Director, Strategic Technologies - G&A - Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc

Overview

The Director of IT - Finance Systems is responsible for providing technology leadership, strategy, and operational support for financial systems utilized across the organization. This position serves as a key business relationship manager partnering closely with finance leaders and stakeholders.  The role will be responsible for being the key contact and representative for IT, working with key leaders and business process owners to develop solutions that are aligned with the overall corporate or business area goals and results in measurable improvements in the business.

Key Responsibilities:

·      Partner with all levels of the finance leadership team—including Accounting, FP&A, Procurement, and the CFO to align on strategy and technology initiatives.

·      Provide the strategic vision and business-aligned, technical roadmaps for financial systems including SAP, Adaptive, Ariba, and related technologies.

·      Act as a single-point-of-contact for business systems within the Finance organization.  Oversee the implementations, upgrades, integrations, and enhancements of core financial platforms and modules, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, controlling, treasury, expense reporting etc.  Ensure outcomes align with expectations.

·      Oversee the daily operations, issue resolution, system maintenance, and continuous improvement initiatives related to financial IT applications.

·      Drive adoption, training, change management when launching new finance technologies and processes.

·      Follow good implementation practices to ensure clear understanding of business benefits and proper documentation of the systems (SDLC) is developed and maintained.

·      Partner with key support services (e.g. training, IT infrastructure, IT security, etc.) to ensure a one team approach is followed.

·      Recruit, develop, and lead team resources (external contractors / consultants and internal peers) such as financial systems analysts and project managers.

·      Stay current on finance technology innovations and trends while identifying new opportunities for efficiency and productivity gains

·      Maintain vendor relationships including negotiation of license agreements and fees.

Skills and Qualifications:

·      7+ years overseeing large scale financial systems and IT teams supporting Finance groups

·      Deep knowledge of SAP, Adaptive, Ariba or similar leading finance platforms

·      Strong leadership abilities and technical project management skills

·      Strategic thinker focused on business alignment and technology innovation

·      Process first focus

·      Lean certification (preferred)

·      Consultative background (preferred)

About Alnylam

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: ALNY) has led the translation of RNA interference (RNAi) into a whole new class of innovative medicines with the potential to transform the lives of people afflicted with rare and more prevalent diseases. Based on Nobel Prize-winning science, RNAi therapeutics represent a powerful, clinically validated approach to treating diseases at their genetic source by “interfering” with mRNA that cause or contribute to disease. Since our founding in 2002, Alnylam has led the RNAi Revolution and continues to turn scientific possibility into reality. 

Our people-first culture is guided by our core values: fiercely innovative, open culture, purposeful urgency, passion for excellence, and commitment to people, and these values influence how we work and the business decisions we make. Thanks to feedback from our employees over the years, we’ve been fortunate to be named a top employer around the world. Alnylam is extremely proud to have been recognized as the #1 Large Employer by Boston Globe Top Places to Work in 2022, one of Science Magazine’s Top Biopharma Employers, one of America's Most Responsible Companies for 2023 by Newsweek, a Fast Company Best Workplace for Innovators, and a Great Place to Work in Canada, France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, and UK – among others.

At Alnylam, we commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equal employment opportunity. We are dedicated to building an environment where employees can feel that they belong, can bring their authentic selves to work, and achieve to their full potential. By empowering employees to embrace their unique differences at work, our business grows stronger with advanced and original thinking, allowing us to bring groundbreaking medicines to patients.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ethnicity, marital status, protected veteran status, disability, or any other characteristics prohibited by law. Alnylam is an E-Verify employer.