Director Of Information Technology

JOB TITLE: Director of IT

DEPARTMENT: Finance, IT and Facilities

HIRING MANAGER: VP of Finance

LOCATION: South San Francisco, California

TYPE: Full-Time (Onsite or Hybrid)

HI-Bio, Inc. is a clinical-stage biotechnology company based in South San Francisco, California. Our shared purpose is to transform the lives of patients with severe immune-mediated diseases by developing novel targeted therapies with outsized clinical impact. We have a precision medicine approach akin to oncology and grounded in human genetics. Our pipeline is strong and built through in-licensing and discovery. HI-Bio's team is made up of industry experts from science and clinical development. We are on a path to building the leading immunology company. To accomplish this, we are seeking top talent to join us on our journey.

We are seeking an experienced and driven Director of Information Technology (IT), who will be HI-Bio’s first dedicated IT hire. This role will be responsible for developing and implementing our IT strategy and infrastructure to enable the success of a rapidly growing clinical-stage biotechnology company. The Director of IT will work closely with R&D and G&A teams to shape and meet the IT demands both at the enterprise and functional levels. As part of an agile, start-up environment, the Director will need to be able to adapt IT strategy to evolving needs and be hands-on as needed. The successful candidate will manage and leverage resources to ensure seamless processes for IT matters including desktop support, cybersecurity, enterprise architecture, and R&D tools. The role is based in South San Francisco (on-site or hybrid) and reports to the Vice President, Finance.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop, implement and execute IT strategy, operations and infrastructure for the company, including developing a roadmap to help prepare and scale the company for future growth.
• Be a technical partner to R&D and corporate teams to ensure IT needs are met in a regulatory-compliant way.
• As the company grows, to help build and develop a talented internal IT team.
• Responsible for managing IT vendors, external consultants and the overall IT budget.
• Keep up to date and help adopt industry best practices across all IT areas – privacy, security, infrastructure, operations, controls – in a scale-appropriate manner.
• Serve as triage for HI-Bio employees to resolve IT needs, and manage day-to-day operations related to IT – including but not limited to management of a help-desk and establishing interfaces for technical support needs.
• Select and oversee implementation of new tools to aid efficiency for research and lab teams, clinical teams, and business teams
• Responsible for IT contingency planning to ensure business continuity and avoid disruptions.
• Core member of the HI-Bio Infrastructure team, and responsible for evolving IT governance and internal controls, and facilitate trade-offs when required (ie. Overall budget, capacity to implement etc.)
• Own, develop and maintain privacy and cybersecurity strategy and policies, including tools to be utilized throughout the enterprise.
• Lead implementation of IT systems to deliver on the needs of the research, clinical and G&A functions, working closely with multiple cross-functional stakeholders.
• Serve as point of contact for IT for financial audit and/or legal compliance requirements.

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS:

• Expertise in investigating, negotiating, and selecting outside services and computer software; strong external management skills with vendors, consultants and partners.
• Significant experience with cloud-native platforms and AWS architecture.
• Hands-on, proactive, and systematic approach to building and maintaining IT systems in a biotech startup environment.
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or any other related fields.
• 8+ years of experience building and managing IT teams, managing external relationships with vendors and external consultants, and supporting data storage and business management platforms.
• Extensive IT implementation and management experience with a biotech/pharma to meet rapidly growing R&D (research and clinical programs) and G&A needs in a compliant way.
• Strong team player with the ability to work effectively across teams of different functional backgrounds including R&D and G&A; strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Track record of delivering in a fast-paced and dynamic environment while being resourceful and efficient. Desire to roll up sleeves day-to-day.
• Demonstrated experience designing solutions for rising technical challenges including cybersecurity and IT policy development.

HIBIO RECRUITING:

HI-Bio, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

HI-Bio Inc. does not accept unsolicited resumes from any agency that we have not directly engaged on a specific role. Our managers and employees will not accept resumes sent directly from any agency/3rd party. Unsolicited resumes sent to HI-Bio, Inc. from recruiters do not constitute any type of relationship between the recruiter and/or recruiting agency and HI-Bio, Inc. and do not obligate HI-Bio, Inc. to pay fees should we hire from those resumes.