Global IT R&D Systems Lead
Viatris
August 13, 2026
Remote friendly (United States)
United States
IT
Global IT R&D Systems Lead
Responsibilities:
- Manage end-to-end IT projects (conception to implementation) delivering within scope, schedule, and budget.
- Communicate project status; manage and promptly escalate issues/risks to leadership.
- Ensure project/vendor contracts and Statements of Work are timely, accurate, and on-track for scope, budget, and timelines.
- Serve as IT platform owner for Regulatory intelligence/publishing systems and other assigned R&D/Regulatory systems; maintain deployed systems (break fixes, incident management, security).
- Act as application technical lead across lifecycle (implementation, enhancements, requirement analysis, design/configuration, data migration, integrations, testing/validation).
- Drive compliance with IT Quality and Viatris SDLC processes, including change management and quality/testing; create/review lifecycle documentation.
- Support vendor relationships and ensure timely communication of system issues to leadership.
- Provide working knowledge of technical capabilities supporting R&D and regulatory business processes.
- Identify R&D/regulatory trends and policies impacting systems; monitor emerging industry/health authority requirements and develop compliance requirements.
- Establish relationships with customers and collaborate with business users to translate needs into user/technical requirements and solutions.
- Apply business analysis (requirements gathering, process modeling, interviewing, user stories, prototyping, data flows, root-cause analysis).
- Apply knowledge of data standards/conventions for Regulatory and R&D systems.
- Provide guidance to direct reports and perform other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s in science, IT, or related field (advanced degree preferred).
- 5+ years as IT platform owner with people leadership.
- 8+ years project management in life science domain.
- Experience with Agile/Waterfall/Hybrid methodologies.
- Knowledge of GCP, EMA/FDA regulations, and other compliance standards.
- Hands-on validated GxP environment experience (documentation, change management).
- Technical expertise: system integrations, migrations, SaaS in regulated environments.
- Hands-on experience with global R&D/Regulatory applications (ELNs, lab inventory/informatics, dossier/submissions/publishing, labeling intelligence/regulatory insights).
- Strong business analysis skills (process maps).
- Experience supporting large transformational projects.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a challenging environment.
- Excellent verbal and written communication; values global diverse environment; strong issue/solution communication.
Preferred:
- Hands-on experience in agentic AI and Python.
Compensation:
- Salary range: $95,000 - $193,000 (exact compensation varies by skills/experience/location).
Benefits:
- Competitive salaries and benefits; inclusive environment.
Responsibilities:
- Manage end-to-end IT projects (conception to implementation) delivering within scope, schedule, and budget.
- Communicate project status; manage and promptly escalate issues/risks to leadership.
- Ensure project/vendor contracts and Statements of Work are timely, accurate, and on-track for scope, budget, and timelines.
- Serve as IT platform owner for Regulatory intelligence/publishing systems and other assigned R&D/Regulatory systems; maintain deployed systems (break fixes, incident management, security).
- Act as application technical lead across lifecycle (implementation, enhancements, requirement analysis, design/configuration, data migration, integrations, testing/validation).
- Drive compliance with IT Quality and Viatris SDLC processes, including change management and quality/testing; create/review lifecycle documentation.
- Support vendor relationships and ensure timely communication of system issues to leadership.
- Provide working knowledge of technical capabilities supporting R&D and regulatory business processes.
- Identify R&D/regulatory trends and policies impacting systems; monitor emerging industry/health authority requirements and develop compliance requirements.
- Establish relationships with customers and collaborate with business users to translate needs into user/technical requirements and solutions.
- Apply business analysis (requirements gathering, process modeling, interviewing, user stories, prototyping, data flows, root-cause analysis).
- Apply knowledge of data standards/conventions for Regulatory and R&D systems.
- Provide guidance to direct reports and perform other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s in science, IT, or related field (advanced degree preferred).
- 5+ years as IT platform owner with people leadership.
- 8+ years project management in life science domain.
- Experience with Agile/Waterfall/Hybrid methodologies.
- Knowledge of GCP, EMA/FDA regulations, and other compliance standards.
- Hands-on validated GxP environment experience (documentation, change management).
- Technical expertise: system integrations, migrations, SaaS in regulated environments.
- Hands-on experience with global R&D/Regulatory applications (ELNs, lab inventory/informatics, dossier/submissions/publishing, labeling intelligence/regulatory insights).
- Strong business analysis skills (process maps).
- Experience supporting large transformational projects.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a challenging environment.
- Excellent verbal and written communication; values global diverse environment; strong issue/solution communication.
Preferred:
- Hands-on experience in agentic AI and Python.
Compensation:
- Salary range: $95,000 - $193,000 (exact compensation varies by skills/experience/location).
Benefits:
- Competitive salaries and benefits; inclusive environment.