Executive Director IT Infrastructure Cloud Ops

At Neurocrine Biosciences, we pride ourselves on having a strong, inclusive, and positive culture based on our shared purpose and values. We know what it takes to be great, and we are as passionate about our people as we are about our purpose - to relieve suffering for people with great needs.

Neurocrine Biosciencesis a leading neuroscience-focused, biopharmaceutical company with a simple purpose: to relieve suffering for people with great needs. We are dedicated to discovering and developing life-changing treatments for patients with under-addressed neurological, neuroendocrine and neuropsychiatric disorders. The company's diverse portfolio includes FDA-approved treatments for tardive dyskinesia, chorea associated with Huntington's disease, classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia, endometriosis* and uterine fibroids,* as well as a robust pipeline including multiple compounds in mid- to late-phase clinical development across our core therapeutic areas. For three decades, we have applied our unique insight into neuroscience and the interconnections between brain and body systems to treat complex conditions. We relentlessly pursue medicines to ease the burden of debilitating diseases and disorders because you deserve brave science. For more information, visitneurocrine.com, and follow the company onLinkedIn,XandFacebook. (*in collaboration with AbbVie)

About the Role:

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• Enterprise Infrastructure

  • Develop and execute a comprehensive IT infrastructure and operations strategy aligned with organizational goals and objectives

  • Engage with cross functional leaders to understand need and translate them into IT infrastructure and operational requirements

  • Lead, mentor, and manage a team of IT professionals with defined skill sets covering all aspects of infrastructure operations

  • Foster a collaborative and high-performance culture amongst the team

  • Define the strategy and oversee the design, implementation and maintenance of the organization's IT infrastructure, including data centers servers, networks, servers, and cloud services

  • Ensure security, scalability, and reliability of the infrastructure to meet current and future business requirements

  • Lead day-to-day operations, including incident response, problem resolution, and service delivery, with the objective of minimizing downtime and disruption to business operations

  • Implement best practices, policies, procedures, for IT service management, change management, and incident management

  • Proven ability to balance technical expertise with strategic leadership and business acumen

• Cloud Operations

  • Define Neurocrine's cloud strategy and road map

  • Manage and current multi cloud infrastructure to ensure appropriate provisioning, security, scalability and reliability

  • Optimize cloud resources to ensure cost effectiveness, monitoring of resource utilization, and implementing strategies to minimize waste

  • Ensure the security of services, data, and applications in the cloud

  • Collaborate with Cyber Security to ensure appropriate cyber security measure are in place and adhered too

  • Ensure all relevant regulatory and compliance requirements are met and adhered too

  • Develop and mentor appropriate skills to achieve organizational objectives

  • Maintain deep expertise relative to cloud strategies, business/license models, contracts, vendors, and SLA to ensure optimal service, support, and efficiency

• Scientific Computing

  • Develop and execute a strategic vision for scientific computing that aligns with Neurocrine's R&D, Bioinformatics, and Biometrics requirements and objectives

  • Demonstrate the technical acumen required to collaborate effectively in a scientific environment

  • Provide leadership and guidance to technical teams, fostering innovation and progressive thinking

  • As required, define and drive the development and adoption of cutting-edge scientific computing technologies, tools, and platforms

  • Continuously self-educate and evaluate emerging technologies and trends to ensure Neurocrine remains knowledgeable of computing advancements and how best to leverage them

  • As required to support the business, build and develop the necessary team/skill sets

  • Collaborate closely with research teams to understand their computational need, ensuring that scientific computing resources support their objectives

  • Oversee the design, deployment, and maintenance of high-performance computing clusters, storage solutions, and other infrastructure required for scientific research

• BS/BA degree and 17+ years of IT experience working in a pharmaceutical company with exposure to FDA regulations, Experience supporting validated applications for regulatory purposes in a biotech/pharmaceutical company, Experience with Microsoft applications (MS SQL Server, Oracle, JAVA, Visual Basic, or similar) and advanced web technologies (HTML, XML, SGML, Dynamic HTML, JavaScript, VBScript), and Internet Database Programming OR

• Masters and 15+ years of experience similar to above OR

• Extensive previous leadership experiences also required

• Extensive knowledge of FDA regulations in an IT environment

• Extensive experience in IT infrastructure management

• Extensive experience leading team across multiple IT disciplines

• Expert knowledge of all related IT infrastructure components e.g. networking, storage, backup and recovery, application servers, cyber security, data center ops, devOps, virtualization, cloud infrastructure etc

• Expertise with budget management, vendor management, contract management, and negotiations

• Demonstrated ability to communicate technical information and work with all levels within the organization

• Proven experience in scientific computing, high-performance computing, data analysis, research, advance analytics, and AI/ML technologies and platforms

• Excellent strategic thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities

• Maintains strategic knowledge of emerging technologies and solutions

• Masterful at identifying and addressing potential risks and vulnerabilities within the IT infrastructure and computing platforms

• Proven expertise measuring performance using KPI's and metrics to measure the effectiveness and efficiency of IT operations

• Prioritizes cyber security and collaborates with security teams to support and maintain Neurocrine's cyber security posture, policies, procedures, compliance and regulatory standards, established to protect Neurocrine's data and systems

• Consistently acts as a "trusted advisor" across the company and may be recognized as an external expert

• Provides strategy, vision and direction regarding issues that may have company-wide impact

• Requires deep knowledge of the functional area, and broad knowledge of multiple areas, business strategies, and the company's goals

• Possesses industry-leading knowledge

• Proven leadership skills and ability, including influencing Sr. Management (C-suite)

• Ability to effectively manage, mentor and train personnel and ability to motivate and influence personnel to achieve goals

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Neurocrine Biosciences is an EEO/Disability/Vets employer.

We are committed to building a workplace of belonging, respect, and empowerment, and we recognize there are a variety of ways to meet our requirements. We are looking for the best candidate for the job and encourage you to apply even if your experience or qualifications don't line up to exactly what we have outlined in the job description.

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