Director, IT Business Partner

Overview

Cogent Biosciences is a publicly traded biotechnology company focused on developing novel precision therapies to treat a broad range of patients with unmet medical needs. Cogent’s lead program, bezuclastinib, is designed to selectively and potently inhibit exon 17 mutations found within the KIT receptor tyrosine kinase, including KIT D816V. KIT D816V is responsible for driving a rare and serious condition called Systemic Mastocytosis, and exon 17 mutations are also found in patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST), a type of cancer with strong dependence on oncogenic KIT signaling.

Bezuclastinib has exhibited promising initial data across all three trials: APEX in AdvSM, SUMMIT in NonAdvSM and PEAK in GIST, including an encouraging safety profile across 600+ patients in single agent and combination dosing.

Cogent Biosciences is preparing for its first commercial launch and we are seeking a motivated self-starter Director, IT Business Partner for Commercial, Medical Affairs and Corporate Applications. You will be a strategic and tactical technology leader, partnering closely with cross-functional business leaders and teams to document and execute on Commercial, Medical Affairs and Corporate Applications technology roadmap. This is a hands-on role and you will partner with the business leaders and teams to support multiple existing and new system implementations in a fast paced environment.

This role will report to the Vice President of Information Technology. This position is a hybrid position and the candidate should be located near our Waltham MA office.

• Leverage your deep business and technical understanding of Commercial, Medical Affairs and Corporate systems to partner and collaborate with business leaders and teams to align and develop a multi-year roadmap
• Align with the business to execute on the multi-year roadmap
• Ensure configuration, enhancement, and expansion of the above business systems align with broader organizational data standards, information security practices, and regulatory needs
• Partner with business to identify enhancements, integrations and assist with improvements to existing systems and processes

• Leverage your business analyst skills and partner with Commercial, Medical Affairs and Corporate system owners and support multiple existing and new system implementations in a fast-paced environment
• Gather business requirements, document and test platforms in collaboration with Commercial, Medical Affairs and Corporate system owners
• Support the overall governance and lifecycle management of applications for above platforms
• Assist in unit testing and support configuration efforts of Veeva and above platforms
• Support, author and execute Computer Systems Validation (CSV) of GxP scripts
• Be a key liaison between business functions above and IT and Quality to ensure the business functions receive the technical guidance and support needed in a timely manner
• Leverage your technical skills and partner with Commercial, Medical Affairs and Corporate system owners to assist with system administration, troubleshooting and configuration as needed

• Bachelor’s (or advanced) degree in Information Systems, Life Sciences or related field
• Experience working in biotech/pharmaceutical life science industry is preferred
• 8+ years of hands-on technical leadership in commercial, medical affairs and corporate applications management
• 8+ years of IT experience, with at least 5 years of Life Science industry experience
• Must be able to work in Waltham office at least two days a week
• 5+ years of experience as an IT Business Partner supporting Commercial and Medical Affairs systems
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in Computer Systems Validation (CSV)
• 3+ years of experience as an IT Business Partner supporting Corporate systems such as ERP, HRIS and learning management systems
• Advanced experience and hands-on technical skills with Veeva commercial systems such as CRM, Med Comms, Promo Mats, Network and more
• Strong understanding of application life cycle management, API’s, system integrations and commercial data warehouse
• Ability to partner with business…