Director - Software Development, Cell Therapy IT at AstraZeneca
Chennai, TN
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Aug 18, 2026
Chennai, TN
Sep 25, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A Director-level engineering leadership role at AstraZeneca's Chennai, India office, responsible for building and running the global software platforms that support cell therapy operations end-to-end — from patient treatment sites through manufacturing and back. The position owns a Salesforce- and AWS-based Cell Orchestration platform, a global engineering team, and the full SDLC including DevSecOps, integrations, regulatory compliance, and agentic AI automation in a GxP-regulated environment.
Principal level · 12+ years · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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What the occupation pays Median $178,991 (middle half $141,096–$225,584).
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This role is based in Chennai, India — US compensation benchmarks do not apply.
The title is 'Director – Software Development' with explicit people-management scope (building and mentoring a global engineering team, vendor management, talent leadership), making 11-3021 the primary classification. However, the posting also emphasizes hands-on architecture, platform delivery, and technical roadmap ownership, so 15-1252 is a credible runner-up.
Seniority is assessed as Principal given the org-wide, cross-functional, global scope of the role — this is above a typical Senior or Staff engineering manager.
The title carries no explicit seniority level word (e.g., 'Senior Director', 'VP'), so the title states no level.
Agentic AI is listed in the Essential Skills section with language stating it 'is essential', so it is treated as a hard gate despite being an emerging/broad capability rather than a named product.
Kafka and Confluent are listed together ('Confluent / Kafka') as a single platform requirement; Kafka is used as the canonical name with Confluent in alternatives.
Salesforce certifications (Application Architect, System Architect, Platform Developer II) are listed under Desirable Skills and are preferred, not required.
GenAI, LLMs, Einstein Analytics, and agentic AI tools/frameworks appear under Desirable Skills or narrative context and are marked as preferred.
No compensation range is stated in the posting.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): Salesforce Life Sciences Cloud, Salesforce Platform Developer II.
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