Associate Director, Supply Chain Systems

We are working with a leading biotechnology company in the Boston area to help them find a Associate Director, Supply Chain Systems to join their information technology team. The company is growing and preparing for a commercial launch, making this role critical to the success of the company. This individual will partner with leaders across Quality and Supply Chain, and other functions as needed to drive adoption, operations, and ongoing enhancements to the IT systems.

• Partner with functional stakeholders and vendors to build new solutions supporting the Quality and Supply Chain functions, including integrations between systems and between the Company and key service providers.
• Author, review, and approve applicable SDLC deliverables, and coordinate assurance and other testing activities.
• Collaborate with the Company’s Architecture Review Board to ensure the system design is consistent with company standards for security, infrastructure, and data architecture.
• Own the day-to-day operations and configurations of Supply Chain Systems (iStability, Oracle Fusion ERP).
• Maintain hands on involvement in system administration and configuration, including workflows, metadata, security, reference data, and system settings.
• Support the design, development, and documentation of effective data flows and integrations among systems to enable efficient processes and workflows (including automation) and effective reporting and analytics.
• Support user onboarding, system training, and operational adoption from a system and process perspective.
• Manage vendor/MSP relationships related to IT systems.
• Provide technical guidance and support on change control activities.

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business Administration or related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience, preferably in the Life Sciences industry. Experience supporting pre‑commercial or early commercial biotech organizations preferred.
• Proven experience with the Veeva suite of products, Supply Chain planning and execution systems (including ERP), and other key Development IT systems (Veeva certification a plus).
• Strong understanding of the Quality and Supply Chain business processes.
• Knowledge of user management administration.
• Experience managing vendors/MSPs and collaborating with business stakeholders to prioritize support or enhancement requests.
• Experience with system integrations (APIs, data flows, connectors).
• Excellent communication and coordination skills across business and technical teams.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

The base salary range for this position is $170K to $220K, plus additional benefits and an annual bonus. Compensation is determined by a variety of factors including but not limited to the role, function, and associated responsibilities, as well as a candidate’s work experience, education, knowledge, skills, and geographic location.