Alkermes · 3 hours ago
Director, IT R&D Systems
Greater Boston
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
$195K/yr - $219K/yr
10+ years expAlkermes is a global biopharmaceutical company committed to developing medicines for complex psychiatric and neurological disorders. The Director of IT R&D Systems will manage technology implementation and support for Clinical, Regulatory, and Medical Affairs business units, ensuring alignment with business leadership and adherence to regulatory requirements.
BiotechnologyHealth CarePharmaceutical
Responsibilities
Own and foster the IT to business relationship for the Clinical, Regulatory, Medical Affairs, and DSPV business units. Drive technology strategy while partnering with business leadership. Prioritize technology efforts in partnership with business leadership
Create and manage a delivery strategy and operating model within your team, maintaining the application production environment to quality standards, and delivering high value implementation projects on time and on budget
Manage a team of internal and external, onshore and offshore application professionals to execute implementation and support activities to business value, SLA adherence and customer satisfaction goals
Own partner/vendor relationships, managing external service provider quality and performance to ensure that services are delivered according to the specified service levels, requirements, and overall effectiveness
Work closely with the Project Management Office (PMO) function to deliver project implementations through hypercare and into the production support function
Ensure adherence to pertinent regulatory requirements, security, and departmental policies, practices and standard operating procedures
Partner with other Global and local IT management to ensure alignment and coordination of IT best practices for all Alkermes users. Introduce best practice and process improvement ideas where appropriate. Collaborate with the Global IT team to share best practices and learn from peers within the industry
Accountable for personnel management activities including personnel actions (hiring, promotions, transfers etc.), training and development, feedback on performance and adherence to performance management process. Assist in the development of organizational structure and staffing requirements
Assist in the development and recommendation of departmental budget
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field; post-graduate degree or equivalent experience preferred
Minimum of ten (10) years' experience required within IT delivery for clinical, regulatory, medical affairs, and DSPV systems in a pharmaceutical environment
Experience managing IT vendor relationships
Preferred
Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group of executives, managers, and subject matter experts
Self-starter with ability to multitask – effectively manage simultaneous work requests across departments, IT, and other cross-functional organizations
Ability to initiate, persuade, motivate, and influence project stakeholders and internal/external team members to desired and mutually-beneficial outcomes
Benefits
Annual performance pay bonus
Competitive benefits package
Company
Alkermes
Alkermes is a biotechnology company that develops, manufactures and commercializes medicines for the treatment of chronic diseases.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$250MKey Investors
Primecap Management
2017-11-20Post Ipo Equity
2014-01-13Post Ipo Equity· $250M
2011-09-16IPO
Leadership Team
Craig Hopkinson
EVP, Research and Development, CMO
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