Director of Information Technology

about 2 years ago
Full time role
Remote... more
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Company

Joyn Bio is a joint venture between Ginkgo Bioworks and Leaps by Bayer, founded to solve the urgent agriculture challenges ...

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Job Description

Joyn Bio is an ag-biotech company developing more sustainable ways to feed the world. Started by agriculture and synthetic biology leaders Bayer and Ginkgo Bioworks, Joyn Bio is engineering beneficial microbes found in the environment to improve naturally occurring processes like nitrogen fixation. With exclusive access to Ginkgo Bioworks’ automated foundries for biological engineering and Bayer’s crop science expertise, Joyn Bio is delivering the scale and power of synthetic biology to agriculture. Joyn Bio brings together scientists with diverse backgrounds at its two sites in Boston, Massachusetts and Woodland, California to develop new microbial solutions that address growers’ biggest challenges. For more information please visit www.joynbio.com.

Position Summary

  • The Digital Science and Technology department is seeking a Director of Information Technology. This strategic, yet hands-on role will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of the organization’s information technology needs. This includes the establishment and execution of a strategic technology roadmap to support the growth of the company and operations across 3 physical locations, day-to-day IT operations and information security.  

Responsibilities

  • Create and maintain a comprehensive cross-site IT strategy and architecture to match information flows, business and scientific requirements, goals and needs.
  • Create and execute technology roadmap that supports business needs. 
  • Oversee vendor-managed services and strike a balance between outsourcing and internalizing functions. 
  • Manage relationships/agreements with all external partners/vendors. 
  • Work with senior-level stakeholders across the organization to identify business and technology needs and to optimize the use of information technology.
  • Ensure secure and efficient day-to-day IT operations, including but not limited to networking, server and desktop systems, cloud computing, software applications, printing, telecommunications, and internet access.
  • Perform continuous updates and proactive monitoring of all systems. 
  • Research and recommend new technologies for security, hardware and software.
  • Define and manage core IT policies, standards, and best practices.
  • Review and maintain the compliance to established standards and policies. 
  • Formulate and implement business continuity and disaster recovery plans.
  • Act as the information security officer. Define and execute a long-term cyber security strategy, ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of all IT & data assets.
  • Accelerate the efforts of Scientific Computing as they build out Joyn’s data platforms: ensuring IT infrastructure support for data platforms and coordinating with Scientific Computing for lab equipment integration with LIMS and data storage in cloud computing systems. 
  • Maintain effective communication between the IT and scientific and business teams.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or IT or equivalent degree or experience.
  • Minimum of 3 years supervising information technology professionals, preferably in industry.
  • Minimum of 7 years of experience working in the information technology profession.
  • Proven track record of leading and delivering complex large-scale IT projects.
  • Demonstrated ability to deliver large-scale IT projects on time and on budget. 
  • Proven track record of leading information security.
  • Experience working in R&D biotechnology environments preferred.
  • Strong team player who can proactively partner across teams to identify and solve organizational problems. 
  • Commitment to Joyn’s values of Collaboration, Accountability, Diversity and Customer Awareness.

Organizational

  • This position will be a full-time member of Joyn’s Digital Science & Technologies Dept and will report into the VP of Digital Science and Technologies.
  • Remote or Boston, USA.
  • 25% Travel required
  • Oversees 3 separate sites

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