Senior Systems Analyst; R&D IT – Clinical, Regulatory, Medical

Position: Senior Systems Analyst (R&D IT – Clinical, Regulatory, Medical)
Job-:
Corporate Functions

Location:

Waltham, MA, United States

Schedule:

Full time, First Posted:

POSITION SUMMARY:

Alkermes is seeking a Sr. Systems Analyst, within the R&D IT team.  This person would work closely with our Development, Clinical, Regulatory and Medical, DSPV organizations to evaluate, implement, enhance and support current systems and solutions.  They will assist in optimizing data capture, data aggregation, and data analysis.  The preferred candidate will utilize their experience to implement key functionality within these groups to help facilitate the development/clinical/regulatory/medical teams.  

Their role will include but not be limited to working with the various scientific areas to identify key data sets, facilitating the implementation of required infrastructure/solution where necessary, and working closely with the scientists and other users to understand their business needs.
All work of the Sr. Systems Analyst is conducted within regulatory guidelines and industry best practices.

Qualifications Minimum

Education and Experience:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or equivalent5-8 yrs experience supporting discovery, clinical, regulatory, medical organizations

Experience in the pharmaceutical/biotech industry strongly preferred

Hands on working knowledge of Veeva systems

Technical Knowledge/Skills Needed:

Investigates new technologies (and/or changes to existing technologies)  Good understanding of system integrations, automation, data flows

Understanding of statistical data analysis and visualization platforms

Experience working within a GxP regulated environment

Working knowledge of Linux platform and some scripting AWS experience is helpful

Core Competencies:

Partner with vendors, external and internal stakeholders to support solution design and delivery

Good verbal and written communication skills to effectively express ideas, provide updates to technical and non-technical audiences

Actively Listen, value all opinions and facilitates open discussion across all functions

Problem solving skills to understand and troubleshoot issues

Displays flexibility and creativity in problem solving and meeting work assignments while ensuring compliance with policies and procedures

Travel Requirements:
No business travel expected

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $105,000 to $119000. In addition, this position is eligible for an annual performance pay bonus.  Exact compensation may vary based on skills, training, knowledge, and experience. Alkermes offers a competitive benefits package.  Additional details can be found on our careers website: #LI-AH1

Responsibilities Work with stakeholders to understand their business processes, requirements and data flows using various elicitation techniques

Create and update all software lifecycle documentation

Partner with cross functional teams including R&D, Infrastructure, Validation, QA, vendors

Develop and manage vendor relationships, coordinating configurations, upgrades, releases, request management and support activities

Lead data migration and curation projects as needed throughout the R&D organization

Analyze gaps, recommend opportunities for improvement that fit the business needs

Coordinate issue resolution with internal and external technical support providers

Prioritize tasks between strategic initiatives, ongoing system releases and day to day activities

Ensures adherence to regulatory requirements, cybersecurity standards, department policies, procedures and SOPsBuild and foster effective relationships between the business stakeholders and ITOversee vendor relationships for implemented systems and solutions

Ensure adherence to FDA computer systems validation compliance

About the company

Why join Team Alkermes?

Alkermes applies its decades of deep neuroscience expertise to develop medicines designed to help people living with complex and difficult-to-treat psychiatric and neurological disorders. A global biopharmaceutical company, headquartered in Ireland with U.S. locations in Massachusetts and Ohio, we seek to make a meaningful difference in the way people manage their diseases. We have a portfolio of proprietary commercial products for the treatment of alcohol dependence, opioid dependence, schizophrenia, bipolar I disorder and narcolepsy, and a pipeline of clinical and preclinical candidates in development for various psychiatric and neurological disorders.

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