Corcept Therapeutics

Senior Director, Technology Enablement (Infrastructure & Operations)

Corcept Therapeutics$256K — $312K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BS/BA degree required; IT or business management training preferred.
  • 12+ years in life sciences with a focus on IT system delivery.
  • 5+ years managing Service Desk, IT Operations, and Infrastructure teams.
  • Strong understanding of GxP-compliant systems in regulated environments.
  • Excellent communication skills, strategic thinking, and problem-solving abilities.

Responsibilities

  • Implement and manage core GxP/Qualified ITSM functions.
  • Build and lead a continuously improving service desk team.
  • Develop cloud-focused infrastructure and networking capabilities.
  • Create a workplace applications team supporting IT operations systems.
  • Maintain a 3-year technology roadmap and evaluate total cost of ownership.
  • Lead a mixed team of FTEs and Managed Service Providers.
  • Manage relationships with key tech vendors and research partners.

Benefits

  • Dynamic and adaptive technology landscape enhancing drug discovery processes.
  • Opportunity to work in a growing, regulated biopharma environment.
  • Leadership role reporting directly to the VP of IT.
  • Engagement in strategic IT initiatives that directly impact patients' needs.
  • Modernizing IT operations with a focus on quality and compliance.
Full Job Description
Corcept is scaling its technology operations to support a growing, regulated biopharma business. This IT leader will modernize infrastructure, mature service delivery, strengthen GxP-aligned operations, and build a scalable IT operating model across internal teams and managed service partners.

The Senior Director of Technology Enablement (TE), reporting to the Vice President of IT, will be responsible for driving the IT strategy, support, operations, and service delivery for our Infrastructure, Networking, Desktop Computers, mobile, end-user support, and core enabling technologies. This position will ensure that our enabling technologies support a dynamic, responsive, adaptive technology landscape that enhances our drug discovery and development processes. The Sr. Director of TE will manage a data and quality-driven IT support organization based on the ITIL 4 model and lead a team of FTEs and Managed Service Providers.

Responsibilities:
  • Implement, and manage core GxP/Qualified ITSM functions for the organization including requests, incident management, problem management, CAPA, Deviations, and Change Management
  • Build an adaptive, continuously improving service desk team providing staffed coverage for standard Corcept Business Hours (US & EU) and 24/7 after-hours support
  • Develop scalable desktop engineering team
  • Develop cloud-focused infrastructure and networking groups
  • Develop workplace applications team to support core IT Operations systems including, O365, Box, Okta, MDM, DocuSign and others
  • Develop and maintain 3-year technology roadmaps, total cost of ownership and value realization models for core IT Operations systems
  • Lead a team of full-time employees and managed service providers supporting service desk, infrastructure, and workplace applications
  • Manage relationships with key technology vendors and research partners
  • Champion the ITSM processes across the organization ensuring accurate and timely data and service delivery
  • Collaborate with other IT teams in support of efficient hand-offs and overall communications
  • Support and partner with the Vice President of IT, taking the lead on key initiatives

Preferred Skills, Qualifications and Technical Proficiencies:
  • Strong understanding of supporting qualified infrastructure and systems for Life Sciences industry
  • Strong record of delivering complex technology projects successfully addressing business needs
  • Strategic thinker with a passion for leveraging technology to solve business problems
  • Demonstrated ability to translate business growth, regulatory expectations, and operational risk into practical technology roadmaps, service models, and measurable execution plans
  • Strong understanding of building and operating a technology support function leveraging the ITIL 4 model for building quality processes into all areas of operations
  • Experience operating IT services in a regulated life sciences environment, including GxP, validated/qualified systems, audit readiness, change control, deviations, CAPA, and evidence-based operations

Preferred Education and Experience:
  • BS/BA degree is required. Training or equivalent experience in IT or business management is beneficial but not required
  • 12+ years of experience in life sciences with a focus on IT system delivery
  • 5+ years of experience managing a Service Desk, IT Operations, and Infrastructure teams
  • Excellent communication skills

The pay range that the Company reasonably expects to pay for this headquarters-based position is $256,000 - $312,000; the pay ultimately offered may vary based on legitimate considerations, including geographic location, job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and education.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Corcept appreciates the commitment and hard work of all our team members as we strive to discover and develop novel treatments for patients with serious unmet medical needs.

Please visit our website at: https://www.corcept.com/

About Corcept Therapeutics

Corcept Therapeutics is a commercial-stage pharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery and development of drugs for the treatment of severe metabolic, oncologic and psychiatric disorders. The company's lead product, Korlym, is a cortisol receptor blocker that modulates the effects of cortisol, a hormone produced by the adrenal gland. Korlym is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of patients with Cushing's syndrome who have type 2 diabetes or glucose intolerance. The company is also developing other cortisol modulators, including CORT125134, which is in Phase II clinical trials for the treatment of patients with Cushing's syndrome and solid-tumor cancers. Corcept Therapeutics was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.
Learn more about Corcept Therapeutics
Size
238 employees
Market Cap
$2.1 billion
Industry
Net Income
$106 million
Founded
1998
5 Year Trend
+35.1%
Revenue
$353.8 million
NASDAQ

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