Director, IT Business Partner

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Cogent Biosciences

Compensation

$210,000 - 240,000 USD

Waltham, Massachusetts, United States

Hybrid

Posted March 23, 2026

Job Description

Who We Are:

Cogent Biosciences is a publicly traded biotechnology company focused on developing novel precision therapies to treat a broad range of patients with unmet medical needs. Cogent’s lead program, bezuclastinib, is designed to selectively and potently inhibit exon 17 mutations found within the KIT receptor tyrosine kinase, including KIT D816V. KIT D816V is responsible for driving a rare and serious condition called Systemic Mastocytosis, and exon 17 mutations are also found in patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST), a type of cancer with strong dependence on oncogenic KIT signaling. Bezuclastinib has exhibited promising initial data across all three trials: APEX in AdvSM, SUMMIT in NonAdvSM and PEAK in GIST, including an encouraging safety profile across 600+ patients in single agent and combination dosing.

The Role:

Cogent Biosciences is preparing for its first commercial launch and we are seeking a motivated self-starter Director, IT Business Partner for Commercial, Medical Affairs and Corporate Applications. You will be a strategic and tactical technology leader, partnering closely with cross-functional business leaders and teams to document and execute on Commercial, Medical Affairs and Corporate Applications technology roadmap. This is a hands-on role and you will partner with the business leaders and teams to support multiple existing and new system implementations in a fast paced environment.

This role will report to the Vice President of Information Technology. This position is a hybrid position and the candidate should be located near our Waltham MA office.

Responsibilities:

Strategic

Leverage your deep business and technical understanding of Commercial, Medical Affairs and Corporate systems to partner and collaborate with business leaders and teams to align and develop a multi-year roadmap
Align with the business to execute on the multi-year roadmap
Ensure configuration, enhancement, and expansion of the above business systems align with broader organizational data standards, information security practices, and regulatory needs
Partner with business to identify enhancements, integrations and assist with improvements to existing systems and processes

Tactical

Leverage your business analyst skills and partner with Commercial, Medical Affairs and Corporate system owners and support multiple existing and new system implementations in a fast-paced environment
Gather business requirements, document and test platforms in collaboration with Commercial, Medical Affairs and Corporate system owners
Support the overall governance and lifecycle management of applications for above platforms
Assist in unit testing and support configuration efforts of Veeva and above platforms
Support, author and execute Computer Systems Validation (CSV) of GxP scripts
Be a key liaison between business functions above and IT and Quality to ensure the business functions receive the technical guidance and support needed in a timely manner
Leverage your technical skills and partner with Commercial, Medical Affairs and Corporate system owners to assist with system administration, troubleshooting and configuration as needed

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s (or advanced) degree in Information Systems, Life Sciences or related field
Experience working in biotech/pharmaceutical life science industry is preferred
8+ years of hands-on technical leadership in commercial, medical affairs and corporate applications management
8+ years of IT experience, with at least 5 years of Life Science industry experience
Must be able to work in Waltham office at least two days a week
5+ years of experience as an IT Business Partner supporting Commercial and Medical Affairs systems
5+ years of hands-on experience in Compu

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