Vice President, Information Systems Remote (anywhere in Virginia)

Description :

Shape the company’s IS strategy and guide its implementation, working closely with colleagues across the business. Build an organization and IS solutions (infrastructure, applications, security) that fit today’s activities and support our growth toward a commercial stage. Bring enterprise architecture leadership, cybersecurity governance and an AI strategy together so that our information system is secure, scalable, compliant and a real source of business value.

Location : Warren, New Jersey - minimum 3 days on site

Salary Range : $300-350k

Key Responsibilities :

• Shape the company’s IS strategy in step with business needs and overall corporate objectives.
• Turn this direction into medium- and long-term roadmaps for both applications and infrastructure.
• Lead the enterprise architecture (business, data, application, integration and technology layers): set the target architecture and design principles, maintain the architecture roadmap, and chair the architecture review board to keep our systems coherent, scalable, interoperable and light on technical debt, including the move to a commercial-stage landscape (ERP, finance, supply chain, commercial and data platforms).
• Guide the main IS governance processes and support the IS department’s ability to deliver.
• Build and lead an IS organization that can support the company’s growth across all business activities.
• Facilitate decision-making across multidisciplinary IS projects involving geographically distributed stakeholders.
• Develop and manage IS budgets thoughtfully, identifying investment needs based on business priorities and technology developments.
• Choose and work with external IS partners (managed services providers and vendors), setting clear expectations for performance.
• Keep the information system reliable, consistent and continuously evolving, both technically and functionally.
• Put in place the means needed to comply with rules and regulations and to manage information system risks. Make sure systems used in regulated activities meet data integrity and computer system validation requirements (GxP, 21 CFR Part 11, EU Annex 11).
• Define and lead the cybersecurity strategy and program, from governance, policies and risk assessment to identity and access management, data protection, security operations, incident response and business continuity.
• Define and execute the company's AI and data strategy: identify and prioritize high-value use cases (e.g., R&D, clinical, quality, medical, commercial and corporate functions).
• Be a trusted strategic partner to the Executive Committee: contribute to corporate strategy and business planning, make sure IS investments and the multi-year IS roadmap support the commercialization of the company’s products, and build business cases and value tracking for major IS initiatives.
• Keep an eye on competitive and technological developments.

Work hand in hand with internal quality auditors (IS Audit) and external auditors (SOX, GxP, Security). Own the IT general controls and application controls supporting SOX 404 / ICFR compliance.

Qualifications :

• An engineering degree with a specialization in information systems, or higher education in computer science.
• Significant experience as a CIO / IS Director.
• Prior experience in the pharmaceutical industry is essential.
• Broad knowledge of information systems and how they evolve.
• Working knowledge of AI technologies (machine learning, generative AI, intelligent automation), data platforms and AI governance, with the ability to turn them into business value and manage the associated risks.
• Familiarity with the applications and technologies used in the company, main programming languages and operating systems.
• Good knowledge of security standards, global security risk trends and cybersecurity.
• Good knowledge of the outsourcing market (software vendors, IT service providers, consulting firms, etc.) and skill in managing outsourcing relationships.
• Strong understanding of business functions, company organization and the needs of every department.
• Strong knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry and its regulatory IS requirements.
• Good economic awareness, particularly within the company’s sector.
• Working knowledge of finance and cost control, managing the IS budget well and partnering with the Finance department.
• Strong mastery of multi-project management methodologies.
• Knowledge of SOX / ICFR requirements and of regulatory obligations for listed companies (SEC, Nasdaq, Euronext / AMF) as they apply to information systems, access management, change management and data integrity.

Behavioral skills :

Curiosity: Keep on exploring uncharted territories. Always ask “why?” and more importantly “why not?”,

Courage: Take smart risks, mentor each other to always do better & be accountable for our choices, our opinions, and our actions,

Collaboration: Teamwork and spirit. Support each other and be equally involved in the achievement of our common goals,

Credibility: Be transparent, follow through and build trust. Educate ourselves about our unique technology.