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BeiGene Executive Director, Technology & Architecture Services in San Mateo, California
Global Technology Solutions (GTS) serves the BeiGene organization with infrastructure, systems, and services that provide the foundation, maturity, governance, and innovation needed to serve patients around world. BeiGene takes the approach that access to life-changing medicine has no borders, and technology affects this perspective by delivering a cloud-based backbone and SaaS systems for efficient delivery, growth, and maintenance, while positioning our staff to demonstrate their domain, technical, and governance expertise as partners of the BeiGene global team.
General Description:
The Executive Director, Technology & Architecture Services is the principal technology leader for infrastructure, operations, and architecture services at BeiGene. The Executive Director and their team will lead the enhancement and implementation of technology platforms and services while applying principles of innovation and efficiency.
As a member of the GTS Leadership Team, the Executive Director Technology & Architecture Services is an active contributor to developing and executing BeiGene’s technology strategy, defining necessary technology investments, and driving transparency in prioritization and planning. The Executive Director and their team are responsible for ensuring that strategy is fully aligned with business needs, positioning technology services to deliver and realize compelling business value.
The Executive Director closely manages the landscape of technology and solutions used to support business teams. They collaborate with other GTS leaders to identify risks, interdependencies, and opportunities to inform financial responsibility, robust planning, and reliable execution, to ensure adherence to BeiGene’s technology architecture, security & compliance, and system and project life cycle governance.
The successful candidate is a dynamic leader and business relationship manager who brings deep technology strategy and governance domain knowledge with a business-minded approach to running technology projects. Deep experience in both on premise and cloud/SaaS environments, the ability to manage multiple projects across different functions in a global, geographically diverse environment are all critical success factors for this role. An ideal candidate will adapt communication and problem-solving skills to accommodate customers, partners, and staff to reach consensus, and build stakeholder relationships to ensure the technology landscape is aligned with the company's goals, ensuring it supports growth and innovation.
Essential Functions of the job:
Lead and inspire a high-performing technology team, fostering a culture of collaboration, continuous learning, and innovation
Establishes and fosters relationships with business stakeholders and service providers
Build and drive an operational strategy that meets the needs and requirements of the business and is aligned with global delivery teams
Oversee activities relating to the engineering, design, development, implementation, testing and overall technical support to ensure the global IT infrastructure services environment meets the business needs of the company
Manage and scale the cloud services and data centers to ensure uptime and manage growth in all BeiGene operating regions
Lead & deliver the service capability transformation for cloud and internal systems, with focus on user-experience, resilience, performance, availability, and total cost of ownership
Manage all aspect of Infrastructure and Support Services including: Incident Management, Configuration Management, Release Management, Change Management, Service Desk, Service Request Fulfillment, Asset and License Management, Identity Management, etc
Partner with the CISO organization to establish and maintain robust cybersecurity measures to protect company technology assets
Manage the technology budget effectively, allocating resources to maximize productivity and innovation
Collaborate with other C-suite executives to align technology initiatives with overall business strategies
Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies, identifying opportunities for innovation and competitive advantage
Ensure that the company complies with all relevant regulations and standards related to technology that supports the operations of a modern biopharmaceutical environment
Education Required:
Masters (preferred) or Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline in combination with relevant experience.
Qualifications:
14+ years of professional experience in cloud infrastructure, architecture, networking, security and operations
10+ years of proven leadership success at a senior level, directing a team of director-level direct reports and associate-level staff
Must have proven business and technology skills relevant to the domain, with success providing customer-oriented technology solutions
Demonstrated experience influencing key stakeholders across the organization and within complex contexts
In-depth knowledge of biopharmaceutical technology business solutions and their interdependencies
Accomplished in building of teams and development of people, comfortable working with a broad cross section of people in direct and matrixed relationships
Demonstrated success as a change agent leading significant transformational initiatives in organizations
Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
Key Competencies:
Exceptional leadership skills with the ability to communicate that inspires and motivates staff and maintain alignment with the technology and business strategy
Excellent analytical, strategic conceptual thinking, strategic planning, and execution skills
Ability to build consensus, making decisions based on many variables, and gain support for major initiatives
Deep understanding of current and emerging technologies and practices, and how other enterprises are employing them
Demonstrated ability to develop and execute a strategic staffing plan that ensures the right people are in the right roles at the right time, and employees are highly engaged and satisfied
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to explain technical concepts and technologies to business leaders, and business concepts to the IT staff
High level of service and internal/external client orientation as well as driver of innovation for IT business solutions and operational efficiency
Travel:
- Periodic domestic and international travel – Less than 10%
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
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