Director Analytics Engineering at Charles River Laboratories

For 75 years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform. In return, we’ll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.

Job Summary

At Charles River Laboratories, we’re transforming how we work by harnessing the power of AI, data, and digital innovation to accelerate the discovery and development of life-saving therapies. Our vision is to embed artificial intelligence and advanced analytics across every stage of our scientific and operational workflows—empowering our teams with smarter tools, seamless data, and actionable insights to deliver client-centric services and solutions that better serve our customers and, ultimately, improve patients’ lives.

As Director of Analytics Engineering within our Enterprise Data Analytics team, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of data-driven decision-making at Charles River. We’re seeking a visionary leader with a proven track record of building high-performing teams and delivering transformative analytics solutions at scale. In this role, you’ll lead a talented group of BI and Data Analysts, guiding them to unlock insights from complex scientific and operational data that directly influence enterprise strategy. You’ll be at the forefront of expanding our analytics footprint across all business lines—driving innovation, elevating data quality, and embedding intelligence into the fabric of our operations. This is a rare opportunity to lead with purpose, influence enterprise-wide change, and help redefine how data and AI accelerate our mission to create healthier lives.

In This Role, Primary Responsibilities Include

• Lead and mentor a team of Power BI Developers and Analysts, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement;
• Oversee the design, development, and deployment of scalable Power BI solutions, ensuring alignment with business goals and user needs;
• Proven and recent experience of implementing solutions from requirements gathering and process design to functional production deployment in a cloud environment;
• Act as Technical Product owner within assigned Agile teams;
• Manage and optimize Microsoft Fabric capacities, including workload distribution, performance tuning, and cost management;
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to translate strategic objectives into actionable data insights and reporting solutions;
• Establish and enforce best practices for data modeling, dashboard design, and analytics engineering workflows;
• Partner with data engineering and IT teams to ensure seamless integration of data sources and infrastructure;
• Monitor and report on analytics performance, usage metrics, and capacity utilization to inform future planning;
• Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies in analytics and data platforms;
• Continuously work on building strong Business relationships with the key Business Product Owners.
  
  

Key Elements

We are looking for the following minimum qualifications for this role:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Math, or related fields. Master’s degree is preferred;
• 5+ years of management experience in a technology organization with a strong track record of building and leading high-performing teams;
• 7+ years of SSAS design and development with expert DAX skills;
• 5 + years of hands-on data visualization and report development;
• 5 + years in utilizing Power BI and experience managing Microsoft Premium and Fabric Capacity solutions;
• 2+ years of experience in Azure cloud Environment;
• Strong knowledge of Azure data stack and integration architectures;
• Highly skilled in various Agile methodologies;
• Able to work quickly and under tight delivery deadlines with focus on details;
• Ability to manage multiple efforts concurrently;
• Must have strong business acumen and have the skillsets to analyze and interpret highly complex business challenges related to the use of the Global Data;
• Experience with data science including Python (asset).
  
  

Role Specific Information

• Location: Remote (from one of our Canadian site);
• Annual bonus based on performance;
• Schedule: Daytime between Monday and Friday;
• Permanent position as of the hiring, full-time 37.5hrs per week.
  
  

Why Charles River ?

• Competitive benefits as of the hiring. We pay up to 85% of premiums (health & dental coverage);
• Employee and family assistance program;
• Excellent welcome program for new employees as well as in-house advancement and career development opportunities;
• Access to a doctor and various health professionals (telemedicine);
• 4 weeks’ Vacation & 10 Personal day policy.
  
  

If you are interested in contributing to the well-being of our communities, not only across the country but around the world, please join us. This is Your Moment.

About Safety Assessment

Charles River is committed to helping our partners expedite their preclinical drug development with exceptional safety assessment services, state-of-the-art facilities and expert regulatory guidance. From individual specialty toxicology and IND enabling studies to tailored packages and total laboratory support, our deeply experienced team can design and execute programs that anticipate challenges and avoid roadblocks for a smooth, efficient journey to market. Each year approximately 300 investigational new drug (IND) programs are conducted in our Safety Assessment facilities.

About Charles River

Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients’ clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.

With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities in over 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client’s unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world.

At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people’s lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly worked on 80% of the drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the past five years.

We’re committed to providing benefits that elevate your quality of life. Based on your position these may include: bonus/incentives based on performance, 401K, paid time off, stock purchase program, Health and wellness coverage, employee and family wellbeing support programs, and work life balance flexibility.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Charles River is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, family status, pregnancy, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

It is unlawful in some states (including Massachusetts) to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

If you are interested in applying to Charles River Laboratories and need special assistance or an accommodation due to a disability to complete any forms or to otherwise participate in the resume submission process, please contact a member of our Human Resources team by sending an e-mail message to [email protected]. This contact is for accommodation requests for individuals with disabilities only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

For more information, please visit www.criver.com.

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