{"id":4142536,"url":"https://alion.io/job/pacbio-senior-director-information-technology","title":"Senior Director, Information Technology","company":{"id":58729,"name":"PacBio","domain":"pacb.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/pacbio","size_band":null,"is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":null},"role":"Leadership","role_family":"Leadership","seniority":"head","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"hybrid","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"explicit","locations":["Menlo Park, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":195900,"max":337900,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":337900},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":12,"visa_sponsorship":true,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"HPC","optional":false},{"name":"ISO 27001","optional":false},{"name":"Jira","optional":false},{"name":"Service Desk","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-11-11T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-11-11","last_verified_at":"2026-11-12T05:52:53Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":1,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":1},"description":"Senior Director, IT\nPacBio (NASDAQ: PACB) is a premier life science technology company that designs, develops, and manufactures advanced sequencing solutions to help scientists and clinical researchers resolve genetically complex problems. Our mission is to enable the promise of genomics to better human health. Genomics is core to all biological processes, and our advanced genomics tools provide scientists and clinical researchers the insights to better understand biology and health. We are now entering the century of biology and genomics is at the heart of the next revolution. Become part of the new paradigm in gene sequencing and help shape the future of genomic study by joining the PacBio team.\nThe Senior Director, IT is responsible for leading the global IT organization at PacBio, encompassing teams that support enterprise, financial, manufacturing, and R&D information systems. This is a highly visible, cross-functional leadership role that partners closely with executive leadership and stakeholders across the company to enable business strategy, operational excellence, and innovation through secure, scalable, and compliant technology solutions.\nThis role is ideal for an experienced IT leader with a strong background in life sciences and public-company environments, deep expertise in regulated systems, and a demonstrated ability to balance strategic vision with operational execution. Cybersecurity, risk management, compliance and management of IT operations and business applications teams are core responsibilities of this role.\nResponsibilities:\nLead, develop, and scale a high-performing IT organization, including managers and senior technical leaders. \nFoster a culture of accountability, service excellence, security awareness, and continuous improvement. \nDefine and execute a multi-year IT strategy and technology roadmap aligned with PacBio’s business objectives. \nPartner closely with Finance, Manufacturing, R&D, Quality, Legal, and Commercial teams to support business needs and continually improve operational efficiency. \nOwn PacBio’s cybersecurity strategy, posture, and operations, including prevention, detection, response, and recovery. \nEnsure compliance with ISO 27001, SOX, and other applicable regulatory and audit requirements, including leading, coordinating, and interfacing directly with internal and external SOX auditors. \nLead IT risk management, security governance, incident response planning, and third-party risk management. \nEstablish and maintain security policies, standards, and controls across infrastructure, applications, and data. \nPartner with internal and external auditors to support audits and remediation activities. \nEnsure IT systems supporting regulated processes comply with validation and quality requirements (e.g., GxP). \nOwn IT governance frameworks, including enterprise systems development, change management, access controls, and data governance. \nMaintain audit readiness and documentation across systems and processes. Oversee enterprise architecture, application portfolio management, and system lifecycle planning. \nLead the operation and evolution of hybrid infrastructure, including on-premises and cloud environments. \nSupport high-performance computing (HPC) and large-scale storage platforms for R&D and data-intensive workloads. \nDrive reliability, scalability, and performance of mission-critical systems. \nDrive modernization initiatives, including cloud adoption, automation, and legacy system rationalization. \nOwn the IT budget, forecasting, and cost optimization initiatives. \nManage strategic vendor relationships, system integrators, and managed service providers. \nRequired Qualifications:\nBachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; advanced degree preferred. \n12+ years of progressive IT experience, including significant leadership at the director or senior director level. \nExperience in a public company, preferably within life sciences, biotechnology, or a regulated industry. \nDemonstrated experience with SOX compliance, remediation, and internal/external audits. \nHands-on leadership experience with ISO 27001 security frameworks and certification efforts. \nStrong knowledge of system validation, enterprise architecture, application management, and IT governance. \nProven experience managing hybrid IT environments, including cloud, on-premises infrastructure, HPC, and storage. \nExperience with and understanding of Jira Service Desk, SAP, Anaplan, Salesforce, PLM, and MES (Siemens Opcenter). \nProvide strategic oversight and guidance for PacBio’s SAP ERP platform, ensuring alignment with business objectives, compliance requirements, and enterprise architecture standards. \nExcellent executive communication skills and ability to influence across functions. \nPreferred Experience:\n\nExperience taking mature organizations through ISO 27001 certification. \nExperience supporting manufacturing, laboratory, and R&D systems in regulated environments. \nFamiliarity with data privacy regulations and global security standards. \nTrack record of leading IT and security transformations at scale. \nExperience supporting SAP. \nUnderstanding of Quote to Cash processes in a Salesforce environment. \nExperience building and supporting data lakes. \nCandidates must have current authorization to work in the United States without the need for present or future sponsorship.