Vice President, Information Systems

DBV Technologies; Bernards Township (NJ); On-site; USD 300,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

DBV Technologies in Warren, NJ is seeking an IS leader to shape the company’s IS strategy and guide its implementation across infrastructure, applications, and security. The role requires building an organization and IT solutions that fit today’s activities and support growth toward a commercial stage, with strong governance and risk management.

You will lead enterprise architecture, cybersecurity governance, and AI strategy, ensuring the information system is secure, scalable, compliant and a

Qualifications

• Engineering degree in information systems or computer science.
• Significant experience as a CIO / IS Director.
• Pharmaceutical industry experience is essential.
• Broad knowledge of information systems and how they evolve.
• Familiarity with AI technologies, data governance and AI governance; able to translate into business value and manage risks.
• Knowledge of main programming languages and operating systems; security standards and global security risk trends.
• Outsourcing market knowledge and ability to manage outsourcing relationships.
• Strong understanding of business functions and department needs.
• Knowledge of regulatory IS requirements in pharma.
• Financial awareness and cost control; partner with Finance.
• Multi-project management mastery.
• Knowledge of SOX / ICFR requirements and regulatory obligations for listed companies.

Responsibilities

• Shape the company’s IS strategy in step with business needs and overall corporate objectives.
• Turn this direction into medium- and long-term roadmaps for both applications and infrastructure.
• Lead the enterprise architecture (business, data, application, integration and technology layers) and chair the architecture review board.
• Guide IS governance processes and support IS delivery capability.
• Build and lead an IS organization that supports growth across all business activities.
• Facilitate decision-making across multidisciplinary IS projects involving distributed stakeholders.
• Develop and manage IS budgets based on priorities and technology developments.
• Choose and work with external IS partners, setting clear performance expectations.
• Keep the information system reliable, consistent and evolving, technically and functionally.
• Ensure compliance with rules and regulatory requirements (GxP, 21 CFR Part 11, EU Annex 11).
• Define and lead cybersecurity strategy and program (governance, policies, IAM, data protection, SOC, business continuity).
• Define and execute AI and data strategy by identifying high-value use cases.
• Be a trusted partner to the Executive Committee; align IS investments with commercialization and business value.
• Monitor competitive and technological developments.

Skills

CIO experience

IS Director

AI governance

enterprise architecture

cybersecurity governance

data platforms

outsourcing management

SOX / ICFR

budget management

pharma industry knowledge

Education

Engineering degree in information systems

Tools

ERP systems

Data platforms

AI platforms

Job description

Shape the company’s IS strategy and guide its implementation, working closely with colleagues across the business. Build an organization and IS solutions (infrastructure, applications, security) that fit today’s activities and support our growth toward a commercial stage. Bring enterprise architecture leadership, cybersecurity governance and an AI strategy together so that our information system is secure, scalable, compliant and a real source of business value.

Shape the company’s IS strategy and guide its implementation, working closely with colleagues across the business. Build an organization and IS solutions (infrastructure, applications, security) that fit today’s activities and support our growth toward a commercial stage. Bring enterprise architecture leadership, cybersecurity governance and an AI strategy together so that our information system is secure, scalable, compliant and a real source of business value.

Location

Warren, New Jersey - minimum 3 days on site

Salary Range

$300-350k

Key Responsibilities

• Shape the company’s IS strategy in step with business needs and overall corporate objectives.
• Turn this direction into medium- and long-term roadmaps for both applications and infrastructure.
• Lead the enterprise architecture (business, data, application, integration and technology layers): set the target architecture and design principles, maintain the architecture roadmap, and chair the architecture review board to keep our systems coherent, scalable, interoperable and light on technical debt, including the move to a commercial-stage landscape (ERP, finance, supply chain, commercial and data platforms).
• Guide the main IS governance processes and support the IS department’s ability to deliver.
• Build and lead an IS organization that can support the company’s growth across all business activities.
• Facilitate decision-making across multidisciplinary IS projects involving geographically distributed stakeholders.
• Develop and manage IS budgets thoughtfully, identifying investment needs based on business priorities and technology developments.
• Choose and work with external IS partners (managed services providers and vendors), setting clear expectations for performance.
• Keep the information system reliable, consistent and continuously evolving, both technically and functionally.
• Put in place the means needed to comply with rules and regulations and to manage information system risks. Make sure systems used in regulated activities meet data integrity and computer system validation requirements (GxP, 21 CFR Part 11, EU Annex 11).
• Define and lead the cybersecurity strategy and program, from governance, policies and risk assessment to identity and access management, data protection, security operations, incident response and business continuity.
• Define and execute the company's AI and data strategy: identify and prioritize high-value use cases (e.g., R&D, clinical, quality, medical, commercial and corporate functions).
• Be a trusted strategic partner to the Executive Committee: contribute to corporate strategy and business planning, make sure IS investments and the multi-year IS roadmap support the commercialization of the company’s products, and build business cases and value tracking for major IS initiatives.
• Keep an eye on competitive and technological developments.

Work hand in hand with internal quality auditors (IS Audit) and external auditors (SOX, GxP, Security). Own the IT general controls and application controls supporting SOX 404 / ICFR compliance.

Qualifications

• An engineering degree with a specialization in information systems, or higher education in computer science.
• Significant experience as a CIO / IS Director.
• Prior experience in the pharmaceutical industry is essential.
• Broad knowledge of information systems and how they evolve.
• Working knowledge of AI technologies (machine learning, generative AI, intelligent automation), data platforms and AI governance, with the ability to turn them into business value and manage the associated risks.
• Familiarity with the applications and technologies used in the company, main programming languages and operating systems.
• Good knowledge of security standards, global security risk trends and cybersecurity.
• Good knowledge of the outsourcing market (software vendors, IT service providers, consulting firms, etc.) and skill in managing outsourcing relationships.
• Strong understanding of business functions, company organization and the needs of every department.
• Strong knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry and its regulatory IS requirements.
• Good economic awareness, particularly within the company’s sector.
• Working knowledge of finance and cost control, managing the IS budget well and partnering with the Finance department.
• Strong mastery of multi-project management methodologies.
• Knowledge of SOX / ICFR requirements and of regulatory obligations for listed companies (SEC, Nasdaq, Euronext / AMF) as they apply to information systems, access management, change management and data integrity.

Behavioral Skills

• Curiosity: Keep on exploring uncharted territories. Always ask “why?” and more importantly “why not?”
• Courage: Take smart risks, mentor each other to always do better & be accountable for our choices, our opinions, and our actions
• Collaboration: Teamwork and spirit. Support each other and be equally involved in the achievement of our common goals
• Credibility: Be transparent, follow through and build trust. Educate ourselves about our unique technology.

DBV Technologies is a global clinical stage biopharmaceutical company founded by pediatricians who believed that food allergies could one day be treated safely and effectively.

We are on a mission to advance epicutaneous immunotherapy using our innovative technology platform, Viaskin™, to develop treatment options for immunologic diseases with significant unmet medical need.

This mission drives our commitment to the advancement of treatments for patients and their families. That is why we are investigating a potential new class of immunotherapy, epicutaneous immunotherapy (EPIT), that aims to re-educate the immune system of patients through the skin.

Today, we are focused on exploring the use of Viaskin to address food allergies, a devastating condition that afflicts millions of patients. As an important milestone in our journey, we hope to offer the first epicutaneous immunotherapy treatment for peanut allergy.

Tomorrow, as pioneers, we will continue to explore the broad applications of this potential new class of immunotherapy, including treatments for patients suffering from inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.