What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director of IT position at PharmaOut?
One of our biotech clients is looking for a Director of IT to join their growing team.
The ideal candidate has a good understanding of the US pharmaceutical business, is highly motivated with a preferred background from working in a small/medium sized pharmaceutical company for a minimum of 5 to 10 years. We expect the candidate to have the necessary technical background, very responsive and results oriented. Additionally, the individual has good relationship development and communication skills as well as strong project and service management experience.
Responsibilities:
- Manage approximately 15-key applications with strong focus on Veeva, Revo/Zaidyn, Concur and other commercial focused applications.
- Collaborate and support key business areas including Sales, Marketing, Market Access, Medical Affairs, Finance, HR, and Legal.
- Provide IT support to approximately US employees
- Manage about 10 third party vendors and managed services providers
Requirements:
- Minimum or equivalent of a BA/BS degree is required.
- A least 10 years of relevant IT experience, and minimum 5 years in IT within pharmaceutical companies. Experience with pharmaceutical or biotech commercial IT is a requirement.
- Develop high-level system design specifications with an overall IT architectural understanding
- Develop business cases and deliver in accordance to agreed goals and plans
- Experience in managing third party solutions and services
- Understanding of the pharmaceutical business, general business processes, and the systems environment in place to support those processes. Experience with multiple and diverse application environments including Sales, Marketing, e-Marketing, Market access, Regulatory, Medical Affairs, Finance, and Business Intelligence processes and applications.
- Experience with Veeva CRM, Promomats, Medcomms and Data Analytics platforms in a Pharma life-science context is key to be successful in this role.
- Good understanding of IT policies, practices, and systems. Have a superior understanding of Project management and working understanding of the overall technical architecture of the systems and how it fits into the overall IT landscape. Have a good understanding of the IT environment and knowledge about IT trends and directions.
- Experience in customer service, and with computer systems validation for both GxP and non GxP platforms. * Robust experience communicating with business users.
- Demonstrated ability to stay current with evolving technology and regulations.
Job Type: Full-time
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Hoboken, NJ: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)
Experience:
- veeva: 1 year (Preferred)
Work Location: One location