Director, IT G&A Business Partner

Job Description

The Director, IT G&A Business Partner will build strong partnerships across the G&A functions including Finance, HR, Legal, Sourcing and Corporate Communications. This role will understand the unique needs of departments to ensure that technology solutions align with business strategic goals. This role will serve as a trusted advisor, facilitating communication, driving innovation, and ensuring the successful implementation of technology initiatives.

What You’ll Do:

• Build and maintain strong business partnerships with G&A teams to understand their business needs and challenges to identify process and technology solutions.
• Collaborate with all levels of the G&A teams to develop and execute IT strategies and prioritize technology roadmaps that support business objectives.
• Establish shared vision on solutions with cross functional stakeholders, facilitating decision making and addressing trade-offs within and between solution platforms.
• Manage system initiatives for projects of high complexity and large scale.
• Facilitate smooth transitions as G&A technology platforms evolve, providing training and support to ensure user adoption.
• Track and report on the performance of IT initiatives, making recommendations for improvements as needed.
• Identify potential risks and develop mitigation strategies to ensure the security and reliability of IT systems.
• Stay informed about emerging technologies, industry trends, and best practices related to G&A and Enterprise applications.
• Partner with Enterprise Architect to streamline flow of data between G&A systems

Qualifications

What You’ll Bring:

• Bachelors degree/Masters degree or equivalent and 10+ years in the delivery of technology services and support, including experience in pharma, life sciences, or a related industry.
• Proven track record of leading cross-functional teams and driving organizational change in G&A domains like Finance, HR, Legal, Corporate Affairs, and Facilities.
• Experience working with enterprise applications, including ERP, HCM/HRIS, and ITSM.
• Experience working in regulated environments, including SOX, GxP, and GDPR/CCPA. Understanding of IT governance and compliance standards such as ITIL.
• Entrepreneurial spirit; thrives in a fast-paced, hands-on environment.
• Comfortable handling ambiguity and navigating through uncertain situations, while building trust and ongoing partnerships
• Highly organized, with strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Committed to meeting and exceeding high standards for quality and continuous improvement.
• Builds rapport and credibility as an effective strategic partner.
• Fosters team collaboration. Breaks down silos and able to influence without authority.
• Skilled at conflict negotiation and achieving alignment.
• Ability to manage a portfolio of projects, activities, and tasks simultaneously and autonomously.
• Strong written and verbal communication, presentation, and facilitation skills. Ability to distill complex information to effectively present to senior leadership.  

Preferred Skills:

• Master's degree or equivalent in Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Experience in IT G&A functions within pharma industry required
• Relevant experience and certification in enterprise applications (e.g., Oracle ERP, Workday, payroll, travel and expense, contract lifecycle management) required.
• Experience with enterprise data management and analytics is desirable.

Additional Information

Deciphera is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The base salary pay range for this role is $186,000 - $256,000. Actual compensation packages will depend on various factors, including, but not limited to depth of experience, education, skillset, overall performance and/or location.​

Deciphera believes in providing a competitive compensation and benefits package to all employees. Our base salary is just one component of Deciphera’s competitive total rewards strategy that also includes annual performance bonus, a long-term incentive plan, full range of benefits and other incentive compensation plans (if applicable)

Benefits:

• Competitive salary and annual bonus.
• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan with company match, and more.
• Generous parental leave and family planning benefits.
• Outstanding culture and opportunities for personal and professional growth.

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