Director, IT Business Partner - Corporate Functions

Ardelyx is a publicly traded commercial biopharmaceutical company founded with a mission to discover, develop and commercialize innovative first-in-class medicines that meet significant unmet medical needs. Ardelyx has two commercial products approved in the United States, IBSRELA (tenapanor) and XPHOZAH (tenapanor). Ardelyx has agreements for the development and commercialization of tenapanor outside of the U.S. Kyowa Kirin commercializes PHOZEVEL (tenapanor) for hyperphosphatemia in Japan. A New Drug Application for tenapanor for hyperphosphatemia has been approved in China with Fosun Pharma. Knight Therapeutics commercializes IBSRELA in Canada.

Position Summary

The Director, IT Business Partner is responsible for leading technology strategy and delivery across corporate functions including Corporate Operations, Quality, Finance, HR, Legal, and other G&A areas. This role partners with executive stakeholders to ensure IT solutions enable operational excellence, scalability, and data-driven decision making across the enterprise.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Corporate Operations, Quality Finance, HR, Legal, and corporate leadership to define and execute IT strategy aligned with business priorities
• Translate business needs into scalable enterprise solutions supporting corporate functions
• Lead prioritization and execution of IT initiatives across HRIS, financial systems, and corporate platforms
• Drive implementation and optimization of enterprise applications such as ERP, HRIS, and related systems
• Ensure alignment with compliance, security, and data governance requirements across corporate systems
• Manage implementation and enhancement of systems including CRM and patient services platforms
• Collaborate with enterprise architecture and infrastructure teams to deliver integrated solutions
• Oversee vendor relationships, system implementations, and managed service providers
• Provide strategic guidance on digital transformation and process optimization initiatives
• Communicate technology roadmaps, risks, and investment priorities to executive stake holders
• Partner with the CIO to define a long-term enterprise technology strategy and roadmap, including modernization priorities, platform direction, and architectural guardrails
• Establish a pragmatic, scalable architecture operating model, including architecture review and decision forums, technology standards and reference architectures, solution design patterns and reuse, and data classification and security-by-design principles
• Partner with the extended IT Leadership and extended Teams

Please note: this position is hybrid-based out of our Waltham, MA office and requires a presence on-site 2-3 days per week.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business, or related field with 10+ years of progressive IT experience with strong support of corporate functions or equivalent experience
• Proven leadership experience in IT business partnering or enterprise systems roles
• Deep knowledge of HR, Finance, and corporate systems such as Workday, SAP, Oracle, or similar platforms
• Demonstrated experience with CRM platforms such as Salesforce or similar systems
• Strong understanding of business analysis methodologies and SDLC processes
• Experience leading enterprise-wide system implementations and transformations
• Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills
• Exhibit ability to manage multiple priorities and work cross-functionally
• Proven ability to align IT strategy with business operations and drive measurable outcomes

The anticipated annualized base pay range for this full-time position is $207,000-$305,000. Ardelyx utilizes industry data to ensure that our compensation is competitive and aligned with our industry peers. Actual base pay will be determined based on a variety of factors, including years of relevant experience, training, qualifications, and internal equity. The compensation package may also include an annual bonus target and equity awards, subject to eligibility and other requirements.

Ardelyx also offers a robust benefits package to employees, including a 401(k) plan with generous employer match, 12 weeks of paid parental leave, up to 12 weeks of living organ and bone marrow leave, equity incentive plans, health plans (medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision), life insurance and disability, flexible time off, annual Winter Holiday shut down, and at least 11 paid holidays.

Ardelyx is an equal opportunity employer.