Senior Director, Information Technology

About Generate:Biomedicines

Generate:Biomedicines is a new kind of therapeutics company – existing at the intersection of machine learning, biological engineering, and medicine – pioneering Generative Biology™ to create breakthrough medicines where novel therapeutics are computationally generated, instead of being discovered. The Company has built a machine learning-powered biomedicines platform with the potential to generate new drugs across a wide range of biologic modalities. This platform represents a potentially fundamental shift in what is possible in the field of biotherapeutic development.

We pursue this audacious vision because we believe in the unique and revolutionary power of generative biology to radically transform the lives of billions, with an outsized opportunity for patients in need. We are seeking collaborative, relentless problem solvers that share our passion for impact to join us!

Generate:Biomedicines was founded in 2018 by Flagship Pioneering and has received nearly $700 million in funding, providing the resources to rapidly scale the organization. The Company has offices in Somerville and Andover, Massachusetts with over 275 employees.

The Role:

The Generate:Biomedicines Information Technology team is on a mission to create an environment where Generators from all backgrounds can thrive and are enabled to contribute their best.  We are recruiting an exceptional Senior Director, Information Technology to plan, build, and run innovative and secure technology solutions supporting world class scientists and practitioners.  This is an important team leadership position spanning architecture, engineering, and operations for Enterprise technology in an intrinsically digital environment.  The successful candidate will be an adept integrator, not only of technologies themselves, but of the business outcomes they enable. 

This job is for you if you are a strong, execution and outcome-oriented people manager, are deeply experienced in cross-platform and hybrid solutioning, and have led technology teams in a dynamic, change driven environment.  You are a leader who is passionate about creating capacity by streamlining and automating work, delivering digital tools to improve the employee experience, and providing exceptional service delivery and process execution. This role is based in our Somerville, MA office and requires an on-site presence with flexibility for hybrid work.

Role Objectives:

• Maintain and manage technology execution against a defined IT Strategy and roadmap, with continual improvement and business outcome focus. 
• Proactively plan, build, and run Enterprise IT infrastructure components, including endpoints, servers, cloud instances and containers, ioT devices, associated operating systems, network components, security tools, applications, and SaaS platforms. 
• Administer best fit enterprise-wide solutions accounting for defined business deliverables and priorities based upon cross functional cost benefit analysis. 
• Manage associated staff and resources, and effectively liaise with service providers, technology vendors, and external partners. 
• In partnership with internal functions including architecture, security, and business stakeholders, evaluate emerging solutions and technologies, continually developing potential options and resources to facilitate long term business strategy and outcomes. 
• Provide thought leadership and input to senior management regarding technology direction, strategy, and associated risk management.  Champion change aligned with organizational decisions and defined outcomes. 

Here's how you will contribute:

• Manage and lead a hybrid team of cross functional IT professionals and service providers, aligning skills and resources with both day to day and strategic business requirements. 
• Monitor and measure the operational runtime environment, proactively tuning for capacity and interoperability considerations. 
• Maintain a disciplined, accountable change and problem management framework. 
• Provide programmatic troubleshooting and real-time “break fix” support. 
• Liaise closely with the security function within threat management and incident response workflows, supporting and executing required adjustments, mitigations, and remedial actions. 
• Contribute to disaster recovery / business continuity planning, and maintain processes to validate, test, and update associated mechanisms.  
• Maintain asset inventory across hardware, software, and service components, including close operational integration with the security function to ensure effective vulnerability management updates. 
• Maintain secure identity and access management and data protection mechanisms in conjunction with the security team. 
• Oversee end user support and training in use of Enterprise IT solutions. 

The Ideal Candidate will have:

• 15 + years of experience in IT operations management. 
• Bachelors degree in IT, Computer Science or associated field. Masters degree or equivalent a plus
• Deep knowledge of operating systems, cloud platforms, common SaaS components including o365, networking solutions, enterprise backup and recovery procedures, and systems performance monitoring. 
• Expertise in implementing, configuring, testing, and integrating emerging technology solutions. 
• Demonstrated ability to recruit, manage, motivate and develop a high performing technical team.
• Significant experience in cyber security operations, potentially including threat & vulnerability management and threat hunting.
• Understanding of and recent applied experience with automation, ML/AI, and orchestration tools and methodologies.
• General business acumen with the ability to “translate” Enterprise goals and strategy into prioritized IT imperatives.
• Experience in managing third party service providers alongside direct staff.
• Understanding of and experience with GxP requirements in the health / biosciences / pharma space.
• Strong familiarity with prevailing regulations including SOX, HIPAA, GDPR, CCPA, etc.
• Solid understanding of control frameworks including NIST, ISO 27000+, etc.
• Strong understanding of common scripting languages, identity management protocols (SSO, SAML, OAuth, etc.), and API integration.
• Relevant Industry certifications such as ITIL, PMP, CISM, CISSP a plus. 

Generate:Biomedicines is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.

COVID Safety:

Generate:Biomedicines enforces a mandatory vaccination policy for COVID-19. All employees must be fully vaccinated and have received a booster.  The purpose of this policy is to safeguard the health of our employees, their families, and the community at large from infectious disease that may be reduced by vaccinations.  The Company will make exceptions to this policy if required by applicable law and will consider requests for an exemption from this policy due to a medical reason, or because of a sincerely held religious belief, or any other exemptions that may be recognized by applicable.

Recruitment & Staffing Agencies: Generate:Biomedicines does not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than candidates. The submission of unsolicited resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to Generate:Biomedicines or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by the Company’s internal Talent Acquisition team. Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of Generate:Biomedicines and the Company will not owe any referral or other fees with respect thereto.