Manager, IT Human Resources Business Partner

Who We Are:

At Neurocrine Biosciences, we pride ourselves on having a strong, inclusive, and positive culture based on our shared purpose and values. We know what it takes to be great, and we are as passionate about our people as we are about our purpose - to relieve suffering for people with great needs.

What We Do:

Neurocrine Biosciences is a leading neuroscience-focused, biopharmaceutical company with a simple purpose: to relieve suffering for people with great needs. We are dedicated to discovering and developing life-changing treatments for patients with under-addressed neurological, neuroendocrine and neuropsychiatric disorders. The company's diverse portfolio includes FDA-approved treatments for tardive dyskinesia, chorea associated with Huntington's disease, classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia, endometriosis* and uterine fibroids,* as well as a robust pipeline including multiple compounds in mid- to late-phase clinical development across our core therapeutic areas. For three decades, we have applied our unique insight into neuroscience and the interconnections between brain and body systems to treat complex conditions. We relentlessly pursue medicines to ease the burden of debilitating diseases and disorders because you deserve brave science. For more information, visit , and follow the company on LinkedIn, X and Facebook. (*in collaboration with AbbVie)

About the Role:

The Manager, IT Human Resources Business Partner serves as a strategic technology partner to the Human Resources function, providing technical expertise, infrastructure support, and integration leadership while enabling HR's business ownership. The IT Business Partner will represent IT with internal and external customers and will provide strategic and in-depth focus on managing both ongoing and future projects, aligning with our planned corporate growth and ensuring better scalability, automation and efficiency.

This role requires thorough understanding of HR technology in a global, publicly traded pharmaceutical environment, with particular expertise in technical architecture, integrations, and infrastructure supporting HR systems including: Workday HCM (primary focus), ServiceNow HR Service Delivery, and the broader HR technology ecosystem including talent management, learning platforms, employee engagement tools, and HR point solutions.
This individual will manage vendor relationships for technical services, infrastructure, and integration platforms and delivery for technology, such as systems, web-based solutions, SaaS enterprise systems and/or point solutions. In addition, the IT Business Partner will manage external consulting resources to support project work and systems support. Responsible for the technical architecture, integration development, and infrastructure support for HR systems, which may also require compliance with employment, FDA, Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), Sunshine Act, GDPR and HIPAA regulations.
This role requires a unique blend of thorough technical expertise and strong partnership skills. The ideal candidate understands that their success is measured by enabling HR to achieve their objectives through reliable, scalable, and secure technology solutions.

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Your Contributions:

• Partners with HR leadership to develop technology roadmaps that enable HR strategic objectives, providing technical feasibility input and infrastructure planning

• Leverage experience in pharmaceutical IT business environment to collaborate closely with Human Resources business partners translating business needs into technical architecture, integration requirements, and infrastructure specifications

• Works with department management to plan, budget, develop and maintain Human Resources systems that meet current and evolving requirements

• Leads in the development, maintenance, and execution of IT-related policies and procedures

• Develops sound and robust purchasing contracts with vendors to improve reliability and cost-effectiveness in system acquisition and support

• Leads cross functional activities including discovery sessions to identify gaps and opportunities for the existing systems/tools and to prioritize new features and functionalities.

• Supports HR-led training initiatives by providing technical documentation and training materials to enable system adoption

• Partners on HR-led UAT by coordinating technical testing environments, release management, integration testing, and providing technical troubleshooting during testing cycles

• Collaborates on HR-led change management by providing technical documentation, release notes for integration changes, and technical training materials. Collaborates with HR on impact assessments when infrastructure or integration changes affect business processes

• Measures the effectiveness of newly implemented features/functions, draws lessons and takes corrective actions as needed

• Serves as the primary IT liaison to HR, providing technical expertise on architecture, integrations, and infrastructure. Owns the technical subject matter expertise for HR systems integration strategy

• Owns the technical architecture and integration strategy for HR systems, ensuring scalable, secure, and efficient connectivity between Workday and enterprise systems

• Leads integration design, development, testing, and monitoring for all HR system integrations (inbound/outbound), partnering with HR on Workday Studio development

• Manages technical infrastructure supporting HR systems including network connectivity, SSO/authentication infrastructure, API gateways, SFTP servers, and middleware

• Maintains comprehensive integration documentation, runbooks, and architecture diagrams in partnership with HR

• Provides technical impact assessments for HR system updates and HR-driven configuration changes that affect integrations or infrastructure

• Maintains monitoring and alerting for integration health, proactively identifying and resolving technical issues

Requirements:

• BS/BA degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related technical field and 6+ years of IT experience within pharmaceutical/regulated environment OR

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related technical field and 4+ years of IT experience

• Proven experience managing complex integrations between HR systems and enterprise platforms

• Demonstrated success partnering with business functions and enabling their technology ownership

• Requires understanding of how the team / work area relates to other related areas and uses that knowledge to improve efficiency and produce high-quality work on problems with cross-functional impact

• Identifies and resolves technical, operational and organizational problems/problems relating to own discipline

• Frequently works cross-functionally as the representative for their area

• Knowledge of best practices and broader business concepts

• Focuses on improving tools and processes within their area

• Developing a strong reputation within the company

• Ability to lead cross-functional teams, with excellent leadership, computer, communication, and project management skills

• Proficient knowledge of HR technology architecture, with deep expertise in Workday technical architecture, integration patterns, and infrastructure requirements

• Proficient in integration technologies including APIs, web services, ETL tools, and enterprise integration platforms

• Strong understanding of identity and access management including SSO, SAML, OAuth, and enterprise directory services

• Strong partnership orientation with ability to influence without direct authority

• Proficient in designing, developing, and implementing technical architecture and integration solutions

• Strong data analytical skills, including data structure, querying, transformation, reporting, and troubleshooting

• Familiar with industry practices, technology trends, budgets, customer services, client/stakeholder relationships, contract development, data management and analytics, and vendor management

• Excellent communications, problem-solving, analytical thinking skills

• Sees broader picture and longer-term impact on division/company

• Proven ability to cultivate cooperative relationships with departments and IT staff and to work as part of and/or lead multiple teams

• Proficient in agile/iterative development and SaaS/cloud tools

• Experienced in managing the launch of enterprise-wide systems, leading cross-functional teams, and developing business requirements and user stories

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Neurocrine Biosciences is an EEO/Disability/Vets employer.

We are committed to building a workplace of belonging, respect, and empowerment, and we recognize there are a variety of ways to meet our requirements. We are looking for the best candidate for the job and encourage you to apply even if your experience or qualifications don't line up to exactly what we have outlined in the job description.

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The annual base salary we reasonably expect to pay is $128,200.00-$185, Individual pay decisions depend on various factors, such as primary work location, complexity and responsibility of role, job duties/requirements, and relevant experience and skills. In addition, this position offers an annual bonus with a target of 30% of the earned base salary and eligibility to participate in our equity based long term incentive program. Benefits offered include a retirement savings plan (with company match), paid vacation, holiday and personal days, paid caregiver/parental and medical leave, and health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans.

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