Director of IT, SAP Business Process Architect

Lantheus is headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts with offices in Billerica as well as in Canada and Sweden. For more than 60 years, Lantheus has been instrumental in pioneering the field of medical imaging and has helped physicians enhance patient care with its broad product portfolio. In 2023, Lantheus had more than $1B in revenues, led by sales of imaging agents for cardiac ultrasound and for prostate cancer.

Lantheus is an entrepreneurial, agile, growing organization that provides innovative diagnostics, targeted therapeutics, and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions that empower clinicians to find, fight and follow disease. At Lantheus our purpose and values guide our behaviors in all interactions and play a vital role in creating a dynamic environment that contributes to our success. Every employee is crucial to our success; we respect one another and act as one knowing that someone's health is in our hands. We believe in helping people be their best and are seeking to bring together a diverse group of individuals with different viewpoints and skill sets to be a part of a productive and inclusive team.

The Director of IT, SAP Business Process Architect will serve as a key leader and subject matter expert in SAP S/4HANA 2022 Private Cloud and FIORI applications, guiding Lantheus' SAP initiatives across diverse business processes. This role will be instrumental in advancing the company's SAP strategic roadmap, ensuring configuration alignment and FIORI Applications with best practices, and enhancing SAP's integration across departments. Operating in a GXP and SOX-compliant environment, the Director will have direct oversight of SAP technical business process change management throughout the entire SDLC. This role will play a key role as the first line of defense on troubleshooting an issue, working with ABAP/FIORI developers to identify root cause. This role will require the ability to identify configuration corrects in non-production environments, work closely with the IT SAP Functional Business Analysts to test recommended changes, and possess a deep understanding of application integrations while perform final assessment on transports and ensure no conflicts with existing configuration set ups.

The Director will own post-implementation assessment, ensuring functional design documents are kept up with latest revisions. This role should have a foundational understanding of reviewing the security assessments on FIORI applications and have a strong track record of identifying Business Process gaps and bringing forth unrealized FIORI applications that can be enabled and configured to resolve issues. This role is expected to be seen as the go-to expert for on-going support and have a keen ability to pull in the right supporting extended team members within the IT SAP BAs in each area across OTC, RTR, Group Reporting, ITM, MM, EWM, MM, PTP, TM, GTS.

This position requires strong leadership, communication, and technical expertise to work effectively with stakeholders at all organizational levels and with external vendors. The Director will play a key role, expected to bring forth strategic SAP solutions that focus on FIORI Applications to accelerate SAP S/4HANA and FIORI adoption, building Lantheus' SAP capabilities, and ensuring compliance to the Lantheus ITGC governance frameworks for quality and compliance. Additional responsibilities include providing oversight to the IT SAP business analyst team, performing quality reviews of proposed configuration changes, assisting in project-based short term contracts, and participate in selecting vendors to align with organizational objectives and industry standards.

Key Responsibilities/Essential Functions

* Collaborate closely with IT Functional Directors, Senior Business Leadership, and Executive Leadership Teams to align the SAP solution with Lantheus' strategic goals.

* Cultivate strong relationships with business partners to enhance satisfaction with IT services and provide proactive support and ticket resolution.

* Collaborate in the SAP IT Roadmaps and build a strong working relationship with the SAP Technical Architect

* Evaluate technology solutions to recommend strategies that optimize time, increase efficiency, and reduce costs.

* Lead Ticket Prioritization, collaborate on issue assessments and recommended resolution, testing, ensure functional design documentation updates/rev control and closure

* Provide leadership and continuous improvements across all modules of SAP and FIORI applications and boundary applications

* Drive the adoption of strategic IT initiatives, including the SAP S4 Hana cloud solution, to maximize business value.

* Participate actively in all phases of the systems development life cycle and project management across a matrix organization.

* Provide leadership, mentorship, and develop IT SAP staff by setting clear expectations, providing recommended development training, and participate with feedback for performance reviews.

* Serve as a thought leader, offering guidance to Project Managers, Business Analysts, and Technology Leaders while staying current with relevant technical platforms.

* Engage professionally with a diverse range of stakeholders, including executives, managers, and subject matter experts.

* Participate in the annual IT budget, plan for future financial needs, and ensure cost-effective operations.

* Manage vendor relationships, monitor their performance, and ensure service delivery meets contractual standards.

* Promote a culture of safety by adhering to safety rules, using protective equipment appropriately, and taking initiative to correct safety and environmental hazards.

* Exemplify Lantheus' core values of accountability, quality, customer service, efficiency, collaboration, and safety in all activities

Basic Qualifications

* Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field, with 7+ years of progressive experience in analytical roles of increasing responsibility, or equivalent experience.

* Deep experience with SAP S/4HANA Cloud 2022 (or higher) RTR, MTD, ITM, EWM, IBP, SAC, GTS, TM, QM, OTC and strong knowledge of FIORI capabilities, Computer System Validation, and IT Change Controls is essential.

* Proven ability to lead and develop teams, with a focus on talent management and people development.

* Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to deliver engaging presentations.

* A creative thinker who is proactive, resourceful, and able to challenge the status quo with innovative solutions.

* Strong collaboration skills, with the ability to effectively work across multiple functional teams in a dynamic environment.

* Preferred background in the life sciences industry, GXP and SOX Computer System Validation, and IT Change Controls is essential.

.* Demonstrated analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving abilities, with a keen eye for identifying gaps and opportunities for improvement.

Other Requirements

* Non-routine overnight travel based on business need.

Core Values

The ideal candidate will embody Lantheus core values:

• Let people be their best
• Respect one another and act as one
• Learn, adapt, and win
• Know someone's health is in our hands
• Own the solution and make it happen

Lantheus is committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person's race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, or any characteristic protected under applicable law. Lantheus is an E-Verify Employer in the United States. Lantheus will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law.