IT Director

BridgeBio Pharma • San Francisco, CA

2d • $220,000 - $260,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

In 2015, we pioneered a “moneyball for biotech” approach, pooling projects and promising early-stage research from academia together under one financial umbrella to reduce risk and unleash innovation. This model allows science and small teams of experts to lead the way. We build bridges to groundbreaking advancements in rare disease, and develop life-changing medicines for patients with unmet needs as fast as humanly possible. Together we define white space, push boundaries, and empower people to solve problems. If you're someone who defies convention, join us and work alongside some of the most respected minds in the industry. Together, we'll ask "why not?" and help reengineer the future of biopharma. At BridgeBio, we value curiosity and experimentation—including the ethical & thoughtful use of AI to improve clarity, speed, and quality of work.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Information Systems or equivalent; ~8+ years delivering enterprise-ready People and Legal technology with 3+ years at a senior technical or architect level.
• Deep, hands-on experience in enterprise platform architecture, SaaS implementations, API and data design, security and production operations.
• Proven experience defining multi-year technology roadmaps and translating them into executable programs and KPIs.
• Proven experience defining and delivering enterprise-wide AI strategy, sponsoring pilots and scaling production services with governance and cross-functional adoption.
• Detailed People and Legal business-process knowledge is helpful but not required; you will partner with subject-matter experts for process definition.
• Prior experience in Workday (design, deployment, enterprise integrations); familiarity with VNDLY and Greenhouse.
• Prior experience in CLM, commercial compliance, matter and invoicing systems in production.
• Proven ability to run technical RFPs, negotiate contracts, own SLAs and run vendor governance and remediation.
• Able to define acceptance criteria, evaluate vendor deliverables and approve production releases.
• Experience with incident response, monitoring, continuous improvement and delivering in SOX/GxP/privacy contexts.
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders, present technical cases and drive adoption across functions.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical architecture and platform engineering leadership for People and Legal: design reference architectures, define platform capabilities and integration requirements, and set technical acceptance criteria for vendors.
• Own the 12–36 month technology & AI roadmap for People and Legal; prioritize investments, publish KPIs and make technical/vendor decisions within delegated authority.
• Lead enterprise-wide AI strategy: sponsor pilots, scale successful pilots into production services, enforce governance/privacy controls and represent IT in cross-functional AI governance.
• Partner with People Operations and Legal Operations to co-create governance, change-control and escalation models; deliver technical guidance, runbooks and training while respecting business system ownership.
• Collaborate on the delivery and stewardship for People platforms: define technical requirements, manage vendor execution, support testing and go-live, and enable steady-state operations for Workday, VNDLY, Greenhouse and related systems.
• Drive CLM and Legal and Compliance systems: lead selection and operational rollout of an enterprise CLM; steward matter/invoicing and commercial compliance tooling and ensure vendors deliver required finance/identity integrations.
• Lead the vendor lifecycle for medium/large investments: RFPs, technical selection, contracting, commercial negotiation and vendor governance.
• Own vendor commercial terms and SLAs; coordinate security/privacy/compliance assessments with IT Security and Legal; run quarterly governance and maintain vendor scorecards.
• Provide technical oversight to vendors and contingent workers: set acceptance criteria, review technical deliverables, approve production releases in scope, and drive remediation or decommissioning when contractual or security standards are not met.
• Own operational readiness and post-launch support: incident response, monitoring dashboards, continuous improvement and audit readiness (SOX/GxP/privacy).

Benefits

• Market-leading compensation
• 401(k) with employer match
• Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
• Pre-tax commuter benefits (transit and parking)
• Referral bonus for hired candidates
• Subsidized lunch and parking on in-office days
• 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision premiums for you and your dependents
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with annual employer contributions, plus Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Fertility & family-forming benefits
• Expanded mental health support (therapy and coaching resources)
• Hybrid work model with flexibility
• Flexible, “take-what-you-need” paid time off and company-paid holidays
• Comprehensive paid medical and parental leave to care for yourself and your family
• Career pathing through regular feedback, continuous education and professional development programs via LinkedIn Learning, LifeLabs, & BetterUp Coaching

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior