Senior Director, IT Delivery and Operational Excellence

Ardelyx

Job Location:

Waltham, MA - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 251000 - 307000

Posted on: 6 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Description

Ardelyx is a publicly traded commercial biopharmaceutical company founded with a mission to discover develop and commercialize innovative first-in-class medicines that meet significant unmet medical needs. Ardelyx has two commercial products approved in the United States IBSRELA (tenapanor) and XPHOZAH (tenapanor). Ardelyx has agreements for the development and commercialization of tenapanor outside of the U.S. Kyowa Kirin commercializes PHOZEVEL (tenapanor) for hyperphosphatemia in Japan. A New Drug Application for tenapanor for hyperphosphatemia has been approved in China with Fosun Pharma. Knight Therapeutics commercializes IBSRELA in Canada.

Position Summary:

The Senior Director IT Delivery & Operational Excellence is a senior IT leader responsible for the operational performance and delivery effectiveness of the IT function. This role owns the IT Program Management Office (PMO) establishes and maintains IT delivery standards and governance and ensures the IT organization executes its portfolio of initiatives with consistency quality and addition to leading delivery this role provides operational oversight of the IT budget and vendor portfolio ensuring the CIO and IT Leadership Team have the visibility and infrastructure needed to make sound timely decisions. This is a core leadership role within IT accountable both for how the function operates day-to-day and for the outcomes it delivers over time.

Responsibilities:

PMO Leadership & Portfolio Delivery:

Design stand up and lead a fit-for-purpose IT PMO that brings predictability and discipline to how initiatives are scoped resourced and executed
Build and develop a team of Project and Program Managers implement a structured project intake and prioritization process and maintain real-time portfolio visibility across status risks dependencies and financial performance
Drive delivery accountability across the IT portfolio and surface trade-offs and resource conflicts to the CIO and ITLT with recommended paths forward

IT Operating Model & Delivery Standards:

Partner with the CIO and ITLT to define and continuously refine ITs delivery operating model including frameworks governance mechanisms and ways of working
Own the implementation of delivery methodology standards across project types maintain the IT governance calendar and executive reporting cadence and serve as the operational steward of ITs ways of working ensuring the function executes consistently and cohesively against the established model.

IT Business Operations

Lead day-to-day administration of the IT budget in partnership with Finance including actuals tracking forecasting variance analysis and annual planning
Build and maintain financial reporting tools that provide real-time spend visibility across pillars projects and vendors and proactively identify risks and optimization opportunities across the portfolio
Maintain a consolidated view of IT vendor relationships contract terms renewal timelines and performance across the portfolio
Partner with ITLT leaders Procurement and Legal to ensure agreements are current and compliant and coordinate strategic vendor governance activities that span multiple IT functions

Senior Leadership & Cross-Functional Partnership

Serve as a senior member of the IT Leadership Team partnering closely with the VP IT Business Technology to align delivery planning and portfolio prioritization to business strategy
Collaborate across ITLT pillars and represent the IT function with credibility in executive and cross-functional forums

Please note: this position is hybrid-based out of our Waltham MA office and requires a presence on-site 2-3 days per week.

Qualifications:

Bachelors degree with 12 years of progressive IT experience with significant experience in delivery leadership portfolio management or IT operational leadership roles or equivalent experience
Demonstrated success building or transforming a PMO or delivery function from the ground up in a growing or evolving organization
Experience in IT financial management budget administration or technology business management comfortable owning financial operations in partnership with Finance
Strong program and project management credentials; PMP PgMP or equivalent experience required
Proven ability to lead and develop PM talent and build delivery capability within an organization
Experience in life sciences biopharma or a regulated industry environment
Exceptional leadership presence with the ability to influence align and drive accountability across senior stakeholders
Ability to translate complex operational information into clear executive-ready communications and governance materials
Demonstrated ability to establish operational frameworks and mature them over time comfortable navigating ambiguity in early stages while building for long-term scalability and sustained performance

Travel: Approximately 10% including periodic travel between Waltham and Newark office locations

The anticipated annualized base pay range for this full-time position is $251000-$307000. Ardelyx utilizes industry data to ensure that our compensation is competitive and aligned with our industry peers. Actual base pay will be determined based on a variety of factors including years of relevant experience training qualifications and internal equity. The compensation package may also include an annual bonus target and equity awards subject to eligibility and other requirements.

Ardelyx also offers a robust benefits package to employees including a 401(k) plan with generous employer match 12 weeks of paid parental leave up to 12 weeks of living organ and bone marrow leave equity incentive plans health plans (medical prescription drug dental and vision)life insurance and disability flexible time off annual Winter Holiday shut down and at least 11 paid holidays.

Ardelyx is an equal opportunity employer.

Required Experience:

Exec

DescriptionArdelyx is a publicly traded commercial biopharmaceutical company founded with a mission to discover develop and commercialize innovative first-in-class medicines that meet significant unmet medical needs. Ardelyx has two commercial products approved in the United States IBSRELA (tenapano...