Associate Director, Enterprise Integration at Regeneron · Rensselaer

Associate Director, Enterprise Integration Location: RENSS - GLOBAL VIEW The Associate Director of Enterprise Integration is a strategic and hands-on leader responsible for defining the integration vision, establishing governance, and delivering reliable, scalable, and secure integration capabilities across the enterprise. This role owns the integration platform and services as a product, sets design principles and leading practices, orchestrates work across application and corporate shared service teams, and ensures the portfolio delivers measurable business outcomes. They will inform technical and architecture strategy, stand up and qualify new technologies, and drive continuous improvement by reducing technical debt and standardizing work. As an Associate Director, a typical day might include the following: Inform and define the technical and architecture strategy for enterprise integration (roadmaps, tools/technology selection, platforms, patterns, standards). Establish design principles and leading practices for APIs, architecture, data movement, orchestration, and security. Support standing up new technology and qualifying through proofs of concept, pilots, and vendor evaluations. Lead decisions on “which bus to get on” (e.g., ESB, event bus, streaming backbone) aligned to use cases and scalability goals. Create and maintain an Integration “Pattern” Decision Framework to guide synchronous vs. asynchronous, pub/sub vs. request/response, batch vs. streaming, ETL vs. ELT, and choreography vs. orchestration choices. Establish and run governance processes including intake, prioritization & work management; create and maintain Standard Work (SOPs, playbooks, runbooks, checklists) for design, build, test, deploy, and support. Maintain an authoritative Integration Catalog of APIs, events, integrations, schemas, SLAs, and ownership. Serve as Product Owner for the Integration Platform and shared integration services, defining vision, roadmap, backlog, and success metrics. Orchestrate work across application teams, corporate functions (security, compliance, finance), and programs to ensure alignment and remove blockers. Provide project management oversight across the integration portfolio: scope, timeline, budget, dependencies, risk management, and status reporting. Drive integration quality through design reviews, pattern adherence, testing standards, and observability. Identify, prioritize, and remediate integration technical debt (legacy patterns, brittle point-to-point, insufficient observability, poor documentation). Implement practices for reusability, versioning, deprecation, and lifecycle management of integrations. Own integration financials: annual budgeting, forecasting, vendor/software costs, cloud consumption, and chargeback models. Measure and communicate ROI, TCO, and value realization of integration investments. This role may be for you if you have: Proven experience with integration platforms (iPaaS, ESB, API gateway, event streaming), such as IBM MQ, MuleSoft, Boomi, Azure Integration Services, Kafka/Confluent, AWS/GCP integration suites, or similar. Strong grasp of integration patterns (EDA, pub/sub, CQRS, SAGA, orchestration/choreography), data movement (ETL/ELT), and API lifecycle management; knowledge of integration platforms such as Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC), middleware, and APIs. Familiarity with enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF), agile at scale (e.g., SAFe), and ITIL service management practices. Solid understanding of security, compliance, privacy, identity, and data governance as they apply to integrations. Demonstrated success in establishing governance, standard work, and cross-functional orchestration with measurable outcomes. Familiarity of regulatory guidelines, including GxP compliance, Sox, and security. Expertise in Oracle SQL, PL/SQL, and reporting tools like Oracle BI Publisher and OTBI. In order to be considered for this position, you must hold a BS/BA degree in Information Technology or related field and Senior Manager: 8+ years in enterprise integration, middleware, or API/platform architecture; 4+ years in leadership roles. Associate Director: 10+ years in enterprise integration, middleware, or API/platform architecture; 5+ years in leadership roles. Does this sound like you? Apply now to take your first step towards living the Regeneron Way! We have an inclusive culture that provides comprehensive benefits, which vary by location.  In the U.S., benefits may include health and wellness programs (including medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance), fitness centers, 401(k) company match, family support benefits, equity awards, annual bonuses, paid time off, and paid leaves (e.g., military and parental leave) for eligible employees at all levels! For additional information about Regeneron benefits in the US, please visit https://careers.regeneron.com/en/working-at-regeneron/total-rewards/.  For other countries’ specific benefits, please speak to your recruiter. Please be advised that at Regeneron, we believe we are most successful and work best when we are together.  For that reason, many of Regeneron’s roles are required to be performed on-site.  Please speak with your recruiter and hiring manager for more information about Regeneron’s on-site policy and expectations for your role and your location. Regeneron is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief (or lack thereof), sex, nationality, national or ethnic origin, civil status, age, citizenship status, membership of the Traveler community, sexual orientation, disability, genetic information, familial status, marital or registered civil partnership status, pregnancy or parental status, gender identity, gender reassignment, military or veteran status, or any other protected characteristic in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. The Company will also provide reasonable accommodation to the known disabilities or chronic illnesses of an otherwise qualified applicant for employment, unless the accommodation would impose undue hardship on the operation of the Company's business. For roles in which the hired candidate will be working in the U.S., the salary ranges provided are shown in accordance with U.S. law and apply to U.S.-based positions.  For roles which will be based in Japan and/or Canada, the salary ranges are shown in accordance with the applicable local law and currency. If you are outside the U.S, Japan or Canada, please speak with your recruiter about salaries and benefits in your location. Please note that certain background checks will form part of the recruitment process.  Background checks will be conducted in accordance with the law of the country where the position is based, including the type of background checks conducted. The purpose of carrying out such checks is for Regeneron to verify certain information regarding a candidate prior to the commencement of employment such as identity, right to work, educational qualifications etc. Salary Range (annually) $126,300.00 - $241,200.00