Director, IT Infrastructure, Operations & Security

Arvinas is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company leading the way in targeted protein degradation therapeutics. Arvinas is the first company to focus solely on protein degradation and its platform technology is the most advanced in the field. Since its founding in 2013, Arvinas’ PROTAC® Discovery Engine has been driving the most significant breakthroughs in the industry. Arvinas’ pipeline encompasses a range of validated and undruggable targets in oncology, immuno-oncology, and neuroscience. This includes three clinical-stage programs: bavdegalutamide (ARV-110) and ARV-766, which are being developed as potential treatments for men with late-line metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer, and ARV-471, which is being developed as a potential treatment for patients with breast cancer.

#TeamArvinas is made up of more than 350 passionate and curious employees, whose diverse thoughts and perspectives are highly valued. Arvinas employees embrace the freedom to pursue innovation, think creatively, and give back. They are driven by the company’s values and purpose – to improve the well-being of patients and families impacted by the devastating diseases Arvinas is working to treat. It’s an exciting time to be in drug development and it’s an exciting time to be at Arvinas. But don’t just take our word for it – here’s what Arvinas employees are saying. For more information, please visit www.arvinas.com.

Position Summary

Arvinas is seeking a Director, IT Infrastructure, Operations, and Security to manage and scale our core infrastructure.  The Director of IT Infrastructure, Operations and Security plans, designs, and directs all aspects of the organization’s technical infrastructure and operations. This role works closely with the Vice President, Information Technology and Corporate Projects and the organization’s management to provide direction, implementation, and support for IT solutions that enhance mission-critical business operations. This position is responsible for the data center and cloud services, hardware and operations, LAN/WAN networking, plus systems and data security both within our infrastructure and out to our partners.  Collaborating with the Vice President, Information Technology and Corporate Projects, the Director develops and manages IT support service portfolios for each business unit/department and the service level agreements for the user community within the organization.

This position reports to the Vice President, Information Technology and Corporate Projects and can be remote, hybrid, or located at our headquarters in New Haven, CT.

Principal Responsibilities

Key responsibilities of this role include, but are not limited to:

• Manages simultaneous projects with an emphasis towards defect free, on-time, and on-budget completion.
• Develops and implements departmental operating methodologies that ensure smooth, professional, and responsive IT operations.
• Manages telecom, networking, security, database administration, system administration, and technical support.
• Oversees the Help Desk and Desktop Support functions, including management of team members and/or coordination of third party services.
• Performs administration, installation, and troubleshooting tasks within infrastructure where contracted support services are not otherwise in place.
• Contributes to and assists with the implementation of the departmental technology roadmap; plans changes to staffing and infrastructure as required.
• Oversees the ongoing compliance to various guidelines, governing bodies, regulations, and laws regarding securing and protecting data (e.g., IT component of annual financial audit, GxP, etc.).
• Focuses on lean, cost effective IT operations and efficient, effective strategic and operational planning to achieve business goals by monitoring service/performance levels, fostering innovation, prioritizing IT initiatives, and coordinating the evaluation, deployment, and management of current and future IT systems across the organization.
• Leads the formulation and deployment of long-term strategic plans for acquiring and enabling efficient and cost-effective information processing and communication technologies.
• Defines and establishes IT Department operational and strategic planning, goals, objectives, and operating procedures.
• Assesses and facilitates the communication of risks associated with IT architectures, procedures, staffing, and investments.
• Directs the development, ongoing maintenance, and execution of an enterprise-wide disaster recovery and business continuity plan.
• Facilitates the review of hardware and software acquisition, maintenance contracts, and pursues master agreements to capitalize on economies of scale.
• Keeps current with trends and issues in the IT industry; advises, counsels, and educates executives.
• Assesses and proposes the emerging information technologies to be assimilated, integrated, and introduced within the corporation that will significantly impact the enterprise.
• Provides consultation/expertise on complex projects and other IT activities.
• Works with the IT team to develop network, server infrastructure, and operations systems for the next 3-5 years.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10+ years of related IT experience required.
• Pharmaceutical Industry experience is preferred.
• Experience with VMWare required.
• Experience with Amazon Web Services and Azure/Azure AD required.
• Experience with Microsoft Active Directory required.
• Advanced knowledge in computer systems and technologies, project management principles, applicable laws and regulations as they relate to IT, business management/theory/processes, budgeting.
• Proven leadership ability, excellent communication skills (verbal and written), excellent interpersonal skills, superior analytical and problem solving skills.
• Demonstrated ability to apply IT in solving business problems, strong negotiation skills, strong presentation skills, keen attention to detail, exceptionally self-motivated and directed with a service orientation.

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree Required.

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Arvinas is proud to offer a competitive package of base and incentive compensation as well as a comprehensive benefits program designed to support the health, wellness and financial security of our employees and their families. Benefits include group medical, vision and dental coverage, group and supplemental life insurance, and much more. To learn more about Arvinas, please visit www.arvinas.com

Arvinas is an Equal Opportunity employer