\nNon-Field Based Employees are required to be onsite Monday-Thursday (Friday work from home). Depending on the role, some employees may be required to be 100% onsite.\nYou may be required from time to time to visit and work at PacBio locations and for such times as the Company considers necessary for the proper performance of your duties.\nAll listed tasks and responsibilities are deemed as essential functions to this position; however, business conditions may require reasonable accommodations for additional tasks and responsibilities.\nAll qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability, gender identity, and sexual orientation.\nSalary Range:\n$195,900.00 - $337,900.00To all Staffing and Recruiting Agencies: Our Careers Site is only for individuals seeking a job at PacBio. Staffing and recruiting agencies and individuals being represented by an agency are not authorized to use this site or to submit profiles, applications or resumes, and any such submissions will be considered unsolicited. PacBio does not accept unsolicited resumes or applications from agencies. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, PacBio employees or any other company location. PacBio is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes/applications.\nAll qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability, gender identity, and sexual orientation.\nIf you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, or are limited in the ability or unable to access or use this online application process and need an alternative method for applying, you may contact us at 650-521-8000, or  for assistance.\nVisit our following pages for more information on:\nFAQs\nBenefits\nCulture\nEqual Opportunity Employment\nBeware of Recruitment Fraud\nPlease be aware of employment scams where people or entities misuse PacBio’s name, or the names of PacBio employees, to post fake job advertisements or make fake job offers.\nPacBio will never extend a job offer without a personal interview and will never charge any money for joining our company. All current job openings are displayed on the Careers page of our official website.\nIf you see a job posting that is not on the PacBio official website, or have been approached with a job offer that you suspect may be fraudulent, we strongly recommend you do not respond and do not send money or provide any personal information.\nIT IS LIKELY A SCAM OR FAKE JOB AD IF:\nThe job offer requires youto pay something (for example, to purchase equipment).\nYou receive a job offer that you didn’t apply for, or without a personal interview or interaction.\nThe interview seems to involve AI video or audio.\nYou found a job on a job board or third-party channel, but the job doesn’t exist on the official PacBio careers page\nYou suspect it is a scam.\nHOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF:\nNever give personal and confidential information.\nNever pay for anything as part of interviewing for, or accepting, an offer of employment.\nIgnore it if it seems like a scam.","description_format":"text","description_chars":8763,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":12,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Biotechnology","Health Care","Genomics & Genetic Testing","Laboratory Equipment"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-11-12T05:52:53Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":1,"expected_fill_days":50,"reasons":["conf:1","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-11-12T07:31:35Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":337900,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/pacbio-senior-director-information-technology","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/pacbio-senior-director-information-technology.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-12T07:31:35Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":15044,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-13T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":58729},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=58729"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fpacbio-senior-director-information-technology"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":2,"usd":0.2},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fpacbio-senior-director-information-technology"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fpacbio-senior-director-information-technology"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/pacbio-senior-director-information-technology\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fpacbio-senior-director-information-technology"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":4142536}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"pacb.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":4142536},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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