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Senior Director, IT Business Partner Corporate Functions
Job Location:
Job Location:
Waltham, MA - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 251000 - 307000
Monthly Salary:
Posted:
28 May 2026 (30+ days ago)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
25 August 2026
Application Deadline:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
Description
Ardelyx is a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on redefining treatment approaches for patients with significant unmet medical needs. By combining scientific innovation with a collaborative purpose-driven culture we strive to create meaningful impact for patients.
Team Ardelyx is united by a shared mission and guided by our core values: Passionate Fearless Dedicated and Inclusive.
We foster an inclusive environment where employees are respected supported and empowered to make an impact both within our company and in the lives of patients we serve.
Team Ardelyx is united by a shared mission and guided by our core values: Passionate Fearless Dedicated and Inclusive.
We foster an inclusive environment where employees are respected supported and empowered to make an impact both within our company and in the lives of patients we serve.
Position Summary:
The Senior Director IT Business Partner Corporate Functions is responsible for leading technology strategy and delivery across corporate functions including Corporate Operations Quality Finance HR Legal and other G&A areas. This role partners with executive stakeholders to ensure IT solutions enable operational excellence scalability and data-driven decision making across the enterprise. The Senior Director will lead two major enterprise initiatives; ERP and HRIS and will play a key role in assessing how AI shapes the path forward for the corporate functions portfolio.
Responsibilities:
- Partner with Corporate Operations Quality Finance HR Legal and corporate leadership to define and execute IT strategy aligned with business priorities
- Translate business needs into scalable enterprise solutions supporting corporate functions
- Lead prioritization and execution of IT initiatives across HRIS financial systems and corporate platforms
- Drive implementation and optimization of enterprise applications such as ERP HRIS and related systems
- Ensure alignment with compliance security and data governance requirements across corporate systems
- Manage implementation and enhancement of systems including CRM and patient services platforms
- Collaborate with enterprise architecture and infrastructure teams to deliver integrated solutions
- Oversee vendor relationships system implementations and managed service providers
- Provide strategic guidance on digital transformation and process optimization initiatives
- Communicate technology roadmaps risks and investment priorities to executive stakeholders
- Partner with the CIO to define a long-term enterprise technology strategy and roadmap including modernization priorities platform direction and architectural guardrails
- Establish a pragmatic scalable architecture operating model including architecture review and decision forums technology standards and reference architectures solution design patterns and reuse and data classification and security-by-design principles
- Partner with the extended IT Leadership and extended Teams
This is a hybrid role (2-3 days in office) at our Waltham MA headquarters.
Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology Business or related field with 12 years of progressive IT experience with strong support of corporate functions or equivalent experience
- Proven leadership experience in IT business partnering or enterprise systems roles
- Demonstrated experience leading large-scale ERP and/or HRIS implementations end-to-end
- Deep knowledge of HR Finance and corporate systems such as Workday SAP Oracle or similar platforms
- Demonstrated experience with CRM platforms such as Salesforce or similar systems
- Strong understanding of business analysis methodologies and SDLC processes
- Experience leading enterprise-wide system implementations and transformations
- Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills
- Exhibit ability to manage multiple priorities and work cross-functionally
- Proven ability to align IT strategy with business operations and drive measurable outcomes
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:
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About Company
From discovery through commercialisation, all of us at Ardelyx are driven to advance targeted therapies where significant medical needs persist.
