Company Profile

Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Company Overview

At Vertex, we bring together the brightest minds in the relentless pursuit of creating transformative medicines for people with serious and life-threatening diseases. Founded in 1989 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, we are one of only a handful of biotechnology companies founded since 1976 that has discovered and developed four or more approved medicines in our own labs. In addition to the four medicines we’ve developed to treat the underlying cause of cystic fibrosis, we have ongoing research programs focused on the underlying mechanisms of other serious diseases.

Our U.S. headquarters are in Boston’s Innovation District, our International headquarters are located in London, UK, and we have research and development (R&D) sites and commercial offices in the U.S., Europe, Canada, Australia and Latin America. With more than two-thirds of our employees dedicated to research and development (R&D), we are consistently recognized as one of the industry’s top places to work, including nine consecutive years on Science magazine’s Top Employers list. For company updates and to learn more about us visit www.vrtx.com. You can also get to know us on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

Positions Available
  • 7 days ago

    Senior Director, Strategic and Portfolio Finance

    Vertex Pharmaceuticals - Boston, Massachusetts, United States

    Job DescriptionGeneral Summary:The Senior Director, Strategic and Portfolio Finance is a key leader within Vertex's Finance organization, responsible for driving strategic decision support across the enterprise portfolio and leading long-range financial planning processes. This role defines and delivers the vision for portfolio decision-making, integrating financial and non-financial metrics to enable informed trade-offs and strategic alignment. The position plays a critical role in ensuring ...

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  • 20 days ago

    Director, Accounting Systems & Consolidation (Hybrid)

    Vertex Pharmaceuticals - Boston, Massachusetts, United States

    Job DescriptionGeneral Summary:Vertex is seeking a hands-on, experienced consolidations leader with accounting systems and process expertise to join our Global Accounting organization. The Director, Accounting Systems & Consolidation will oversee the global close and consolidation process and drive accounting system and financial reporting excellence. In addition, the Director will closely partner with IT and other stakeholders to maintain and enhance our key accounting systems and applications ...

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