Associate Director, G&A Applications Encoded Therapeutics - South San Francisco, CA, US Onsite​/Remote

Associate Director, G&A Applications

Encoded Therapeutics is creating one-time, disease-modifying gene therapies for pediatric central nervous system (CNS) disorders with its cell-selective targeting and regulation platform.

The Associate Director, G&A Applications will lead the delivery, and continuous improvement of enterprise applications that power Encoded's Finance, Procurement, People/HR, and Contracts Management processes. As a business-facing IT leader, you will partner closely with Finance, Procurement, People & Culture, Legal & Compliance, and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure Encoded's G&A ecosystem is secure and scalable. You will manage roadmaps, oversee vendors, partner with internal stakeholders, analyze requirements, and drive end-to-end implementations and enhancements across ERP and adjacent platforms, including capabilities that support Encoded's manufacturing and supply chain operations.

• G&A applications strategy & governance:
  Manage the application portfolio and multi-year roadmap for G&A systems; enhance support, release management and change control practices.
• Financial and procurement systems management:
  Serve as the IT-side owner for Net Suite, Coupa and other systems, partnering with Finance and Accounting, Procurement, Manufacturing and other functions to optimize end-to-end processes, data quality, internal controls, and reporting; lead configuration, upgrades, testing, and deployment activities. Enable efficient procure-to-pay processes.
• ERP expansion for manufacturing & supply chain:
  Drive the implementation and enhancement of Net Suite functionality to support Encoded's manufacturing and supply chain needs (e.g., inventory, lot/serial traceability, warehouse processes, purchasing, quality holds, work orders/production reporting), partnering with CMC and Quality to meet regulatory and business requirements.
• People & Culture applications ecosystem:
  Partner with People & Culture, Payroll and other stakeholders to implement, maintain and enhance systems and integrations across the employee lifecycle (hire-to-retire), ensuring accurate master data, access, and reliable integrations.
• Contract management enablement:
  Partner with Legal and Procurement to optimize contract lifecycle management (CLM) and related workflows.
• Integrations:
  Implement and maintain integrations G&A system integrations.
• BI/Reporting:
  Support G&A teams in the development of BI dashboards and standardized reports
• Digital transformation & AI enablement:
  Identify and deliver automation and AI-driven opportunities across G&A processes (e.g., invoice processing, close variance insights, spend analytics, contract metadata extraction, self-service reporting).
• Vendor & partner management:
  Manage system vendors, implementation partners, and managed service providers; define SLAs, ensure delivery quality, control scope, and optimize cost/performance.
• Security, controls, and compliance:
  Ensure appropriate access governance, segregation of duties, and control documentation; partner with stakeholders on risk assessments and remediation.
• Operational excellence & leadership:
  Establish G&A application support models and service metrics; lead incident/problem management and continuous improvement. Work collaboratively with software and support vendors, internal and external auditors, and internal stakeholders to enable growth.

• BS in an IT-related field or commensurate work experience.
• 8+ years of progressive experience supporting and delivering G&A applications in a life sciences environment.
• Demonstrated experience supporting SOX compliance (ITGCs). Working knowledge of GxP and Privacy compliance preferred.
• Demonstrated experience implementing and enhancing ERP systems (Net Suite strongly preferred), including manufacturing and supply chain functionality.
• Hands-on understanding of core business processes across record-to-report and procure-to-pay; ability to translate business needs into scalable system solutions.
• Experience administering and enhancing procurement and contract management platforms such as Coupa.
• Experience supporting an HCM/HRIS platform and key HR/Payroll integrations.…