Neuroscience-focused biopharmaceutical company developing treatments for psychiatric and neurological disorders
Alkermes is a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company applying neuroscience expertise to develop medicines for psychiatric, neurological, and addiction-related disorders. The tech stack reveals a traditional pharma operations spine—Veeva (Vault, RIM, PromoMats), SAP, Oracle—paired with emerging analytics and manufacturing modernization (adopting MES and LIMS). Active hiring spans sales (largest cohort), manufacturing, research, and clinical development, with notable leadership gaps in medical direction and IT R&D, signaling investment in regulatory strategy, clinical trial design, and manufacturing process control.
Notable leadership hires: Medical Director, Marketing Director, IT R&D Director
Alkermes develops and commercializes medicines for complex psychiatric and neurological conditions including addiction, serious mental illness, and sleep disorders. The company operates across three core areas: clinical development (protocol design, quantitative decision-making for trials), regulatory and compliance (CMC strategy, GMP/GxP adherence, labeling), and commercial access (field reimbursement, patient education programs). At 1,001–5,000 employees with headquarters in Dublin and operations across Ireland, the United States, and the United Kingdom, Alkermes balances R&D intensity with manufacturing and commercial infrastructure. Active pain points center on process reliability, regulatory submissions management, cross-functional coordination, and operational cost control—typical challenges for mid-scale pharma navigating clinical pipeline advancement and manufacturing scale-up.
Veeva Vault, Veeva RIM, and Veeva PromoMats for pharma-specific workflows; SAP and Oracle for enterprise operations; AWS and Azure for cloud compute; SQL, Python, R, and JMP for data analysis; Salesforce for commercial; Rockwell Automation and Maximo for manufacturing.
Dublin, Ireland. The company was founded in 1987 and is publicly traded. Active hiring spans Ireland, the United States, and the United Kingdom.
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