IT Business Partner (Temporary/Contractor)

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About INOVIO

INOVIO is a biotechnology company focused on developing and commercializing DNA medicines to help treat and protect people from HPV-related diseases, cancer, and infectious diseases. INOVIO's technology optimizes the design and delivery of innovative DNA medicines that teach the body to manufacture its own disease-fighting tools. For more information, visit www.inovio.com.

Job summary

The Temporary IT Business Partner serves as a trusted advisor and strategic technology partner to business stakeholders across INOVIO. This role works closely with business leaders, process owners, vendors, and IT teams to understand business objectives, improve business processes, manage technology investments, and deliver solutions that support operational excellence, regulatory compliance, and organizational growth.

Acting as the primary liaison between the business and IT, the IT Business Partner facilitates requirements gathering, process analysis, solution design, project delivery, and change management activities across a portfolio of business applications and technology initiatives. The role is responsible for identifying opportunities to improve efficiency, strengthen data integrity, enhance user experience, and drive adoption of technology solutions that align with business priorities.

The position partners with stakeholders to support business systems throughout their lifecycle, including planning, implementation, validation, vendor management, optimization, compliance activities, and continuous improvement. Success in this role requires a strong understanding of business operations, regulated environments, and the ability to translate business needs into practical and scalable technology solutions.

This position is intended to begin as a contract assignment with the potential to convert to a regular full-time employee based on business needs and individual performance.

Essential job functions and duties

• Develop and maintain strong relationships with business stakeholders as the IT business partner and technical owner for assigned business applications, ensuring technology solutions align with business priorities and deliver measurable value.
• Collaborate with business leaders to identify challenges, streamline processes, mitigate compliance risks, and leverage technology to enable growth, efficiency, and continuous improvement.
• Facilitate discovery sessions, requirements gathering activities, and stakeholder workshops to understand business needs, define future-state processes, and translate requirements into practical technology solutions.
• Document business processes, requirements, functional specifications, and solution designs to support system enhancements, integrations, and organizational initiatives.
• Act as the primary IT contact and functional owner for assigned business applications, including support, configuration requests, enhancements, testing, vendor coordination, and continuous improvement activities.
• Partner with business stakeholders and technology vendors to evaluate, design, build, test, implement, and support solutions that improve operational effectiveness, compliance, data integrity, and user experience.
• Lead business systems projects and enhancements from concept through deployment, including planning, stakeholder management, communication, testing, training, change management, and post-implementation support.
• Evaluate the impact of upgrades, patches, configuration changes, integrations, and new technologies on business processes, compliance requirements, and overall business operations.
• Perform IT responsibilities associated with Computer System Validation (CSV), including technical documentation, testing coordination, evidence collection, and required validation deliverables.
• Partner with business process owners to ensure business applications remain compliant with GxP regulations, internal procedures, change control requirements, and applicable industry standards.
• Support audits, inspections, periodic reviews, access reviews, and other compliance-related activities associated with regulated business systems.
• Drive process standardization, technology adoption, user enablement, and continuous improvement initiatives to maximize value from technology investments.
• Develop and maintain training materials, knowledge articles, system documentation, and other user support resources.
• Monitor business application performance and coordinate the resolution of application-related issues while identifying opportunities for optimization and enhancement.
• Maintain a strong understanding of INOVIO's business operations, application portfolio, technology landscape, and regulatory environment to ensure solutions continue to support organizational goals and commercial readiness.
• Support the continued maturation of business systems, processes, integrations, and data practices required to meet evolving business needs and support organizational growth.

Minimum requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business, Engineering, Life Sciences, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience supporting business applications, business analysis, ERP systems, technology implementations, or IT business partner functions.
• Demonstrated experience supporting GxP-regulated systems, including Computer System Validation (CSV), change control, audit support, and regulated documentation requirements.
• Experience supporting Microsoft Dynamics 365 ERP or similar ERP platforms preferred.
• Experience working in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, healthcare, or other regulated industries preferred.
• Demonstrated experience gathering business requirements and leading cross-functional technology implementations.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and process improvement skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Exceptional relationship-building, facilitation, stakeholder management, and customer service skills.
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and drive projects to successful completion.
• Experience working with software vendors, consultants, developers, and cross-functional business teams.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to work on-site full-time in San Diego, CA.

Disclaimer

INOVIO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, including but not limited to veterans and individuals with disabilities. We prohibit discrimination of any kind. In keeping with our policy, we recruit, hire, train, and promote the most qualified individuals for all job titles, and we provide equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment.

A current US work authorization is required. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed. INOVIO offers an attractive benefits package and is an equal opportunity employer.

Important notice to employment businesses/agencies

INOVIO does not accept referrals from employment agencies unless written authorization from the INOVIO Human Resources department has been provided. In the absence of written authorization, any actions undertaken by employment agencies shall be deemed to have been performed without our consent and therefore INOVIO will not be liable for any fees arising from employment agency referrals in respect to current or future position vacancies at INOVIO.