Encoded Therapeutics is a clinical-stage genetic medicines company developing potentially disease-modifying therapies to improve the lives of people with severe CNS disorders. Our proprietary vector engineering approach combines novel regulatory elements and payloads with AAV vectors to unlock innovative solutions for debilitating, intractable CNS conditions. At the forefront is our flagship clinical program, ETX101 for Dravet syndrome, which targets the underlying cause of the disorder to enable highly selective upregulation of SCN1A for potentially long-lasting benefit. In parallel, we are advancing a pipeline of potentially best-in-class programs to address significant unmet needs across both monogenic and prevalent CNS conditions. For more information, please visit www.encoded.com.

Encoded is seeking a VP of Information Technology who will be responsible for the overall IT strategy and the Company’s technology applications, innovation, and performance. Reporting to the Head of Finance, this position is based at Encoded’s corporate office in South San Francisco.

Responsibilities

Strategic & Entrepreneurial Acumen:

• Align IT strategic priorities and outcomes with business initiatives by evaluating business readiness, conducting due diligence and critical analysis, and developing a road map for completion and the measurement of results.

• Understand market trends and drive innovation through technology and/or partner-driven capabilities, such as AI.
• Create enterprise-wide infrastructure that applies digital technology to drive increased internal and external business value.
• Develop and implement a strategic plan for a corporate-wide technology evolution.

IT Leadership:

• Leads our people by establishing a compelling vision that clearly links the company’s strategy to your team’s short and long-term strategic deliverables and inspires the team to deliver on common goals.
• Attract, engage, and motivate high quality talent.
• Drive innovation and change management principles effectively throughout the organization as a positive influencer and role model.
• Collaborate cross functionally across all teams to ensure IT activity positively supports the achievement of company business goals and enables our employees to deliver on our commitment to deliver lifesaving therapies for rare diseases.
• Share IT vision, strategic direction and technology with IT team members and stakeholders across the company.
• Evaluate current IT organizational resource structure for opportunities to improve efficiencies and effectiveness. Work with Encoded Leadership to support team growth and performance.

Operational Stewardship:

• Support and remediate legacy platforms with both large and small, niche applications and deliver business critical applications on a timely basis with fewer defects.
• Meet fixed and evolving business needs across the company through a strong operational, delivery and governance model.
• Facilitate implementation and compliance with an ITSM model that ensures strong internal and external customer experience and service levels, knowledge documentation, operating procedures and protocols.
• Develop annual Information Technology financial operating and capital budgets. Align Technology with Strategic Priorities: Ensuring technology spending aligns with organizational goals and managing technology budgets effectively.
• Collaborate with IT partners to ensure there is a practice to evaluate technology effectiveness in achieving operational efficiencies and increased productivity.

Data Security & Information Assurance:

• Ensures the development of IT business continuity and disaster recovery plans and oversees system back-up and recovery procedures for all IT functions.
• Evaluate ongoing security risk vulnerabilities and develop action steps to remediate.