Brightseed is a pioneer in biosciences and artificial intelligence (A.I.) that illuminates nature to restore human health. Brightseed’s proprietary A.I., Forager®, accelerates bioactive discovery, biological validation and ingredient formulation from years to months, rapidly revealing new connections between nature and humanity. Through Forager® and clinical evaluation, Brightseed partners with organizations across the consumer health continuum to offer insight into the world of bioactives and health solutions.
ABOUT BRIGHTSEED
Brightseed is a pioneer in biosciences and artificial intelligence (A.I.) that illuminates nature to restore human health. Brightseed’s proprietary A.I., Forager®, accelerates bioactive discovery, biological validation and ingredient formulation from years to months, rapidly revealing new connections between nature and humanity. Through Forager® and clinical evaluation, Brightseed partners with organizations across the consumer health continuum to offer insight into the world of bioactives and health solutions. Visit www.brightseedbio.com to learn more.
ABOUT BIOACTIVES
Bioactives are small molecule compounds produced by plants, fungi, and microbes that grow in and adapt to environments that present a wide range of challenges to their survival. Bioactives also benefit the health of humans – they are the enlivening caffeine in tea, the powerful antioxidant lycopene in tomatoes or curcumin in turmeric, and they inform active ingredients in medicines like Taxol, aspirin and Metformin, the latter a first-line treatment for Type 2 diabetes derived from the French lilac flower. Science has long known that bioactives are critical to human health, yet the vast majority remain unknown and uncharted – often referred to as the “dark matter” of nutrition. Brightseed’s A.I., Forager®, discovers bioactives in nature and maps them to human health outcomes at a rate and accuracy that was previously impossible.
ABOUT THE ROLE
We are looking for a talented, fun and experienced Director of IT who will be accountable for developing and operationalizing an IT roadmap suitable to support a fast growing, high performing, private company. This includes ensuring that we pay close attention to NIST compliance and controls and ensure we mitigate any cyber security risk. It also includes building an IT infrastructure that enables our team members to be collaborative, productive and highly efficient as they work to achieve their OKRs.
THE BENEFITS YOU’LL ENJOY
As a lab based company, where in person collaboration is key to drive innovation, we encourage all team members to be in our office most days each week. However we appreciate and honor the need and desire for flexibility and have implemented a hybrid working model. We have a fully stocked healthy kitchen, a gym onsite, plenty of free parking, weekly team events and a state-of-the-art lab and office.
We offer a competitive total rewards package with team-first benefits programs for full-time employees, including medical, dental and vision coverage, unlimited paid time off, life insurance, disability coverage, employee assistance programs, 401(k) plan, a mental health platform, employee discounts, payroll credits for cell phone and commuter costs and a paid parental leave program.
JOIN US, AND BE YOU
We are committed to making transformative discoveries with a team-first mentality. Successful team members are truth-seeking and trusting, with the tenacity required to trail blaze in uncharted territory. We are a collaborative team that actively seeks input and values differing perspectives. And we produce tangible results, holding ourselves accountable in the process.
We are also committed to cultivating and preserving a culture of connectedness and inclusion. We grow and learn together, respecting professional and personal experiences, areas of expertise, and types of self expression.
In recruiting for our team, we welcome the unique contributions that each one of us brings in terms of education, opinions, culture, color, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, religion, different abilities, sexual orientation and beliefs.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Lead enterprise IT: develop IT Strategy and Roadmap designed to scale with the organization across both California and North Carolina locationsEnsure that all of our systems and processes are fit for purpose for both onsite and offsite workDesign, develop and implement IT business systems architecture including NIST compliance processes and IT General Controls (ITGC) including security and access policiesResponsible for managing cyber security risk assessment, reporting risks to the leadership team and implementing mitigations from findingsDevelop IT business continuity plans in conjunction with enterprise business continuity planCreate resource plan to inform what skills and capabilities are needed to support the IT roadmapHire, manage and develop a high performing team driven to help enable the business through information technologyManage financials - IT budget, forecast to actuals management, software cost tracking, etc.REQUIREMENTS / MUST HAVE EXPERIENCE
15 years of related experience working in an IT function on both strategic and operational initiative with a Bachelor’s degree; or 12 years and a Master’s degree; or equivalent experience3+ years in a management positionDemonstrated ability to plan, implement, and support systems through a business lifecycleAbility to help stakeholders articulate business requirements and map those to prioritized IT deliverables to build an enterprise IT roadmapWillingness to travel on occasionThis is an onsite role based in South San Francisco, CAPlease note if you do not meet the minimum requirements, we still encourage you to applyDESIRABLE BUT NOT REQUIRED:
Experience in taking a company public with familiarity of SOC compliance and controls