Associate Director, IT Business Partner

About Acadia Pharmaceuticals

Acadia is advancing breakthroughs in neuroscience to elevate life. Since our founding, we have been working at the forefront of healthcare to bring vital solutions to people who need them most. We developed and commercialized the first and only FDA-approved drug to treat hallucinations and delusions associated with Parkinson’s disease psychosis and the first and only approved drug in the United States and Canada for the treatment of Rett syndrome. Our clinical-stage development efforts are focused on Prader-Willi syndrome, Alzheimer’s disease psychosis, and multiple other programs targeting neuropsychiatric symptoms in central nervous system disorders. For more information, visit us at Acadia.com and follow us on LinkedIn and X.

 

Please note that this position is based in San Diego, CA. Acadia's hybrid model requires this role to work in our office three days per week on average.

This position will serve as a technology partner in a specific business domain. The business partner provides subject matter experience, technology leadership, operational support and project management for key projects that enable and improve a business domain.  The IT Business Partner will work both on projects as a leader and critical team member and with operational teams to facilitate the introduction of new technologies and to maintain and further improve upon operational processes within and across domains.  The IT Business Partner will form key partnerships with business leaders to evaluate technology needs for business opportunities, provide guidance on the best ways to leverage IT to further their business goals and provides leadership to the IT staff and vendors who implement the development, design and optimization of related systems. The business partner will further ensure business solutions comply with policy and security mandates established by the company.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

• Act as the primary face of IT for an assigned business domain including planning, conducting, coordinating, and communicating IT operational plans and policy
• Support IT project management in the implementation of technology solutions according to Acadia’s IT governance processes, including intake assessment and standard PMO reporting
• Act as operational lead for specific business domain systems including holding recurring operational meetings with business partners and vendors, tracking and evaluating change requests, initiating change controls for implementation of changes, coordinating routine system patches and escalating issues as appropriate.
• Work with other business partners to establish and enhance cohesive relationships with business stakeholders and establish Acadia’s overall systems roadmap
• Work with Business to help define and document business processes and requirements including, but not limited to, data flow, data storage, application usability, infrastructure, reporting and analytics
• Facilitate RFP initiatives for evaluating new technology solutions
• Perform vendor management activities such as establishing contracts (e.g., NDA, MSA, SOW) and managing ongoing licensing and renewals
• Oversee maintenance of standard operating procedures and periodic review activities for domain systems and process.
• Oversee user acceptance testing activities with business partners
• Oversee computer systems validation activities adhering to 21 CFR Part 11 guidelines (if applicable), and/or other regulatory requirements
• Provide configuration support for key systems, if required

Education/Experience/Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems or equivalent technical discipline.  An equivalent combination of relevant education and applicable job experience may be considered.  A minimum of 10 years progressively responsible experience ideally in the pharmaceutical and/or life sciences industry. Must possess:
• Proven ability to partner with business management in developing and implementing technology strategy
• Ability to work with all levels of the organization, both technical and non-technical
• Solid domain knowledge of business processes and related data types in applicable business domain area to support technology solutions
• Ability to be highly organized, self-motivated with the capability to prioritize projects and workload
• Skilled at effectively leading IT projects with cross functional team effort and organizing resources to achieve project goals
• Adaptability to quickly and proactively implement change initiatives