IT SAP Associate Director

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IT SAP Associate Director

Director SAP & Compliance

Richmond, VA

Indivior is a global pharmaceutical company working to help change patients’ lives by developing medicines to treat opioid use disorder (OUD). Our vision is that all patients around the world will have access to evidence-based treatment for OUD and we are dedicated to transforming OUD from a global human crisis to a recognized and treated chronic disease. Building on its global portfolio of OUD treatments, Indivior has a pipeline of product candidates designed to expand on its heritage in this category.

Headquartered in the United States in Richmond, VA, Indivior employs approximately 700 individuals globally. Visit  to learn more. Connect with Indivior on Linked In by visiting

A business focused Associate IT Director that can lead the SAP application team to maintain scalable and reliable system operations, continuous improvements and strategic SAP roadmap opportunities for Indivior.

The role leverages IT, business and SAP experience to manage IT demand, architect and lead solution implementation aligning Business, IT functions and external partners to improve business processes, reporting and capabilities of corporate applications within a pharmaceutical environment.

• Determine strategy and roadmap for SAP and associated applications
• Work with IT and business colleagues to identify opportunities to leverage AI
• Keep abreast of regulatory, industry and technology changes

• Facilitate regular IT business management stakeholder meetings to communicate status of current projects and prioritize IT demand
• Mature IT Governance & lead business reviews to identify roadmap opportunities
• Identify opportunities to increase efficiency, utilization and governance of systems
• Provide guidance and leadership for best practice application training effectiveness

• Responsible for aspects of budget, license and vendor management for SAP support partners and software vendors
• Partner with internal and external vendors on development and support, ensuring any support issues are escalated and prioritized appropriately.
• Work closely with the business and Information Security to identify and mitigate security risks.
• Support internal and external audits to ensure systems are compliant with all relevant policies.
• Define and evolve application management approach for the systems including system specific change management and application administration

• Build strong collaborative relationships with key business partners and IT colleagues that enables effective support and solution implementation.
• Strong leadership and management skills to facilitate offshore and onsite vendor and internal support teams, working across geographies to ensure company SLA’s are met.
• Support and coach team members, and guide external vendors, to meet business objectives.
• Manage IT and business facing projects by leading teams to meet schedule, budget, and quality.
• Manage key risks, issues, actions, and decisions in timely manner.
• Identify workload and resourcing constraints and propose options to prioritize and deliver solutions

• Ownership and responsibility for maintaining and maturing SAP SDLC
• Continue to mature IT and business processes and associated training documentation
• Review and approve IT procedures and controls

• Be responsible for the teams who manage day to day incidents and requests for SAP and associated systems, ensuring these are managed in line with SLA’s, and Indivior IT best practices.
• Maintain SAP system operation as required by the business and in line with Indivior Policies and SOP’s.
• Complete regular IT administration activities, covering:
  • Planning and communication of system outage and maintenance plans
  • Execution and review of scheduled Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX) and IT General controls

• Act as Project Manager for major IT projects, and input into other projects that may impact upon the applications being managed.
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