Project Leader/ Manager - AI & Data (1279)
Axtria, Inc. · Berkeley Heights, NJ
$83,200–$114,225
Jul 19, 2026
Berkeley Heights, NJ
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A project lead/manager role within an AI and data practice, focused on delivering commercial data management and analytics programs for life sciences and biopharma clients. Day-to-day work involves managing end-to-end data engineering projects using syndicated and internal pharma datasets, leading global virtual teams, engaging directly with client stakeholders, and overseeing solution design through to implementation. Best suited to someone with a background in pharma data engineering and hands-on project management experience.
Senior level · 5+ years · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA · Master's required · Full-time
Pay in the description: $83,200–$114,225
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 25 people in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (database architects). range 6–50
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $134,433 (middle half $95,331–$179,625). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (10)
The role title is 'Project Lead/Manager' but the day-to-day work is clearly hands-on data engineering and architecture (pipelines, data lakes, warehousing, MDM, governance) with project management layered on top; 15-1243 (Database Architects) was chosen as the primary SOC, with 15-1252 (Software Developers) as a close runner-up given the pipeline-building and delivery emphasis.
The JD states 'A graduate degree is a must,' making a Master's degree a hard requirement. The undergraduate field is specified as Engineering or Computer Science, but the graduate degree requirement overrides the minimum threshold.
Total experience is stated as '5-8 years'; 5 is used as the minimum.
The AWS stack is listed in the required skills section with specific services called out (S3, Glacier, Athena); the overall AWS platform is captured as a single required skill.
Power BI, Tableau, Qlik, and MicroStrategy are listed together as BI technologies in the required section; Power BI is used as the primary name with the others as alternatives since the role requires familiarity with BI tooling broadly rather than all four specifically.
Reltio and Informatica are both listed under MDM in the required section; they are captured as separate skills since they are distinct products.
GenAI/Agentic AI (RAG pipelines, LangChain/LangGraph, prompt engineering) is explicitly called 'a plus' for pharma use cases — treated as preferred.
Analytical workbenches (R, Alteryx, Dataiku, KNIME, SageMaker) are explicitly flagged as 'a big plus' — treated as preferred.
The salary range ($83,200–$114,225/year) is anchored to Berkeley Heights, NJ; the posting notes it may vary by geography.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): data engineering.
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