Associate Director, IT Digital Plant

At RayzeBio, every day is an opportunity to ignite meaningful change. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bristol Myers Squibb, RayzeBio blends the nimble, pioneering spirit of an emergent biotech with the global expertise and resources of a leading innovator in oncology. Our mission is to develop transformative radiopharmaceutical therapies that offer new hope for patients living with cancer. Here, you’ll join a multidisciplinary team where your ideas are valued, your expertise is amplified, and collaboration is at the heart of everything we do. From day one, expect to make an immediate impact—on our science, on our teams, and most importantly, on patients. Learn more about RayzeBio: https://careers.bms.com/rayzebio/

Background

RayzeBio, a Bristol Myers Squibb company, is a dynamic biotechnology company headquartered in San Diego, CA. The company is focused on improving survival of people with cancer by harnessing the power of targeted radioisotopes. RayzeBio is developing innovative drugs against targets of solid tumors. Led by a successful and experienced entrepreneurial team, RayzeBio aims to be the global leader in radiopharmaceuticals.

Job Description

The Assoc. Director, IT Digital Plant is an integral part of bringing RayzeBio’s innovative drug products to patients in need. In this role, you will report directly to the Exec. Director, IT and be primarily responsible implementing RayzeBio’s vision for growth and leading efforts to enable digital processes to achieve commercialization objectives at newly developed site(s).  The Indianapolis-based role will ensure the digital systems roadmap is enabled and maintained  to successfully deliver novel Radiopharmaceutical technologies.   You will work with lab & process automation, large corporate systems, small biotech systems, across all functions for the new company site(s).  Additional responsibilities will include setting and managing budgets and working with architectural and IT partners and specialty equipment manufacturers to achieve our technology and commercialization goals.

Job Responsibilities

·        Accountable for continuous operation and maintenance of IT, lab & process automation systems (including MES, LIMS, local manufacturing, quality control and quality management site IT systems) as well as associated site infrastructure.

·        Lead site service level management scope and process with IT groups and/or vendor managed services, i.e. Service Level Agreements (SLA’s), Disaster Recovery/Service Continuity, etc.

·        Ensure Digital Roadmap leveraged and aligned to business outcomes.   Drive for value realization.

·        Lead a group of indirect reports and service providers to deliver effective, innovative and stable solutions that meet the needs of the site.

·        Active partner with the site functional leaders.  Collaborate with site leadership to develop, support, and align strategies for business process improvements through information systems automation.

·        Provide IT leadership to site regulatory inspection readiness and data integrity initiatives.

·        Participate in high-level strategic communications with the business and site leadership teams.

·        Manage new demand from the various site functions (Manufacturing Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, Manufacturing Science & Technology)

·        Identify key technology trends and how new technologies might be leveraged to provide better solutions to the manufacturing site

·        Responsible for the development of long-term (3 year) roadmaps identifying capabilities that have the greatest impact on business capabilities for the organization.   Partnering and benchmarking with external sources.

Education and Experience:

• 10+ years’ IT experience in a cGMP injectable or Radiopharmaceutical environment.

• Proven technical leadership and management experience.

• Demonstrated experience implementing automation and digitization projects.

• BS/MS Information Technology or similar degree or equivalent experience

Skills:

• Strong project