Sr. Director, Enterprise Business Applications
Scholar Rock
Summary
Scholar Rock is seeking a Senior Director, Enterprise Business Applications to develop the IT organization's future-state integrated team supporting enterprise functions within the company.
Job description
This leader is responsible for the strategy, governance, and operational excellence of the company's core enterprise business systems, with particular emphasis on Finance and Quality/Regulatory-adjacent platforms (Veeva). This role will establish Centers of Excellence for both Veeva and SAP and lead the company's transformation of core business processes as part of a global SAP implementation. This individual will play a critical role in ensuring the enterprise systems roadmap aligns with the company's commercial launch timelines and long-term growth strategy.
This is a hands-on leadership role requiring a blend of strategic vision, deep functional/technical expertise, vendor and program management skill, and the ability to build governance structures from the ground up in a fast-moving environment.
Position Responsibilities
- Develop and execute a multi-year Enterprise Business Applications Roadmap across Finance, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory, HR, Legal, and other functions
- Serve as a strategic technology partner to business functions, understanding priorities and translating them into enterprise systems capabilities and roadmap priorities
- Establish scalable governance and operating models for SAP, Veeva, and other enterprise applications, including clear ownership, decision rights, standards, and support models
- Lead the global SAP implementation, including systems integrator selection, business process design, implementation, and ongoing optimization
- Partner with business functions to simplify and standardize processes and ensure technology solutions support scalable ways of working
- Oversee the configuration, integration, validation, lifecycle management, and continuous improvement of enterprise applications
- Ensure enterprise applications meet applicable GxP, 21 CFR Part 11, SOX, privacy, validation, and audit-readiness requirements
- Build and lead a high-performing enterprise applications team, leveraging managed services and external partners where appropriate
- Own enterprise application budgets and manage software vendors, systems integrators, and managed service providers
- Drive appropriate adoption of AI, automation, and integration across enterprise business processes
Candidate Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Finance, Business Administration, or related field; MBA or advanced degree a plus
- 12+ years of progressive experience in enterprise business applications, with at least 5 years in a leadership role
- Direct experience implementing and/or supporting SAP (S/4HANA preferred) in a life sciences environment
- Experience with Veeva Vault applications in a regulated life sciences environment is strongly preferred
- Strong understanding of Finance and enterprise business processes, including R2R, P2P, and O2C
- Experience leading major enterprise system implementations and business transformation
- Experience in a pharmaceutical, biotech, or other regulated industry, particularly during a commercial launch or scaling phase
- Strong business partnership, program management, vendor management, and executive stakeholder capabilities
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Finance, Business Administration, or related field
- 12+ years of progressive experience in enterprise business applications
- At least 5 years in a leadership role
- Direct experience implementing and/or supporting SAP (S/4HANA preferred) in a life sciences environment
- Strong understanding of Finance and enterprise business processes, including R2R, P2P, and O2C
- Experience leading major enterprise system implementations and business transformation
- Experience in a pharmaceutical, biotech, or other regulated industry, particularly during a commercial launch or scaling phase
- Strong business partnership, program management, vendor management, and executive stakeholder capabilities
Company overview
Scholar Rock is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of innovative therapeutics that target the latent forms of growth factors, particularly in the TGFβ superfamily. The company's proprietary platform enables the selective inhibition of growth factor activation, offering a novel approach to treating serious diseases where growth factors play a key role. Scholar Rock's lead program targets myostatin activation for the treatment of neuromuscular disorders, including spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) and other muscle-wasting conditions. The company's pipeline also includes programs in oncology, fibrosis, and other therapeutic areas. Founded by scientists from Harvard University and MIT, Scholar Rock combines deep biological insights with protein engineering expertise to develop first-in-class therapeutics. The company has established strategic collaborations with pharmaceutical partners and has advanced multiple candidates into clinical development, demonstrating its potential to address significant unmet medical needs through its unique scientific approach.