Company Overview
Beam Therapeutics is a biotechnology company committed to establishing the leading, fully integrated platform for precision genetic medicines. To achieve this vision, Beam has assembled a platform that includes a suite of gene editing and delivery technologies and is in the process of building internal manufacturing capabilities. Beam’s suite of gene editing technologies is anchored by base editing, a proprietary technology that is designed to enable precise, predictable and efficient single base changes, at targeted genomic sequences, without making double-stranded breaks in the DNA. This has the potential to enable a wide range of potential therapeutic editing strategies that Beam is using to advance a diversified portfolio of base editing programs. Beam is a values-driven organization committed to its people, cutting-edge science, and a vision of providing life-long cures to patients suffering from serious diseases.
Position Overview:
The IT Business Partner - Commercial will serve as the lead IT resource collaborating with Beam’s Commercial team and other critical functions in support of Beam’s Commercial launch for an autologous ex-vivo gene therapy. The role will be accountable for ensuring all key platforms supporting launch readiness are successfully delivered. This will require managing a small commercial focused IT team, managing external vendors and partnering closely with key business functions including commercial, finance, and technical operations. The role will be responsible for building trusted relationships, ensuring solutions are built to IT standards and best practices and will be a mix of strategy, design, hands-on work and operational activity.
You will play a key role in both the implementation of new solutions and the enhancement of existing solutions to support Commercial readiness. This position will report to the SVP, IT.
Responsibilities:
- Partner with Commercial Strategy team to build a detailed implementation plan for all IT solutions needed to enable Commercial launch and provider operational support post-launch
- Provide expertise on provider and patient solution requirements that enhance the patient and provider experience
- Oversee the successful implementation of a treatment center portal, commercial CRM, patient services hub, slot management solution and other critical services working with external vendors, business partners and other internal IT teams
- Gather and document business requirements and ensure these are translated into high quality technical solutions that meet the needs of our organization.
- Manage and support validation and change management activities, including contributing to requirements documentation, test scripts, and change control documentation.
- Serve as a point of contact between the Commercial team and the rest of the IT team and align IT resources to support efforts
- Enable Beam’s field force with technologies to support their role pre- and post-launch
- Support the larger IT organization by assuming other duties and responsibilities, as assigned.
Qualifications:
- 10+ years of commercial IT experience. Preferably 3+ years in the cell and gene therapy space
- 5+ years of successful IT experience in validated systems implementation
- 5+ years of experience in an IT business partnership or client account management role
- Experience with treatment center portals, CRM and other commercial systems technologies
- Experience with eliciting business requirements and translating into technical deliverables.
- Experience managing a functional IT budget
- Strong project management experience
- On- Site Expectations – 1-2 days per week at Beam’s Cambridge location and additionally as needed to support client activities
