VP Digital Platforms, Data & Transformation
Job Summary
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At Altasciences we all move in unison to assist and work in the discovery development and manufacturing of new drug therapies to get them faster to people who need them. No matter your role we all play an important part and you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. By living our values of Employee Development Customer Focus Quality and Excellence Respect and Integrity we look to foster a passionate and collaborative work environment and we are looking for talented and enthusiastic people like you to join our growing team! Whether youre a recent college graduate or seeking your next career opportunity its time to discover your future at Altasciences.
We are better together and together We Are Altasciences.
About The Role
The Vice President Digital Platforms Data & Transformation is accountable for building the modern digital data and integration foundations to drastically improve timelines and business outcomes. They will lead the design implementation and scaling of enterprise data platforms technology enablement and architecture needed to execute our AI and digital strategy in a complex and regulated environment.
What Youll Do Here
Design and implement enterprise data architecture and infrastructure that organizes secures and makes usable our historical and ongoing scientific and business data across sites and systems.
Drive a data strategy covering data quality standards stewardship and secure access as enablers for digital transformation
Stand-up platforms pipelines and controls required to safely deploy AI and advanced analytics into production workflows.
Partner with Security Validation Quality and Compliance to ensure AI and automation meet regulatory privacy and validation expectations.
Build and manage a high performing team of data scientists analytics engineers and product owners (directly or via a dedicated direct report).
Create and scale reusable digital solution patterns (e.g. copilots workflow automation analytics accelerators) rather than one off proofs of concept.
Chair (or co-chair) a technology and data governance council with representation from Legal Compliance Security Quality and key business units.
Contribute to policies and guardrails for responsible AI use including model selection data usage explainability and human in the loop oversight.
Ensure that digital solutions meet validation auditability and documentation requirements appropriate for our industry.
Own risk management for digital and AI initiatives including vendor risk data privacy and operational resilience.
Lead crossfunctional squads that pair technologists with subjectmatter experts to deliver highvalue AI and digital use cases.
Drive changemanagement plans including communications training and role redesign so that teams adopt new tools and ways of working.
Serve as a visible champion for digital transformation celebrating wins and removing obstacles.
Negotiate and manage strategic relationships with key vendors integrators and technology partners.
Monitor emerging technologies and market patterns and translate them into actionable opportunities or risk mitigations for the company.
What Youll Need to Succeed
Bachelors minimum. Ideally an advanced degree in computer science or related area of study combined with experience. Pertinent experience may be considered in lieu of education.
10 years of experience in senior leadership roles
10 years leading multi-disciplinary technology teams
MS Word Excel Outlook and Power Point
Demonstrated track record of delivering crossfunctional transformation initiatives with measurable business impact (e.g. productivity quality revenue or customer outcomes).
Proven ability to work effectively with senior business stakeholders and to influence strategy without relying solely on positional authority.
Excellent communication stakeholder management and executive presence.
Demonstrated ability to drive strategic change deliver results and inspire organizational growth.
Strong understanding of enterprise IT domains: infrastructure networking security software development and operations.
Working knowledge of modern data and AI concepts: data platforms and pipelines analytics machine learning and generative AI patterns and MLOps/AI platform basics.
Familiarity with governance practices around data privacy information security and model risk management.
Experience operating in a regulated or highly qualityconstrained environment (e.g. healthcare life sciences financial services critical infrastructure) or similarly complex domain.
Demonstrated ability to create high-performing teams including attracting retaining and developing talent.
Altasciences strives to provide a French working environment for its employees in Quebec. Although as part of its francization program has taken all reasonable steps to avoid imposing the above-mentioned requirement. Fluency in English is an essential requirement for the position of Vice President Digital Platforms Data & Transformation including but not limited to for the following reasons:
The requirement to have digital solutions study protocols designs and clinical research documents written and documented in English as required by industry regulatory agencies.
The employee communicates frequently with Altasciences employees across Canada and the United States. As such English is the main language used to correspond between offices.
The employee frequently communicates with English-only customers outside the province of Quebec.
What We Offer
Altasciences offers a wide variety of benefits to help our employees live healthy and fulfilling lives both at and outside of work.
Altasciences Benefits Package Includes:
Health/Dental/Vision Insurance Plans
401(k)/RRSP with Employer Match
Paid Vacation and Holidays
Paid Sick and Bereavement Leave
Employee Assistance & Telehealth Programs
Telework when applicable.
Altasciences Incentive Programs Include:
Training & Development Programs
Employee Referral Bonus Program
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Altasciences is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. Our goal is to attract develop and retain highly talented employees from diverse backgrounds allowing us to benefit from a wide variety of experiences and perspectives. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age race color religion creed sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or any other protected grounds under applicable legislation. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities during the recruitment process are available upon request. Join us at Altasciences!
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About Company
Contract research organization specialized in seamless, end-to-end, early phase drug development, we act to get your most promising compounds into and through early phase clinical trials.