Director, IT Business Partner – General & Administrative

Inventiva; France; Remote; EUR 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Inventiva, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, is seeking a Director, IT Business Partner for General & Administrative functions in France. You will be the strategic technology partner to HR, Legal and Procurement, shaping the IT roadmaps and ensuring scalable solutions that empower efficient operations and great employee experiences.

You will own the G&A technology portfolio, drive governance, security, and data quality, and lead IT teams and external partners to deliver tangible

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT, CS, or related discipline.
• 10+ years IT experience, with HR/Law/Procurement partnerships.
• Experience managing enterprise app portfolios and budgets.
• Pharma/Life sciences experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own G&A technology roadmap and portfolio across HR, Legal, Procurement.
• Translate business priorities into multiyear technology plans.
• Lead cross-functional technology initiatives and deliver value.
• Ensure governance, security, and data quality controls.

Skills

IT strategy

Stakeholder management

HRIS/payroll knowledge

Cloud & data governance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

HRIS systems

ERP platforms

Job description

Inventiva is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company headquartered in France, focused on the development of lanifibranor in a Phase 3 trial, NATiV3, in MASH. To learn more, please visit: https://inventivapharma.com/

The Opportunity

The Director, IT Business Partner - General & Administrative position will serve as the strategic technology partner to the company's Human Resources, Legal, and Procurement organizations. This role will work closely with functional leaders to understand business priorities and translate them into practical, scalable technology strategies and solutions. This leader will own the G&A technology roadmap and application portfolio, ensuring that technology investments enable efficient operations, strong employee experiences, effective governance, and the company's continued growth.

The Director will serve as the primary point of accountability between IT and the G&A functions, managing technology demand, prioritization, investment planning, delivery, vendor relationships, and ongoing application performance. This is a hands-on leadership role for an individual who can establish strategy while remaining close to the business and technology teams to ensure successful execution.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish trusted relationships with senior leaders across Human Resources, Legal, and Procurement, serving as their primary IT advisor and technology partner.
• Develop a strong understanding of functional strategies, operating models, workforce priorities, legal and compliance requirements, procurement processes, and future business needs. The Director will translate these priorities into a multi-year technology roadmap, investment recommendations, and delivery plans.
• Serve as the entry point for new technology demand, helping functional leaders define requirements, establish desired business outcomes, and prioritize initiatives based on business value, risk, cost, complexity, and enterprise capacity.
• End-to-end accountability for the technology portfolio supporting Human Resources, Legal, and Procurement. This includes the selection, implementation, integration, enhancement, rationalization, and ongoing support of business-critical applications.
• Lead complex, cross-functional technology initiatives from business requirements and solution design through implementation, adoption, and ongoing support.
• Ensure initiatives have clear objectives, appropriate governance, realistic delivery plans, and measurable business outcomes.
• Ensure that new technology is successfully adopted by the organization, partnering with business stakeholders on process design, change management, communications, training, and user adoption.
• Partner closely with HR leadership to establish a technology strategy that supports the employee lifecycle and the organization's evolving workforce needs. This includes technology supporting HR operations, employee data, payroll, talent acquisition, onboarding, performance management, learning and development, compensation processes, organizational development, workforce analytics, and employee experience.
• Continuously evaluate opportunities to simplify HR processes, automate manual activities, improve employee self-service, strengthen data quality, and provide HR leaders with reliable information for workforce decision-making.
• Provide similar strategic technology leadership to Legal and Procurement, ensuring that each function has scalable systems and efficient processes to support its evolving needs. This includes legal operations, contract lifecycle management, matter management, document management, workflow automation, and related technology capabilities.
• Identify opportunities to standardize processes, improve data quality, automate workflows, and integrate these capabilities into the broader enterprise technology environment.
• Ensure that G&A applications operate within the company's technology, security, privacy, data governance, and compliance frameworks.
• Work closely with Cybersecurity, Privacy, Legal, Compliance, Quality, and other stakeholders, the Director will ensure that appropriate controls are incorporated into application design, access management, change management, vendor relationships, and ongoing operations.
• Manage strategic relationships with software providers, implementation partners, consultants, and managed-service providers supporting the G&A portfolio.
• Establish an appropriate balance between internal resources and external expertise while ensuring that critical business and technology knowledge remains within the organization.
• Maintain accountability for the reliable day-to-day operation of the G&A application portfolio. This includes establishing appropriate service expectations, monitoring application performance, addressing incidents, driving root-cause analysis, and ensuring timely resolution of business-impacting issues.
• Work closely with Infrastructure & Operations, Architecture, Cybersecurity, Data & AI, and other IT organizations to ensure that G&A solutions align with enterprise technology standards and can be effectively supported throughout their lifecycle.
• Lead and develop the G&A IT team and associated contractors, consultants, and external partners.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in life sciences, enterprise applications, business process transformation, and technology delivery, along with the ability to operate effectively in a fast-moving and evolving organization.
• Demonstrated experience managing enterprise application portfolios, complex technology programs, vendors, budgets, and cross-functional teams.
• Experience with HRIS and payroll, talent management, learning platforms, employee experience, legal and contract management, procurement and sourcing, supplier management, enterprise integrations, workflow automation, and cloud-based business applications.
• Strong experience with business process design, application integration, data quality, cybersecurity, privacy, vendor risk, and technology governance is expected.
• Ability to work effectively with senior business leaders, translate technical issues into clear business decisions, manage competing priorities, and drive accountability across internal teams and external partners.
• Ability to work collaboratively across functions in a small, evolving organization

Required / Preferred Education and Licenses

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business, or a related discipline.
• 10+ years of progressive IT experience, including significant experience partnering with and supporting Human Resources, Legal, Procurement, or related G&A functions.

Preferred

• Masters degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business, or related discipline preferred.
• Experience within pharmaceutical, biotechnology, life sciences, healthcare, or another regulated environment is strongly preferred.

WHY JOIN US

Join Inventiva at a pivotal moment as we prepare for our next phase of growth. This is an opportunity to contribute your expertise, collaborate across teams, and help advance our mission to improve the lives of patients with serious unmet medical needs.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other factor prohibited by law.