*This IT Manager role is base in San Diego, CA and is required to be onsite 4-5 days a week. This role will start as a contract position with the expectation and strong potential to convert to full-time permanent employment based on business needs and performance.

Your impact:

Rapport Therapeutics with locations in San Diego and Boston is seeking an IT professional to lead the delivery of all IT infrastructure and related operations utilized to enable business capabilities and services across our two sites. Those include network, cloud, servers, user devices, collaboration tools, conference room AV support, telecommunication and site support. This will be a highly visible and valued role as the company builds its capabilities to advance our products through R&D and clinical trials. This individual will manage infrastructure and resources to meet organizational needs and will be responsible for working cross-functionally to identify long-term, scalable, and practical solutions for research, development and clinical as well as business operations.

Your day-to-day:

• Support the IT infrastructure needs and manage the desktop support function
• Partner with IT Director to develop IT Infrastructure and Operations strategy and execute roadmap to optimize IT support model for growth at San Diego and Boston sites
• Partner with IT Director to develop and implement a company-wide cybersecurity program to support the needs of expected company growth
• Create and maintain IT infrastructure architecture, policies and standards
• Implement company-wide technology updates and hold sessions to teach employees on new features to ensure effective and consistent use and compliance with security and regulatory requirements
• Partner with R&D team to design and implement effective lab data management strategy and lab instrument support
• Partner with cross-functional teams to implement and operationalize controls necessary for Cyber Security, GxP, SOX other regulatory requirements and industry standards as the company matures
• Grow and effectively maintain cloud first infrastructure and service environment to enable agility while ensuring secure operations and efficient utilization of resources
• Develop and maintain budgets according to business and IT priorities and optimizing resource allocation
• Develop and maintain outsourcing strategies and provide oversight for IT vendors and partners
• Maintain ongoing knowledge of industry trends and ability to utilize that knowledge to determine the most efficient ways to meet the Company’s evolving business needs

Must-Haves:

• Degree in computer science or related technical discipline plus 4-7 years of relevant experience managing IT department, infrastructure and services with at least 2 years in a biotech environment, public company experience preferred
• Excellent working knowledge of Cisco Meraki network, Microsoft O365 administration, and OKTA, basic knowledge of AWS
• Experience in developing and executing RFPs and SOWs for IT services and negotiating service agreements with IT vendors
• Prior experience in successfully implementing, utilizing and leveraging outsourcing strategies with managed service providers and other specialty partners
• Ability to identify impediments to complex business and research issues and provide timely and cost-effective solutions
• Ability to adapt to increasing scope and complexity of work brought on by growth and help others manage through change

This is a contracting position that is paid hourly. The hourly target range is $65-75/hr.