What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director to Senior Director, IT & Data Sciences position at Fortvita Biologics?
SUMMARY:
Fortvita Biologics is seeking a Director or Sr. Director of IT & Data Sciences with a strong technical foundation, strategic mindset, and cross-functional collaboration skills to align technology solutions with business objectives. This leader will drive the selection, implementation, and management of systems and data solutions to enable efficient, data-driven decision-making across the organization. They will enhance operational efficiency throughout the product lifecycle—from research and clinical development to regulatory filing and commercialization—while building and maintaining a secure, scalable technology infrastructure. Additionally, this role will ensure seamless coordination across internal teams and external partners to optimize IT and data strategies.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Partner with business functions to develop streamlined, scalable, and integrated technology solutions that drive data-driven decision making across the organization.
• Evaluate, select, implement, and manage robust technology foundations to support business needs.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless system implementation, quality, and compliance.
• Oversee key systems to provide cost-effective and reliable support for R&D portfolio needs.
• Support data management and informatics needs for drug discovery research and clinical development.
• Support clinical and non-clinical data management, analytics, reporting, visualization, and storage.
• Provide ongoing end-user support for systems and data needs.
• Stay ahead of emerging technologies and informatics trends to enhance efficiency and advance company strategy.
• Drive continuous systems enhancements through technology innovation and process optimization.
• Assist in IT infrastructure implementation, information and data security, and system maintenance as needed.
• Participate in drafting, reviewing, and approval of procedural documents and system validation documents.
• Keep management informed of system implementation project progress and status.
QUALIFICATIONS:
• An advanced degree in Computer Science, Life Sciences, or a related technical discipline is required. A combination of degrees in scientific and technical disciplines is highly preferred.
• Minimum 12 years of experience in system analysis, implementation, training, validation, and administration experience in R&D systems and informatics within the pharmaceutical and biotech industry.
• Hands-on experience in Veeva Vault (RIM and Clinical), data analytics and visualization, and system integration is required.
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of global pharmaceutical research, drug development, and regulatory requirements.
• Proven success and track record in successfully driving technology innovations to meet evolving business needs and priorities with a lens of improving business efficiencies through agile implementation, scalable automation, and quality delivery.
• Strong teamwork skills to work across internal functions and external partners, bring value, insight, and key input to the team, and ensure that sound system implementation and compliance practices are fully integrated into all activities.
• Demonstrated productivity and innovative, flexible, analytical, problem-solving, documentation, and critical thinking skills. Intellectually curious, self-motivated, able to effectively work with agility in a fast-paced environment and quickly learn new technical skills.
• Must have excellent oral and written communication skills and the ability to build cross-functional relationships and work collaboratively with other groups.
• Must demonstrate a firm commitment to achieving corporate objectives while maintaining the highest ethical, regulatory, and technical standards.
• Innovative, energetic, team-oriented, and customer-focused, with the ability to think strategically as well as execute project details.
