Senior Associate, IT R&D; Engineer Location: Milano, LOM, IT

Posted: Jul 21, 2026

Scope of the Role The IT Engineer – R&D; acts as one of the interfaces between the R&D; business units and the Global IT organization. This role is responsible for capturing, assessing, prioritizing, and managing business demands related to digital and IT solutions.

Responsibilities

- Collect and analyze business requirements from R&D; stakeholders.
- Translate business needs into functional and technical specifications.
- Collaborate with IT teams (architecture, development, support) to evaluate feasibility and define solution proposals for R&D; use cases.
- Support the management of software implementations and data migration projects for the R&D; solutions’ portfolio.
- Contribute to the evaluation and development/implementation of AI initiatives for R&D; use cases.
- Monitor the demand pipeline and maintain a clear overview of ongoing and planned IT R&D; initiatives.
- Facilitate workshops and meetings between business and IT to ensure shared understanding and alignment.
- Contribute to building business cases for new IT R&D; initiatives.
- Support change management activities and user adoption of delivered solutions.
- Act as a key point of contact for R&D; departments regarding IT topics.

Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Information Technology, Statistics, Biotechnology or other relevant field.




- 2–3 years of experience in IT in the Life Sciences/Biotech/Pharma sector.
- Solid understanding of IT R&D; processes and/or application management with a proven track record of delivering results across multiple project settings.
- Strong understanding of the R&D; Pharma environment and experience in one or multiple areas such as Clinical, Pharmacovigilance, Regulatory, Medical Affairs.
- Knowledge of R&D; software such as electronic Trial Master Files, Clinical Data Management solutions, Pharmacovigilance and Regulatory applications.
- Knowledge of the Veeva software portfolio is a plus.
- Experience with GxP and GAMP5 frameworks.
- Familiarity with Agile, Scrum, and/or Waterfall methodologies and ideally Project Management tools (e.G. SmartSheet, Microsoft Project).
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Analytical mindset and problem-solving capabilities.
- Ability to work independently and handle multiple demands simultaneously.
- Ability to plan projects, work under deadlines and prioritize according to evolving business requirements.
- Team player with a proactive and business-oriented attitude.
- Demonstrable ability to think strategically and creatively while applying sound business judgment and quantitative analytics.
- English language proficiency.

Compensation Salary range: 36.000 - 48.000€

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