About Acrivon Therapeutics, Inc.

Acrivon (NASDAQ: ACRV) is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing precision oncology medicines that it matches to patients whose tumors are predicted to be sensitive to each specific medicine by utilizing Acrivon’s proprietary proteomics-based patient responder identification platform, Acrivon Predictive Precision Proteomics, or AP3. The AP3 platform enables the creation of drug-specific proprietary OncoSignature® companion diagnostics that are used to identify the patients most likely to benefit from Acrivon’s drug candidates, referred to as patient responders. The name Acrivon (derived from Greek for “accurate”) embodies how our OncoSignature® tests link the patient’s active tumor-driving mechanisms with the drug’s mode-of-action to accurately match our therapies with patients who will benefit independent of underlying genetic tumor alterations.

Acrivon is currently advancing its lead candidate, ACR-368, a selective small molecule inhibitor targeting CHK1 and CHK2 in a potentially registrational Phase 2 trial across multiple tumor types, which the AP3 platform predicts will have a high proportion of patient responders based on OncoSignature®-predicted sensitivity to ACR-368. In addition to ACR-368, Acrivon is also developing internally-discovered preclinical stage pipeline programs targeting critical nodes in the DNA Damage Response, or DDR, and cell cycle regulation pathways, including WEE1, a protein kinase, and PKMYT1, a closely related protein serine/threonine kinase.

Our global team operates out of two leading life science clusters, Watertown, MA and Medicon Village in Lund, Sweden.

Position Overview:

The Associate Director/Director, Information Technology (IT), based in Watertown, MA, will manage and build Acrivon’s global IT function. As the company’s first internal IT hire, this is a high impact and high visibility role, where you will partner with every team member across the organization providing IT leadership and support while also managing and prioritizing the activities of our IT managed service provider. The ideal candidate will thrive solving day-to-day problems but also proactively thinking big, helping to assess and implement technologies to further improve Acrivon’s productivity, efficiency, scalability, and security.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Operational Management

• Manage the deployment, monitoring, maintenance, development, upgrade, and support of all IT systems, including servers (on premise and cloud), computers, operating systems, hardware, software, printers, phones (desk and mobile), and conference room technologies.
• Lead and provide day-to-day operations of on-site and remote IT support, including provisioning end-user services such as help desk, applications, cyber security, and data networking technical support.
• Administer all technology services, including communication & collaboration platforms (O365, SharePoint, Teams, Zoom, Egnyte, etc.)
• Coordinate with IT managed service providers to measure availability, performance, capacity, and utilization of IT and Informatics services.
• Supervise and ensure systems and data security from internal and external threats while promoting continuous internal user security training.
• Manage and contribute to major aspects of compliance (SOX, GPDR, 21 CFR Part 11, Privacy)
• Assist with IT onboarding and training of new employees.
• Assist end users with set up and maintenance of business applications typically used in the biotech industry.

Strategy and Planning

• Work collaboratively to oversee and implement all IT policies, procedures and plans for security, data center, desktops and infrastructure based on industry-standard best practices.
• Analyze existing operations and make recommendations for the improvement and growth of the network infrastructure and IT systems
• Work with internal stakeholders and external vendors to identify, understand, implement, and support new business capabilities, optimize processes, and drive operational efficiency
• Develop business continuity and data backup plans and take responsibility for their implementation.
• Collaborate on cybersecurity program development and execution
• Oversee all reports and documentation related to network and systems operations

Requirements and Qualifications:

• S. in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related technical discipline
• 8 years of IT desktop support and cloud-based solutions experience in pharmaceutical and/or biotechnology industry
• Well-versed in Microsoft technologies, AWS, Windows, macOS, and Linux
• Knowledge of cloud concepts such as SaaS, IaaS and PaaS, as well as integration of cloud systems
• In depth knowledge regarding cybersecurity and data privacy concepts
• Demonstrated problem-solving and decision-making capabilities
• Demonstrated leadership and personnel/project management skills
• Entrepreneurial and ability to work in a fast-paced, agile, creative and high-growth company environment
• Approachable, responsive, and able to proactively communicate risks, issues, and recommendations
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate technical guidance and instruction to all stakeholders and team members

Acrivon Therapeutics is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and to provide equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex or gender identity, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Acrivon Therapeutics complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment.