Job Title: Enterprise Platform Lead
Location: London
Job Type: Full-time, permanent

Agencies: We will only work with recruitment partners on our preferred supplier list and will not engage with speculative CVs submitted.

Are you passionate about making life science life changing and delivering impact for patients? We want to hear from you. 

About the role:

This is a key role within LifeArc to evolve our Enterprise technology ecosystem across finance, HR, procurement, funding, marketing, communications and partnership relationship management. The role will align the technology roadmap with business outcomes and drive maximum value for LifeArc from existing and new technology, AI, automation and data products. As Enterprise Lead, you will lead end to end delivery, operations and continuous improvement of these platform solutions. 

As part of this role, you will lead on the development of the roadmap in partnership with business leaders and SMEs, and will be responsible for a portfolio of projects and services that enable effective and efficient management of enterprise operations across LifeArc. This role will drive the definition and delivery of application, integration and continuous improvement initiatives, establishing a robust service model, driving simplification and security by design. 

You will also lead a small team as part of this role both direct and through cross-functional matrix teams. 

Key responsibilities:

• Drive the creation and evolution of the enterprise platform strategy and vision, ensuring alignment with organisational digital, data and technology goals. 
• Develop and execute a long-term roadmap and architecture that evolves platform capabilities to meet changing priorities.
• Form, hire and manage a small team with the necessary skills, leading them effectively within a matrix structure. 
• Work closely with the wider technology team, SMEs, business users and executive leadership to align platform initiatives with organisational objectives. 
• Assess, recommend and continuously enhance platform solutions and services to meet stakeholder needs. 
• Track and communicate platform business outcomes, ensuring investments deliver measurable value and service levels are achieved or exceeded. 
• Ensure platform solutions are secure, reliable and compliance with regulatory and policy requirements, manage operational risk, and maintain strong enterprise data quality in partnership with data leads. 

Essential experience required: 

• Experience delivering value-lead, modular and integrated enterprise application of ERP implementations within a similar type of organisation
• Strong stakeholder collaboration and customer-centric design including the ability to assess needs and opportunities, applying usability, UX and outcome-focused thinking to maximise technology value.
• Skilled in preparing clear, compelling presentations and business cases that build alignment and secure stakeholder support
• Demonstrated ability to lead matrixed teams across technology, business, PMO and suppliers, including effective selection and management of third-party partners. 
• An ability to work in an agile environment with a hands-on and adaptable approach to navigate competing stakeholder needs, create clarity, and apply structured, design-principles-based approaches alongside architecture. 

(Essential) Education: 

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent years of experience 

Desirable:

• An interest or background in Life Sciences would be beneficial

Skills & abilities:

• Proactive, strategic and trusted partner who is seen as part of the team and can be called upon for counsel and idea generation.
• Shapes technology strategies that directly impact business growth and competitive advantage, leading with architectural roadmaps for platform domains. 
• Ability to lead cross-functional collaborations. 
• Shapes enterprise-wide innovation strategies, embedding design thinking into business transformation
• Comfortable with ambiguity and changing requirements, which are common both in tech and business environments. 

About us:

LifeArc is a not-for-profit life science organisation, leading the way for change in rare diseases in the UK and supporting promising initiatives in global health. We seek out research in areas of unmet need that has great potential, providing support to help it become breakthroughs that change lives.

What we can offer you:

Focused on finding life changing solutions for underserved patients, our people thrive in an inclusive, and supportive environment that prioritises their health and wellbeing. Our multidisciplinary approach guarantees our people growth opportunities, while our culture of innovation and collaboration drives the impact we make delivering on our purpose of ‘putting patients at the centre of everything we do’. 

LifeArc is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences. As a Disability Confident Employer, we guarantee an interview to candidates with a disability or long-term health condition who meet the essential criteria for the role.

Please note that in certain situations, such as high volumes of applications, it may not be practical to interview all eligible candidates. In these cases, we may need to select those who best meet the essential criteria. (At LifeArc, the Disability Confident Scheme’s ‘minimum criteria’ is referred to as ‘essential criteria’)

Salary will be determined by qualifications and experience along with other exceptional benefits. Because we understand everyone has different requirements, our flexible benefits allow you to choose those which are important to you. Our pension scheme offers employer contributions of up to 12%, private health insurance, and annual leave of 31 days PLUS bank holidays. 

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people from minority ethnic backgrounds, for example, are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At LifeArc we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so whatever your background or lived experience, if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. Our top priority is finding the best candidate, and you may be just right for this or other roles. 

We all have potential. At LifeArc, you’ll discover what you can really do with it.