IT Business Partner (Temporary/Contractor)

INOVIO PHARMACEUTICALS•San Diego, CA

21h•Onsite

About The Position

The Temporary IT Business Partner serves as a trusted advisor and strategic technology partner to business stakeholders across INOVIO. Working with business leaders, process owners, vendors, and IT teams, the role helps understand business objectives, improve processes, manage technology investments, and deliver solutions supporting operational excellence, regulatory compliance, and organizational growth. As the primary liaison between business and IT, the position facilitates requirements gathering, process analysis, solution design, project delivery, and change management across business applications and technology initiatives. The role identifies opportunities to improve efficiency, data integrity, user experience, and technology adoption. It partners with stakeholders throughout the business systems lifecycle, including planning, implementation, validation, vendor management, optimization, compliance, and continuous improvement. The assignment is intended to begin as a contract, with potential conversion to a regular full-time employee based on business needs and individual performance. The position requires working on-site full-time in San Diego, California.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business, Engineering, Life Sciences, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered.
At least 7 years of experience supporting business applications, business analysis, ERP systems, technology implementations, or IT business partner functions.
Demonstrated experience supporting GxP-regulated systems, including CSV, change control, audit support, and regulated documentation requirements.
Demonstrated experience gathering business requirements and leading cross-functional technology implementations.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and process improvement skills.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate with technical and non-technical audiences.
Strong relationship-building, facilitation, stakeholder management, and customer service skills.
Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and drive projects to completion.
Experience working with software vendors, consultants, developers, and cross-functional business teams.
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
Ability to work on-site full-time in San Diego, California.
Current US work authorization is required.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting Microsoft Dynamics 365 ERP or similar ERP platforms.
Experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, healthcare, or another regulated industry.

Responsibilities

Build and maintain relationships with business stakeholders, serving as IT business partner and technical owner for assigned applications.
Collaborate with business leaders to identify challenges, streamline processes, mitigate compliance risks, and support growth and continuous improvement.
Facilitate discovery sessions, requirements gathering, and stakeholder workshops; define future-state processes and translate needs into technology solutions.
Document business processes, requirements, functional specifications, and solution designs.
Serve as the primary IT contact and functional owner for assigned applications, including support, configuration requests, enhancements, testing, vendor coordination, and ongoing improvement.
Partner with business stakeholders and vendors to evaluate, design, build, test, implement, and support solutions.
Lead business systems projects and enhancements from concept through deployment, including planning, stakeholder management, communications, testing, training, change management, and post-implementation support.
Evaluate the business and compliance impact of upgrades, patches, configuration changes, integrations, and new technologies.
Perform IT responsibilities for Computer System Validation (CSV), including technical documentation, testing coordination, evidence collection, and validation deliverables.
Work with business process owners to maintain application compliance with GxP regulations, internal procedures, change control requirements, and applicable industry standards.
Support audits, inspections, periodic reviews, access reviews, and other compliance activities for regulated business systems.
Drive process standardization, technology adoption, user enablement, and continuous improvement.
Develop and maintain training materials, knowledge articles, system documentation, and user support resources.
Monitor application performance, coordinate issue resolution, and identify optimization and enhancement opportunities.
Maintain knowledge of INOVIO’s operations, application portfolio, technology landscape, and regulatory environment.
Support the development of business systems, processes, integrations, and data practices to meet evolving business needs and organizational growth.