Senior Solutions Architect

4D Molecular Therapeutics; Emeryville (CA); On-site; USD 167,000 - 183,000; Full time

Job summary

4D Molecular Therapeutics seeks a Senior Solutions Architect to lead hands-on IT partnership for G&A functions, implementing AI and automation across procurement, legal, finance, HR and facilities.

You will own enterprise applications, integrations, and governance while guiding adoption and process improvements to support commercialization objectives in a fast-paced biopharma environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Business Systems or equivalent.
• 8–12 years of hands-on enterprise business systems experience.
• Experience across G&A platforms including Coupa, CLM, legal spend, and ERP (NetSuite).

Responsibilities

• Serve as the day-to-day IT point of contact and trusted advisor to G&A stakeholders.
• Own configuration, enhancements, testing, security administration, and releases for G&A applications.
• Identify and deliver AI-enabled process improvements and automation opportunities.
• Ensure SOX, ITGC, audit and governance controls are met across enterprise integrations.

Skills

Stakeholder management

AI experience

Process improvement

G&A systems admin

SaaS integrations

Problem solving

Project ownership

Documentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Business Systems or equivalent

Tools

Coupa

Ironclad

Brightflag

NetSuite

Workato

Power Platform

Job description

4DMT is a leading late-stage biotechnology company advancing durable and disease-targeted therapeutics with potential to transform treatment paradigms and provide unprecedented benefits to patients. The Company’s lead product candidate 4D-150 is designed to be a backbone therapy forming the foundation of treatment of blinding retinal vascular diseases by providing multi-year sustained delivery of anti-VEGF (aflibercept and anti-VEGF-C) with a single, safe, intravitreal injection, which substantially reduces the treatment burden associated with current bolus injections. The Company’s lead indication for 4D-150 is wet age-related macular degeneration, which is currently in Phase 3 development, and second indication is diabetic macular edema. The Company’s second product candidate is 4D-710, which is the first known genetic medicine to demonstrate successful delivery and expression of the CFTR transgene in the lungs of people with cystic fibrosis after aerosol delivery

GENERAL SUMMARY

4DMT is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect to serve as a hands-on, business-facing technology leader and trusted IT partner supporting our G&A functions, including Procurement, Legal, Finance & Accounting, Human Resources, and Facilities.This role configures,optimizes, supports, and applies AI and automation to the G&A application portfolio, enabling compliant, scalable business processes that support4DMT’s commercialization objectives.

A successful candidate will be a hands-on G&A Solutions Architect who personally combines enterprise application and integration build skills, AI innovation, stakeholder engagement, and governance discipline to enable scalable growth and commercial readiness.

MAJOR DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Business Partnership

• Serve as the day-to-day IT point of contact and trusted advisor to G&A stakeholders.
• Translate business requirements into practical, scalable, well-documented solutions.
• Run hands-on process improvement initiatives and maximize value from existing platforms.
• Drive user adoption through training, communication, and change management in partnership with the Business Process Owner (BPO).

Enterprise Applications Support and Solution

• Act as the functional and technical owner for applications used across the G&A ecosystem, with primary day-to-day responsibility for the Procurement, CLM, legal spend, and finance platforms in use; scope will shift as new G&A applications are implemented.
• Perform configuration, enhancements, UAT, security administration, and release/regression testing.
• Coordinate with outsourced remote MSP on day-to-day basis – ticket triage, backlog prioritization, SLA tracking, and escalation.
• Support the underlying business processes end-to-end from IT,technologyand compliance standpoint, including contract lifecycle management, procurement, supplier data management, spend management, inventory management, and reporting
• Partner with stakeholders to evaluate and pilot new business technologies supporting future growth.

AI, Automation & Digital Transformation

• Identifyand build opportunities toleverageAI, Copilot, and workflow automation.
• Implement automation solutionsthat measurablyimprove efficiency and user experience.
• Evaluate emerging technologies to modernize manual processes in partnership with business users, collaboratively with other IT team members.

Integration, Compliance & Governance

• Serve collaboratively asapplicationSME and partner for the design,buildand maintenance of enterprise integrations on modern integration platforms.
• Execute IT SOX, ITGC, audit, security, and SDLC/change management requirements, includingevidencepreparation and walkthrough support.
• Ensure solutions meet compliance, scalability, and operational standards while balancing efficiencies.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Business Systems or equivalent

Experience:

• 8-12 years of hands-on enterprise business systems experience.
• Demonstrated delivery of efficiency gains using AI technologies and tools.
• Strong administration and implementation experience across G&A platforms, including:
• Procurement / P2P (Coupa)
• Contract lifecycle management (Ironclad or equivalent)
• Legal spend / matter management (Brightflagor equivalent)
• ERP – NetSuite or comparable (financials and inventory)
• Expert knowledge of procurement, sourcing, supply chain, inventory, supplier onboarding, legal operations, and related controls.
• Experience with SaaS integrations, APIs, middleware, and workflow automation platforms (such asWorkato) – preferred, notrequired.
• MSP partnership and accountability for outsourced or offshore application support.
• Strong understanding of evidential SOX, ITGC, audit controls, and governance requirements.
• Experience supporting cross-functional business application integrations.Strong reporting, analytics, and process design capabilities.
• Familiarity with the Microsoft Azure framework, including Power Platform.
• Excellent stakeholder management, workloadmanagementand service delivery skills.
• Proven capability to work independently with full task ownership and minimal supervision.
• Consultative, results-oriented customer-focused mindset
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Strong execution, follow-through, and prioritization skills across concurrent initiatives.
• High ownership, accountability, and attention to detail and documentation.
• Collaborative team player who thrives in a fast-paced semi-structured environment.
• Curiosity and passion for AI, automation, and continuous improvement.

Other Qualifications/Skills:

• Professional Certifications in Enterprise Platforms (Coupa, Ironclad, etc.) – preferred, not mandatory
• ITIL, TOGAF, or similar technology governance / architecture certification preferred.
• Hands‑on business systems SME with Coupa and CLM expertise, plus working NetSuite and boundary‑application knowledge.
• Experience supporting G&A processes in a commercial biopharma environment.
• Proven success delivering AI‑enabled process improvements.
• Comfortable working directly with auditors, offshore/remote support teams, and business process owners.
• Able to balance assigned strategic projects, day‑to‑day support, and compliance responsibilities without losing hands‑on depth and details.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

• Physical Requirements - Sedentary work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.
• Working Conditions - The worker is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions (as in typical office or administrative work).

Base salary compensation range: $167,000 - $183,000

4DMT provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, status as a covered veteran, and any other category protected under applicable federal, state, provincial and local laws.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities