Vice President, It Strategy And Governance

Join us in redefining what it means to work for a CRO. Working at Rho, you’ll be joining a team who take healthcare and clinical research personally, with shared experiences that drive a passion to heal, cure and solve some of humanity’s biggest challenges.

Rho is currently hiring a Vice President, IT Strategy and Governance to join our team! As the VP, you’ll work with the SVP, Technology and business leaders to drive technology Strategy and plans that define how technology should be utilized to enable an organization's overall business strategy. You’ll apply your knowledge of best practices to define and shape the overall strategy, governance, organization structure, operating model, architecture and processes for Global Technology. You will help lead project teams in solving complex problems and implementation issues critical to the company.

Our Technology Team will tell you, joining Rho has been one of their best career moves in terms of contentment, financial rewards and career growth, which is why we have such stability in the group!

• Partner with Rho Leadership and apply knowledge of industry leading practices to evaluate the firmwide view on technology strategy for key strategic initiatives (e.g. Clinical trial processes and Biometrics) and create technology strategy deliverables for the company's executive and technology leadership teams
• Lead initiatives/projects to resolve diverse and complex problems
• Monitor industry trends and shares insightful analyses with broader team and with senior executives
• Enhance organizational design to improve effectiveness
• Drive development and execution of a business-aligned approach, governance and implementation plan
• Oversee execution of governing enterprise architecture principles and standards to guide information, technology and solution decision-making for the enterprise and provide ongoing oversight and Governance to project engagements
• Oversee all aspects of portfolio execution, including demand management, project prioritization and portfolio/project management
• Enable tighter alignment and communications with the Business and support business stakeholders
• Facilitate Business and IT senior leadership collaboration on strategic topics
• Validate the business case and impact realization associated with new business initiatives/ projects
• Develop strategic relationships with other executive team members and business partners to align on expectations and strategic objectives, and manage future demands
• Direct client engagement Strategy and provide insight and expertise on how technology-based business solutions and process improvements can support/enable business objectives
• Drive the realization of IT KPIs and SLAs and reports back to the VP on progress related to performance metrics

• 12+ years of business and technology strategy experience including 8+ years of a proven track record working large and/or complex IT programs
• Proven experience within a pharma/ life sciences organization.
• Must have strong experience and an understanding of the drug development process, Research, Development or Corporate and Enabling
• Ability to effectively facilitate interactive discussions and elicit complex business requirements in both small and large settings across audiences including business and IT professionals.
• Demonstrated ability to influence the scope and direction of initiatives across multiple levels of management and organizational boundaries.
• Superior verbal communication skills with expert proficiency in framing and delivering messages via multiple modalities including collaboration technologies (SharePoint, Skype), PowerPoint presentations, and email.
• Excellent teamwork and interpersonal skills, with ability to communicate and collaborate with employees and management at all levels.
• Demonstrated experience defining and measuring business outcomes..
• Knowledge and experience of business process modeling and process optimization and basic requirements elucidation.
• Strong relationship and interpersonal skills and the ability to interact with senior business and Technology executives
• Familiarity with technical concepts, operating models and a strong passion for technology and staying abreast of industry trends
• Organizes and prioritizes critical issues and required information to facilitate efficient decision making; provides oversight and guidance to team projects of highest priority and importance
• Able to distill widely variant feedback into root cause issues and provide actionable feedback to other senior stakeholders. Excellent technical and business presentation, writing, and verbal communication skills
• Proven expertise in leading strategic projects
• Strong facilitation, process and influencing skill
• Proven track record of successfully delivering an IT strategy aligned to deliver business in an agile and exponentially growing life sciences organization
• Past experience leading strategy development and oversight of digital transformation initiatives.

A few more things to know about us:

Benefits: Rho provides a comprehensive benefits package for all benefit-eligible employees, which includes medical, vision, dental, HSA, FSA, EAP, life & disability insurance and 401(k). All employees are eligible for paid time off, holidays, parental leave and bereavement leave.

Diversity and Inclusion: As a global, full-service CRO driven by our collective experiences, we view each of our backgrounds as a vital component in our formula for success and we strive towards building a more equitable, inclusive, and diverse environment for our employees every day. By valuing and tapping into each employee’s unique and different personal experiences, we are able to uplift employee dignity and belonging, foster more strategic creativity, and more quickly arrive at breakthrough solutions that help us heal the world.

Flexibility: We encourage a work-life balance that allows employees to bring their best selves to work while being passionate about their lives outside work.

As required by pay transparency laws in some states, Rho provides the range of starting compensation (annual salary or hourly rate) it reasonably expects to pay for a given role. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to role responsibilities and location as well as candidate skill set and level of experience. The range of starting pay for this role is $225,000 - $295,000.

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