Director of development Jobs in Kirkland, QC

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

Are you passionate about data architecture and analytics solutions? Do you thrive in leading high-performing teams while staying hands-on with cutting-edge technologies? If so, join Charles River’s global Data & Analytics organization as our next Director, Data Analytics.

We are seeking a strategic yet technical leader to manage a team of Data Analysts and Analytics Engineers, driving enterprise analytics initiatives that deliver actionable insights across global business functions. This role combines leadership, solution design, and stakeholder engagement to enable scalable reporting and data-driven decision-making.

In this role, primary responsibilities include:

• Lead & Mentor: Manage and develop a team of 4–7 Data Analysts and Analytics Engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement;
• Strategic Planning: Partner with business and IT leadership to define the analytics strategy and roadmap, aligning with enterprise data initiatives;
• Hands-On Delivery: Contribute to solution design and development, including data modeling, Power BI/Fabric reporting, and integration with enterprise data platforms;
• End-to-End Execution: Drive projects from requirements gathering and process design through to production deployment in a cloud environment;
• Business Partnership: Translate complex business challenges into analytical solutions, present insights and recommendations to senior stakeholders, and champion data-driven decision-making;
• Technical Product Ownership: Act as product owner within Agile teams, ensuring delivery of high-quality, scalable analytics solutions;
• Standards & Best Practices: Define UX and data visualization standards, optimize processes, and promote adoption of modern tools and technologies;
• Global Collaboration: Manage initiatives across multiple time zones, primarily U.S.-based teams, in a matrix environment.

Key Elements

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

• Education: B.Sc./M.Sc. in Computer Science, Mathematics, or related field; Master’s preferred;
• Leadership Experience: Proven track record of building and leading high-performing technical teams in a data or analytics organization. At least 5 to 7 years’ experience;
• Technical Expertise: Advanced Power BI and Microsoft Fabric experience, including SSAS design and expert DAX skills. At least 7 years’ experience; Strong knowledge of Azure cloud services and data integration architectures. At least 7 years’ experience; Hands-on experience with data visualization, report development, and enterprise data modeling. At least 7 years’ experience;
• Business Acumen: Ability to analyze complex business challenges and translate them into actionable solutions. At least 7 years’ experience;
• Methodologies: Skilled in Agile practices and managing multiple concurrent initiatives under tight deadlines. At least 3 years’ experience;
• Experience with Python and data science concepts (preferred);
• Deep understanding of data warehousing and BI analytics (preferred);
• Familiarity with SAP or similar ERP systems (preferred).

Role Specific Information:

• Location: Remote (Must be located in Canada);
• 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 ?

• Stock option available;
• We offer competitive benefits and advantages from day one to support your well-being;
• 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.