Senior Director, Enterprise Business Applications

The Brixton Group; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

The Brixton Group in Cambridge, MA seeks a senior leader to design and execute a multi-year applications roadmap across Finance, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory, HR, Legal and more. You will partner with business leaders to translate priorities into scalable processes and technology capabilities, and establish SAP and Veeva Centers of Excellence with governance and standards.

You will lead the global SAP implementation, manage vendors and budgets, oversee configuration,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 10+ years of enterprise business applications experience with 5+ years in leadership.
• Direct experience implementing or supporting SAP in life sciences; S/4HANA preferred.
• Veeva Vault experience in a regulated life sciences environment strongly preferred.
• Strong understanding of Finance processes, including record-to-report, procure-to-pay, and order-to-cash.
• Experience leading major enterprise implementations and business transformation in pharmaceutical, biotech, or other regulated environments, ideally during commercial launch or expansion.
• Strong business partnership, program management, vendor management, and executive stakeholder skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop a multi-year applications roadmap across Finance, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory, HR, Legal, and other functions.
• Partner with business leaders to translate priorities into scalable processes and technology capabilities.
• Establish SAP and Veeva Centers of Excellence, including governance, ownership, standards, and support models.
• Lead the global SAP implementation, including systems integrator selection, process design, delivery, and optimization.
• Oversee application configuration, integration, validation, lifecycle management, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure compliance with applicable GxP, 21 CFR Part 11, SOX, privacy, validation, and audit requirements.
• Build and lead the applications team, manage budgets and external partners, and drive adoption of AI and automation.

Skills

Leadership

Program management

Vendor management

Stakeholder management

Finance processes

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT/CS/Finance/Business

Tools

SAP

S/4HANA

Veeva Vault

Job description

• Develop a multi-year applications roadmap across Finance, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory, HR, Legal, and other functions.
• Partner with business leaders to translate priorities into scalable processes and technology capabilities.
• Establish SAP and Veeva Centers of Excellence, including governance, ownership, standards, and support models.
• Lead the global SAP implementation, including systems integrator selection, process design, delivery, and optimization.
• Oversee application configuration, integration, validation, lifecycle management, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure compliance with applicable GxP, 21 CFR Part 11, SOX, privacy, validation, and audit requirements.
• Build and lead the applications team, manage budgets and external partners, and drive adoption of AI and automation.

Responsibilities

• Develop a multi-year applications roadmap across Finance, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory, HR, Legal, and other functions.
• Partner with business leaders to translate priorities into scalable processes and technology capabilities.
• Establish SAP and Veeva Centers of Excellence, including governance, ownership, standards, and support models.
• Lead the global SAP implementation, including systems integrator selection, process design, delivery, and optimization.
• Oversee application configuration, integration, validation, lifecycle management, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure compliance with applicable GxP, 21 CFR Part 11, SOX, privacy, validation, and audit requirements.
• Build and lead the applications team, manage budgets and external partners, and drive adoption of AI and automation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 10+ years of enterprise business applications experience with 5+ years in leadership.
• Direct experience implementing or supporting SAP in life sciences; S/4HANA preferred.
• Veeva Vault experience in a regulated life sciences environment strongly preferred.
• Strong understanding of Finance processes, including record-to-report, procure-to-pay, and order-to-cash.
• Experience leading major enterprise implementations and business transformation in pharmaceutical, biotech, or other regulated environments, ideally during commercial launch or expansion.
• Strong business partnership, program management, vendor management, and executive stakeholder skills.