Director, Business Applications
uniQure
August 12, 2026
On-site
Lexington, MA
IT
Responsibilities:
- Deliver and manage strategic business applications; oversee the global Business Applications team.
- Ensure business process runs smoothly in platforms such as Veeva, Benchling, SAP, and adjacent systems.
- Manage on average 1 large business application implementation; oversee overall application management structure.
- Lead configuration, change, quality & (automated) testing, release management, and operational support for strategic IT/business applications (e.g., ERP, ELN, contract lifecycle, QMS, DMS, LMS, RIMS, eTMF, CTMS, CRM, MedComs, PromoMats).
- Oversee vendor relationships to ensure timeliness and quality of business applications services and maintain business continuity.
- Support IT compliance and regulations by providing artifacts/evidence for audits.
- Define and provide handover training on procedures/work instructions for IT support engineers.
- Intake/onboard new essential business applications and vendors; orchestrate application service processes.
- Manage second- and third-level support; escalate to external support when needed.
- Lead platform/application activities (planned maintenance, communications, installations) and improve IT documentation/process descriptions.
- Collaborate with Implementation Manager and IT Business Analysts to ensure proper handover from implementation to application management/support.
Qualifications & Skills:
- Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s preferred.
- 12+ years business systems application management; 5+ years in large-scale business application implementations.
- Proven ability to manage diverse computer systems/integrations; manage application engineers/specialists; make teams more efficient/value-driven.
- Experience in an international organization.
- Background in large business applications (CRM, ERP, HCM).
- Project management skills.
- Experience managing SoX and/or GxP compliant systems.
- Ideally pharmaceutical or biotech industry experience.
Salary Range: $205,000–$265,000
- Deliver and manage strategic business applications; oversee the global Business Applications team.
- Ensure business process runs smoothly in platforms such as Veeva, Benchling, SAP, and adjacent systems.
- Manage on average 1 large business application implementation; oversee overall application management structure.
- Lead configuration, change, quality & (automated) testing, release management, and operational support for strategic IT/business applications (e.g., ERP, ELN, contract lifecycle, QMS, DMS, LMS, RIMS, eTMF, CTMS, CRM, MedComs, PromoMats).
- Oversee vendor relationships to ensure timeliness and quality of business applications services and maintain business continuity.
- Support IT compliance and regulations by providing artifacts/evidence for audits.
- Define and provide handover training on procedures/work instructions for IT support engineers.
- Intake/onboard new essential business applications and vendors; orchestrate application service processes.
- Manage second- and third-level support; escalate to external support when needed.
- Lead platform/application activities (planned maintenance, communications, installations) and improve IT documentation/process descriptions.
- Collaborate with Implementation Manager and IT Business Analysts to ensure proper handover from implementation to application management/support.
Qualifications & Skills:
- Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s preferred.
- 12+ years business systems application management; 5+ years in large-scale business application implementations.
- Proven ability to manage diverse computer systems/integrations; manage application engineers/specialists; make teams more efficient/value-driven.
- Experience in an international organization.
- Background in large business applications (CRM, ERP, HCM).
- Project management skills.
- Experience managing SoX and/or GxP compliant systems.
- Ideally pharmaceutical or biotech industry experience.
Salary Range: $205,000–$265,000