Manager, Information Technology
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Job Description
Overview
Element Iowa City has a current opening for an IT Manager to join our growing team. The IT Manager provides strategic and operational leadership for all information technology functions with a focus on delivering software solutions that directly support laboratory work-flowsand scientific data analysis in a regulated environment. This includes managing the continued development and validation of the organizations custom Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) and other software tools to support laboratory operations bioinformatics work-flows internal and client-facing data delivery and instrument integration.
This hands-on position leads delivery of software development data management and technical infrastructure in a laboratory supporting testing services within the medical/pharma industry. The position can be remote with some expectations for on-siterequirements. The IT Manager also oversees the organizations information security and electronic records management processes ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements and security standards frameworks. This includes managing risk audit readiness secure access and data governance for all information assets.
This position will partner with our scientific leaders to assess laboratory informatics and business needs in a role that requires strong team management skills cross-functional collaboration and strategic technical insight. The IT Manager directly supervises a team of software developers data engineers and system administrators while serving as the lead IT liaison across departments.
Responsibilities
- Provide leadership and strategic direction for IT operations for an evolving microbiology laboratory including creation of IT roadmaps to build systems to align with corporate vision.
- Provide oversight for maintaining and developing internal and external reporting and data analysis tools using full-stack software developers and where necessary software developer contractors.
- Oversee management of information assets and supporting infrastructure to ensure effective and efficient IT systems and data processes.
- Guide the full software development lifecycle and continuous enhancement of the custom Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) and related software applications ensuring those systems meet laboratory and regulatory requirements.
- Support IT operations compliance with relevant regulatory and information security standards (e.g. FDA 21 CFR Part 11 GLP ISO/IEC 27001) including system validation access controls audit trails data retention and change management.
- Work closely with directors scientists and managers to align technology with strategic business objectives.
- Review and approve system documentation and standard operating procedures including change control and validation documentation.
- Define and manage IT project timelines scopes budgets and deliverables to ensure high-quality execution.
- Balance long-term roadmap execution with short-term internal support and user enhancement requests.
- Hire manage and mentor a cross-functional IT team including developers data engineers system administrators and contractors when required.
- Oversee IT contingency planning business continuity and disaster recovery efforts.
- Represent IT in strategic planning sessions audits and vendor/client engagements.
- Promote IT awareness training and support across departments to foster the adoption of secure and efficient technology solutions.
Skills / Qualifications
- Four-year degree in Computer Science Information Systems Data Analytics or related field.
- 3 years of experience managing IT operations or delivering full-stack software or bioinformatics solutions in a regulated environment. Internal applicants with 3 or more years of service in a significant IT and or scientific role may have some of these requirements waived.
- Knowledge of the software development life cycle (SDLC) issue tracking build and deployment pipelines and software documentation standards preferably in a scientific medical/clinical or pharmaceutical organization.
- Understanding of IT infrastructure and operations (servers networking virtualization data storage and cloud computing).
- Proven project management skills including planning prioritization and execution of concurrent initiatives.
- Hands-on team development leadership and management experience.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills strong presentation skills.
Preferred - Experience with Elixir/Phoenix Ruby on Rails PostgreSQL or similar tech stacks.
- Experience with NGS data pipelines bioinformatics tools or molecular data management.
- Experience with Docker virtualization CI/CD pipelines system monitoring tools or cloud computing.
- Experience managing scientific data at scale and data warehousing.
- Experience with data visualization and analytics tools for laboratory or client reporting.
- Experience with Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS).
- Experience implementing APIs and ETL pipelines to support data workflows across systems.
- Familiarity with 21 CFR Part 11 and FDA guidance documents on principles of software validation (including 21 CFR 820.30).
- Knowledge of information security frameworks (e.g. ISO/IEC 27001 NIST 800-53) and implementation of organizational security controls.
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Company Overview
Element is one of the fastest growing testing inspection and certification businesses in the world. Globally we have more than 9000 brilliant minds operating from 270 sites across 30 countries. Together we share an ambitious purpose to Make tomorrow safer than today.
When failure in use is not an option we help customers make certain that their products materials processes and services are safe compliant and fit for purpose. From early R&D through complex regulatory approvals and into production our global laboratory network of scientists engineers and technologists support customers to achieve assurance over product quality sustainable outcomes and market access.
While we are proud of our global reach working at Element feels like being part of a smaller company. We empower you to take charge of your career and reward excellence and integrity with growth and development.
Industries across the world depend on our care attention to detail and the absolute accuracy of our work. The role we have to play in creating a safer world is much bigger than our organization.
Diversity Statement
At Element we always take pride in putting our people first. We are an equal opportunity employer that recognizes diversity and inclusion as fundamental to our Vision of becoming the worlds most trusted testing partner.
All suitably qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective work related criteria and without regard for the following: age disability ethnic origin gender marital status race religion responsibility of dependents sexual orientation or gender identity or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws.
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about discussed or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge (b) in furtherance of an investigation proceeding hearing or action including an investigation conducted by the employer or (c) consistent with the contractors legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
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