accountability.

• Build Metrics to track data quality and leading data driven culture.

• Have a data-first mindset with a passion for establishing centers of excellence and scaling enterprise platforms.

• Provide expertise in Data Mesh, MDM, AI-powered data quality, and standard API-driven data delivery.

• Lead cross-functional teams and influence data strategy at an enterprise level.

An Ideal Candidate Has:

• 10+ years of experience in data engineering, data platform, or data architecture, including 4+ years in a leadership role.

• Proven experience establishing Data Centers of Excellence or leading centralized data platform teams.

• Hands-on experience with Snowflake, DBT, Kafka, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and cloud-based data pipelines.

• Familiarity with Data Mesh principles, MDM, and federated data governance.

• Expertise in AI/ML applications for data quality improvement, anomaly detection, and metadata enrichment.

• Strong knowledge of ETL/ELT pipelines, API design, data modeling, and metadata management.

• Programming experience in Python and AWS cloud platforms.

• Extensive experience with SQL and NoSQL databases.

• Strong leadership, collaboration, and communication skills to drive alignment across teams.

Bonus Points If You Have:

• Experience in data cataloging, lineage tracking, and data observability tools.

• Background in regulated industries (healthcare, clinical trials) with compliance and governance expertise.

• Prior experience in building standardized APIs and data productization for internal and external stakeholders.

What’s in it for you?

• Do well. We offer a competitive compensation package, medical and dental insurance, and office space in the heart of the city.

• Do good. We insist that health technology is the highest calling for software development. We pride ourselves on working on something bigger than ourselves; helping advance cures and therapies.

• Make the leap. Join our high-output culture to create innovative, modern, and purposeful software solutions.

Florence supports workplace diversity and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, physical disability, or any other protected class.

Please be cautious of potential recruitment fraud. If you are interested in exploring opportunities at Florence Healthcare, please go directly to our Careers Page. Florence Healthcare will never ask you to pay a fee or download software as part of the interview process with our company. In addition, Florence Healthcare will not ask for your personal banking information until you have signed an offer of employment and completed onboarding paperwork that is provided by our People Operations team. All communications with Florence Healthcare employees will only be sent from @florencehc.com email addresses.