Senior Manager Data Architect

Intellia Therapeutics

Intellia Therapeutics

IT
Cambridge, MA, USA
Posted on Apr 2, 2025

Why Join Intellia?

Our mission is to develop curative genome editing treatments that can positively transform the lives of people living with severe and life-threatening diseases.

Beyond our science, we live our four core values: One, Explore, Disrupt, Deliver and feel strongly that you can achieve more at Intellia. We have a single-minded determination to excel and succeed together. We believe in the power of curiosity and pushing boundaries. We welcome challenging thoughts and imagination to develop innovative solutions. And we know that patients are counting on us to make the promise a reality, so we must maintain high standards and get it done.

We want all of our people to go beyond what is possible. We aren’t constrained by typical end rails, and we aren’t out to just “treat” people. We’re all in this for something more. We’re driven to cure and motivated for change. Just imagine the possibilities of what we can do together.

Sr. Mgr., Data Architect

Job Summary

The Data Platform Architect will design, implement, and manage a Intellia’s data platforms, ensuring data accessibility, security, and reliability, while aligning with business needs and data governance policies. This is a hands-on role that includes managing the data platform build and day-to-day operational work in support of the commercial launch of NTLA 2002.

Duties/Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain the overall data architecture, including data models, data storage, and data processing pipelines.

  • Design and implement data integration solutions, including ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) processes.

  • Design and implement data models to support business processes and data analysis.

  • Enforce data quality standards, data security policies, and metadata management practices.

  • Monitor and optimize data platform performance, ensuring scalability and reliability.

  • Evaluate and recommend data technologies and tools to meet business needs.

  • Collaborate within IT and business teams to understand requirements and ensure data solutions meet their needs.

  • Lead migration projects to move data from legacy systems to new data platforms.

  • Maintain comprehensive documentation of the enterprise/data platform architecture and data models.

  • Promote data governance practices to ensure the integrity and privacy of commercial data.

  • Strong problem-solving abilities and a data-driven approach to decision-making.

Requirements

Skills/Abilities

  • Proven experience with modern data and iPasS platforms (AWS, Databricks, Snowflake, Workato).

  • Ability to effectively facilitate meetings (e.g., status meetings, functional requirements gathering, process flow development workshops, end user training, etc.)

  • Well organized with the ability to manage/prioritize multiple concurrent projects (often with changing timelines and dependencies) in a matrix team environment.

  • Expert knowledge of Business Process Flows, Master Data Management, and systems integrations

Education / Certifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in related technical or business discipline is required. Experience in the pharmaceuticals, or biotech industry is required.

Experience

  • At least five years related experience required.

Physical Requirements

  • Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.

Meet Your Future Team

The Enterprise Applications team is a growing group within the broader IT team. The Senior Director of Enterprise Applications leads the team and a Business Analyst II who supports our G&A enterprise systems. The Enterprise Applications team will grow to support the commercial build process.

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