IT Business Partner (Temporary/Contractor)
About The Position
The Temporary IT Business Partner serves as a trusted advisor and strategic technology partner to business stakeholders across INOVIO. The role works with business leaders, process owners, vendors, and IT teams to understand business objectives, improve processes, manage technology investments, and deliver solutions that support operational excellence, regulatory compliance, and organizational growth. As the primary liaison between business and IT, the role facilitates requirements gathering, process analysis, solution design, project delivery, and change management across business applications and technology initiatives. It identifies opportunities to improve efficiency, strengthen data integrity, enhance user experience, and drive adoption of solutions aligned with business priorities. The position supports business systems throughout their lifecycle, including planning, implementation, validation, vendor management, optimization, compliance activities, and continuous improvement. The assignment is intended to begin as a contract and may convert to regular full-time employment based on business needs and individual performance. The role requires full-time on-site work in San Diego, California, and current U.S. work authorization.
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.
- 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 U.S. work authorization 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
- Develop and maintain stakeholder relationships as the IT business partner and technical owner for assigned applications, aligning solutions with business priorities and measurable value.
- Collaborate with business leaders to identify challenges, streamline processes, mitigate compliance risks, and enable growth, efficiency, and continuous improvement.
- Facilitate discovery sessions, requirements gathering, and stakeholder workshops; define future-state processes and translate business needs into technology solutions.
- Document business processes, requirements, functional specifications, and solution designs for enhancements, integrations, and organizational initiatives.
- Serve as the primary IT contact and functional owner for assigned applications, managing support, configuration requests, enhancements, testing, vendor coordination, and continuous improvement.
- Partner with stakeholders and vendors to evaluate, design, build, test, implement, and support solutions that improve effectiveness, compliance, data integrity, and user experience.
- Lead business systems projects and enhancements from concept through deployment, including planning, stakeholder management, communication, testing, training, change management, and post-implementation support.
- Evaluate the effects of upgrades, patches, configuration changes, integrations, and new technologies on processes, compliance, and business operations.
- Perform IT responsibilities for Computer System Validation (CSV), including technical documentation, test 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.
- Promote process standardization, technology adoption, user enablement, and continuous improvement to maximize technology investment value.
- Develop and maintain training materials, knowledge articles, system documentation, and user support resources.
- Monitor application performance, coordinate issue resolution, and identify opportunities for optimization and enhancement.
- Maintain understanding of INOVIO’s operations, application portfolio, technology landscape, and regulatory environment to support organizational goals and commercial readiness.
- Support the maturation of business systems, processes, integrations, and data practices to meet evolving business needs and organizational growth.
Benefits
- INOVIO offers an attractive benefits package.
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Career Level
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