Vice President, IT – Digitalization

Role Overview

• Define, lead and ensure execution of the multi-year JEB IT & Digital roadmap, aligned with Evotec’s global IT strategy and future IT TOM, from concept through deployment and steady-state operations.
• Act as the senior, hands-on IT partner to JEB Process and Product Design, Manufacturing, and Quality, translating operational needs into scalable, compliant technology solutions.
• Remain personally engaged and accountable in critical design, implementation, validation, and go-live activities, especially for GMP-impacting systems.
• Ensure 24/7 availability, performance, security, and resilience of IT services supporting JEB operations, including triage and problem solving with global leaders for high-impact incidents.
• Own IT systems supporting regulated operations, including SCADA, MES/eBR, ERP, historians, laboratory, and development systems.
• Ensure compliance with cGMP, FDA regulations (including 21 CFR Part 11), and Evotec IT & Data governance, security, and validation standards.
• Establish and maintain robust CSV and data integrity practices, including validation strategy, risk assessments, and inspection readiness.
• Provide IT accountability for regulatory inspections, audits, and remediation activities related to IT systems.
• Actively shape and execute the integration of JEB IT into Evotec’s future IT Target Operating Model, ensuring continuity of operations and compliance throughout the transition.
• Define clear service boundaries, ownership models, escalation paths, and accountability between global IT & Data teams and JEB operations.
• Ensure operational requirements such as time-zone coverage, extended support, and manufacturing uptime are built into global service models.
• Contribute directly to Evotec’s IT & Data transformation initiatives, including prioritization of platform standardization, consolidation, and process harmonization.
• Drive digitalization, automation, and data-driven optimization across Process and Product Design and Manufacturing, with measurable business impact.
• Ensure JEB-specific solutions align with Evotec’s long-term architecture, data strategy, and cybersecurity principles without compromising GMP needs.
• Own and manage JEB-related IT spend including operating and capital budget inclusive of ROI for new programs/software, ensuring value delivery within Evotec’s financial and governance framework.
• Select, negotiate, manage, and actively engage vendors and service partners, ensuring delivery quality, compliance, and operational performance.
• Lead, influence, and coordinate JEB-focused IT capabilities delivered through global IT & Data teams and shared services.
• Drive change management and user adoption, ensuring new systems are operationally embedded, not just implemented.

Requirements

• 10-15+ years of senior IT leadership experience in pharmaceutical or biotech industries
• Experience with GMP or other regulated environments is required
• Strong, practical track record in computer system validation (CSV) and FDA regulatory frameworks preferred.
• Experience operating within or transitioning toward global IT target operating models, including matrixed organizations and familiarity with cyber security requirements.
• Proven ability to balance enterprise standards with site-level execution and regulatory realities.
• Execution-focused, accountable, and comfortable operating in ambiguity
• Technically credible with the ability to go deep when required
• Pragmatic, business-oriented, and regulatory-aware
• Collaborative but decisive; able to challenge constructively
• Leads from the front—not afraid to get directly involved

Tech Stack

• Cyber Security
• ERP

Benefits

• discretionary annual bonus
• comprehensive benefits to include Medical, Dental and Vision
• short-term and long-term disability
• company paid basic life insurance
• 401k company match
• flexible work
• generous paid time off
• paid holiday
• wellness and transportation benefits