Vir Biotechnology, Inc. · 9 hours ago
Senior Director, IT Infrastructure & Operations
San Francisco, California, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$236K/yr - $330K/yr
18+ years expVir Biotechnology is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on powering the immune system to transform lives. They are seeking a Senior Director, IT Infrastructure & Operations, to lead their global Infrastructure & Operations team and ensure the delivery of mission-critical technology infrastructure.
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Responsibilities
Own the infrastructure architecture, ensuring simplification, rationalization, and modernization across cloud, network, systems, and collaboration platforms
Oversee global infrastructure, including firewalls (Palo Alto), networking (Cisco/Meraki), VMware, Windows/Linux servers, enterprise storage, identity services, and certificate management
Oversee backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity readiness, ensuring resilient, tested, and compliant infrastructure operations
Ensure seamless hybrid work by overseeing collaboration platforms - including Microsoft 365, audio visual and meeting-room technology, and productivity tools – to deliver a cohesive, productive digital workplace
Oversee endpoint engineering across Windows, macOS, Intune, Automox, and associated deployment frameworks, ensuring standardization, security, and life cycle consistency
Deliver a high-performing Service Desk function that provides predictable, scalable, and responsive support - including onsite, remote, VIP/executive, and event support – to ensure a consistently high-quality and productive employee experience
Oversee operational support across multiple geographies – to include on-site support, site expansions, lab environments, corporate moves, and infrastructure buildouts
Oversee Vir’s AWS ecosystem to deliver secure, resilient, and cost-conscious cloud architecture supporting Bioinformatics, Research and rest of the company, while ensuring strong performance through the cloud MSP
Collaborate with peers within IT (e.g. Infosec, R&D, SG&A, Lab IT, PMO, Compliance) and business leaders to ensure infrastructure investments are properly prioritized, scoped, delivered and managed in support of business-driven requirements
Select, evaluate and develop personnel to ensure efficient operation of the functions
Provide strong oversight of vendors and MSPs, ensuring high-quality delivery and accountability, competitive pricing, and ongoing service optimization
Prepare and manage infrastructure-related cost estimates, budgets, schedules and delivery
Create, maintain and mature IT policies, procedures, and systems to ensure regulatory, compliance, and quality needs are met, while driving continuous improvements across people, process and technology
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, MIS, or relevant experience
18+ years of progressive experience across IT Infrastructure, Cloud and Operations, with 8+ years leading multi-disciplinary technical teams and MSPs in complex, high-growth environments
5+ years in biotech, pharma, or life sciences IT, with direct support for research and lab environments
Broad technical skillsets spanning cloud (AWS), network, systems, collaboration platforms, endpoints across both Windows and macOS ecosystems
Proven ability to architect, simplify, scale, secure, modernize and standardize enterprise IT infrastructure
Strong experience operating and optimizing AWS environments, including managing outsourced DevOps, enforcing cost-efficient architectures in support of scientific computation (e.g. Research Bioinformatics/Data Science team)
Demonstrated leadership of service desk, endpoint engineering, and digital workplace technologies, delivering exceptional employee and executive experiences in a hybrid-work environments
Demonstrated vendor and MSP management expertise, including contract negotiations, pricing discipline, SLA accountability, and service optimization
Excellent communication and stakeholder-engagement abilities, capable of translating complex technical concepts for executive, scientific, and cross-functional audiences
A systems-thinking approach that unifies architecture, engineering, operations, service delivery, and user experience under a simplified, scalable technology strategy
Strong experience in SOX and GxP regulated environments
Ability to travel up to 10%, including to Europe
Benefits
Health and welfare benefit plans
Non-accrual paid time off
Company shut down for holidays
Commuter benefits
401K match
Lunch each day in the office
Company
Vir Biotechnology, Inc.
At Vir Biotechnology, Inc., we leverage the immense potential of the immune system to transform lives by discovering and developing medicines for serious infectious diseases and cancer.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$908.6MKey Investors
Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA)Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationGlaxoSmithKline
2023-10-03Grant· $50M
2023-05-02Grant· $10M
2022-10-04Grant· $55M
Leadership Team
Marianne De Backer
Chief Executive Officer
Louis Picker
Co-Founder
Recent News
2026-01-14
2025-12-19
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