Senior IT Business Analyst

Beam Therapeutics is a biotechnology company committed to establishing the leading, fully integrated platform for precision genetic medicines. To achieve this vision, Beam has assembled a platform with integrated gene editing, delivery and internal manufacturing capabilities. Beam’s suite of gene editing technologies is anchored by base editing, a proprietary technology that is designed to enable precise, predictable and efficient single base changes, at targeted genomic sequences, without making double-stranded breaks in the DNA.

This has the potential to enable a wide range of therapeutic editing strategies that Beam is using to advance a diversified portfolio of base editing programs. Beam is a values-driven organization committed to its people, cutting-edge science, and a vision of providing life-long cures to patients suffering from serious diseases.

Beam is seeking a Senior IT Business Analyst, G&A to support technology solutions across the General and Administrative departments in a rapidly growing organization. This person will support Beam’s G&A Enterprise Application portfolio which is comprised of Financial, Operational, Legal and Human Resources solutions. This role is critical in providing implementation support for new systems and production support for all G&A stakeholders.

• Serve as the Senior Business Analyst on projects for new implementations and system enhancements, working with internal stakeholders and vendors to ensure technical solutions meet Beam’s needs.
• Build a collaborative relationship with stakeholders to proactively identify business needs and suggest solutions that align to those needs. Work with stakeholders to build and maintain technology roadmaps.
• Ensure compliance with SOX controls, audit requirements, and data governance standards across supported applications.
• Facilitate requirements gathering to support project initiatives. Maintain business process and system documentation for existing systems and contribute to the knowledge base for service desk members.
• Lead release management activities for enterprise applications, coordinating planning, testing, deployment, stakeholder communication, and post-release validation to ensure successful production implementations.
• Act as a point of escalation for operational and system issues, own management of issue resolution and coordinating with vendors when necessary.
• Proactively identify opportunities to leverage AI technologies, including Microsoft Copilot, AI agents, and embedded AI functionality, to streamline business processes, improve productivity, and enhance the user experience across enterprise applications.
• Build and maintain reporting across enterprise applications to provide operational oversight, measure performance, and identify opportunities for process optimization and automation.

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business Administration or related field.
• The ideal candidate will have experience implementing or supporting G&A applications, specifically:
• Finance (SAP FI/CO, SAP Concur, Coupa, Workday Adaptive)
• HR (Success Factors)
• Legal (Agiloft)
• Operations (FM Systems, Velocity EHS, Robin)
• Demonstrated ability to work with a high degree of autonomy, effectively prioritize work, and drive initiatives to completion in a dynamic environment.
• 6+ years as a Business Analyst in an IT department.
• Ability to work in our Cambridge, MA headquarters twice per week.
• Experience working in a Biotech/Pharmaceutical/Life Sciences environment is a plus.