Senior Director, Infrastructure and Operations

Company Description

Deciphera, a member of ONO, is a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing important new medicines to improve the lives of people with cancer. We are leveraging our proprietary switch-control kinase inhibitor platform and deep expertise in kinase biology to develop a broad portfolio of innovative medicines.

Enabled by our proprietary drug discovery platform, Deciphera has developed a diverse pipeline of wholly-owned drug candidates. QINLOCK® (ripretinib) is Deciphera’s switch control inhibitor developed for the treatment of fourth-line GIST. QINLOCK is approved in Australia, Canada, China, the European Union, Hong Kong, Switzerland, Taiwan, the United States, and the United Kingdom.  We wholly own QINLOCK and all of our drug candidates with the exception of a development and commercialization out-license agreement for QINLOCK in Greater China. In addition to QINLOCK, we have identified and advanced multiple product candidates from our platform into clinical studies, including vimseltinib and DCC-3116.  

See here for more details on our portfolio.

We offer an outstanding culture and opportunity for personal and professional growth guided by our “PATHS” Core Values and how we work together. We are proud to be Great Place to Work Certified 2023 and rank #25 on Fortune’s Best Places to Work Small and Midsized Biotech Companies in 2023. Find more details about our award-winning culture here. 

Job Description

The Role:

This is the most senior role in the infrastructure and operations (I&O) function within I&T, accountable for IT I&O throughout the organization. The head of I&O is responsible for the delivery of all I&T infrastructure and related I&T operations used to enable business capabilities and services across the enterprise.

This role reports to the VP, I&T and has line management responsibilities for Digital End User Experience, I&T Solutions & Engineering, Business Application Services, Information & Architecture, and Collaboration Services

The head of I&O brings experience, knowledge, and future vision for transforming the I&O function including its strategy, operating model, product and service offerings and workforce. The role holder is a senior stakeholder in all relationships with externally sourced infrastructure and operations capabilities.

As a key member of I&T leadership, this role contributes to the development and execution of the enterprise-wide I&T strategy and is responsible for ensuring I&O strategy is fully aligned, positioning I&O to deliver compelling business value.

This position will work on-site at our Waltham, MA office. Deciphera expects a minimum number of three days a week on site, with flexibility as to hours on site on any given day to accommodate work/life balance. Specific days and times spent in the office should be determined in conjunction with your manager.

What You’ll Do:

• Sets the mission, vision, and strategy of the I&O organization to maximize the success of business and I&T enterprise initiatives.
• Introduces innovative, differentiating infrastructure and operations capabilities that enhance our overall competitive capabilities and enhance employee productivity.
• Works with the I&T leadership on the service portfolio and governance required to prioritize resources, including budget. Works with key stakeholders to measure and prioritize technical debt remediation.
• Builds successful stakeholder relationships with other I&T and business key stakeholders by developing a clear understanding of business needs, acting as a trusted advisor, and ensuring cost-effective delivery of I&T services to meet those needs.
• Creates and aligns an I&O value map by linking targeted business outcomes with the future-state business capabilities required to achieve them.
• Drives alignment of I&O strategies to the organization’s environmental, social and governance goals. 
• Develops and controls the annual I&O budget to ensure that it's consistent with the overall strategic objectives of I&T and the enterprise and is within plan. Creates a culture of continuous cost optimization.
• Defines, develops, and manages a comprehensive and integrated IT Service Management (ITSM) landscape, based on best-practice processes, disciplines, and related toolsets. This includes delivery of a comprehensive IT asset management program.
• Collaborates with the Information Security Officer (ISO) to ensure I&O contributes to, embraces, and applies security strategy.
• Operates a formal governance mechanism to establish and monitor effective controls for the processes and fun