Assoc Director, IT Commercial Systems
Bristol Myers Squibb
Summary
The Assoc. Director, IT Commercial Systems is an integral part of bringing RayzeBio's innovative drug products to patients in need. In this role, you will report directly to the Exec. Director, IT and be primarily responsible for implementing RayzeBio's vision for growth and leading efforts to enable digital processes to achieve commercialization objectives. The role will ensure that the digital systems roadmap is enabled and maintained to successfully deliver launch and commercialization for novel Radiopharmaceutical technologies. You will work with operational solutions for commercial operations, large corporate systems, small biotech systems, across all assigned functions. Additional responsibilities will include setting and managing budgets and working with architectural and IT partners and business partners to achieve our technology and commercialization goals.
Job description
Job Responsibilities
- Accountable for continuous operation and maintenance of digital solutions for commercial systems. These systems include Operations, planning, and ordering portal. Scope will also include associated infrastructure.
- Deliver on service level management scope and process with IT groups and/or vendor managed services, i.e., Service Level Agreements (SLA's), Disaster Recovery/Service Continuity, etc.
- Ensure Digital Roadmap leveraged and aligned to business outcomes. Drive for value realization.
- Lead a group of indirect reports and service providers to deliver effective, innovative and stable solutions that meet the needs of the organization.
- Active partner with the functional leaders.
- Collaborate with leadership to develop, support, and align strategies for business process improvements through information systems automation.
- Provide IT leadership to regulatory inspection readiness and data integrity initiatives.
- Ensure risk-based validation delivered for the functions.
- Manage new demand and evolve digital solutions and mindset
- Identify key technology trends and how innovative technologies might be leveraged to provide solutions to the organization.
- Participate in high-level strategic communications with the business and functional leadership teams
- Responsible for the development of long-term (3 year) roadmaps identifying capabilities that have the greatest impact on business capabilities for the organization. Partnering and benchmarking with external sources.
Education and Experience
- 10+ years' IT experience in a GxP or Radiopharmaceutical environment.
- Proven technical leadership and management experience.
- Demonstrated experience implementing automation and digitization projects.
- BS/MS Information Technology or similar degree or equivalent experience
Skills
- Strong project management skills with a proven track record of leading multi-disciplinary teams in a regulated environment.
- Ability to influence stakeholders at all levels and drive strategic initiatives.
- Applies AI to improve team execution and decision-making
- Leads complex, multi-disciplinary projects including resource and budget allocation and operational leadership.
- Oversees deliverable product, sets vision and standards for work products, challenges teams.
- It requires strong influence and trust, resilience in demanding situations, and the ability to encourage calm and rational behavior in teams.
- The leader identifies multiple solutions and recommendations for senior leaders, structures communications to achieve organizational goals, and tailors communication content and style for stakeholder understanding.
- The role also involves providing strategic feedback to vendors, synthesizing multiple analyses to solve broader business issues, and representing the discipline or function on program/project teams.
- Additionally, the leader identifies gaps in capabilities, ensures developmental opportunities for colleagues, sets direction with little guidance, contributes to multiple topic areas, and drives functional direction.
Physical Requirements
- Standard office environment
- Must be willing to wear personal protective equipment (PPE) as required.
- Must be comfortable working around radioactive materials.
- Periodic travel to other RayzeBio locations
Requirements
- 10+ years' IT experience in a GxP or Radiopharmaceutical environment
- Proven technical leadership and management experience
- Demonstrated experience implementing automation and digitization projects
- BS/MS Information Technology or similar degree or equivalent experience
- Strong project management skills with a proven track record of leading multi-disciplinary teams in a regulated environment
- Ability to influence stakeholders at all levels and drive strategic initiatives
- Applies AI to improve team execution and decision-making
- Leads complex, multi-disciplinary projects including resource and budget allocation and operational leadership
- Oversees deliverable product, sets vision and standards for work products, challenges teams
- Strong influence and trust, resilience in demanding situations, and the ability to encourage calm and rational behavior in teams
- Identifies multiple solutions and recommendations for senior leaders, structures communications to achieve organizational goals, and tailors communication content and style for stakeholder understanding
- Providing strategic feedback to vendors, synthesizing multiple analyses to solve broader business issues, and representing the discipline or function on program/project teams
- Identifies gaps in capabilities, ensures developmental opportunities for colleagues, sets direction with little guidance, contributes to multiple topic areas, and drives functional direction
Benefits
- Wellbeing Support
- Retirement Benefits
- Financial Protection Benefits
- Medical, Dental & Vision
- Life & Disability Insurance
- Flexible Time Off (FTO)
- 11 Paid Company Holidays
- Paid Sick Leave
- Volunteer Days
- Summer Hours Flexibility
- Global Shutdown
Company overview
Bristol Myers Squibb is a global biopharmaceutical company dedicated to discovering, developing, and delivering innovative medicines that help patients prevail over serious diseases. Founded in 1887 and headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey, the company operates with a unique BioPharma strategy that combines the reach and resources of a major pharmaceutical company with the entrepreneurial spirit and agility of a biotech firm. BMS focuses on transformative therapies in key therapeutic areas including oncology, hematology, immunology, cardiovascular disease, and fibrosis. The company has built a sustainable pipeline of potential therapies and leverages translational medicine and data analytics to deliver the right medicine to the right patient at the right time. With over 10,000 employees worldwide, Bristol Myers Squibb maintains a strong commitment to scientific excellence, patient-centric innovation, and global health equity through its foundation. The company's portfolio includes groundbreaking treatments such as Opdivo (nivolumab) for cancer, Eliquis (apixaban) for cardiovascular conditions, and Orencia (abatacept) for autoimmune diseases, among others.