Director, Business and R&D Operations

Revolution Medicines is a clinical-stage precision oncology company focused on developing novel targeted therapies to inhibit frontier targets in RAS-addicted cancers.  The company’s R&D pipeline comprises RAS(ON) Inhibitors designed to suppress diverse oncogenic variants of RAS proteins, and RAS Companion Inhibitors for use in combination treatment strategies. As a new member of the Revolution Medicines team, you will join other outstanding professionals in a tireless commitment to patients with cancers harboring mutations in the RAS signaling pathway.

The Opportunity:

This is an exciting opportunity to be a critical player in taking our Research organization to the next level. Our Research organization has achieved many successful objectives, and we want to accomplish even more. To do so, this evolution requires strengthening cross-functional interactions, infrastructure improvements, communication effectiveness and maturation of decision-making. The ideal candidate leverages their pharmaceutical industry experience in Discovery and early Development to serve as strategic partner to diverse research departments to enable this evolution. This person can relate to their vision for a future state and devise the infrastructure components needed to support the development of new capabilities. This person knows where effective cross-functional interactions are needed to realize the desired outcomes. This individual understands the factors driving decision-making in a discovery organization. This person can anticipate and provide workable solutions to balance efficiency while maintaining the agility to flex as the data drives the course of action. This person not only cares about the outcomes but how we get there. The successful candidate will draw upon their experience to:

• Proactively identify operational factors that could influence drug discovery strategies and performance.

• Generate a holistic view of organizational systems to identify gaps, areas to reinforce, and define critical areas to support growth of the Research organization.

• Get to the crux of the problem through the lens of diverse key stake holders.

• Break down siloes and leverage ideas from across the business to create more efficiency.

• Demonstrate courage by challenging how things are done and take the best from the past to build something new and better for the future.

• Manage projects involving strategy refinement, policy and process definition, enablement, and implementation.

• Leverage knowledge of relevant enterprise solutions to stream-line processes while having the capacity to support growth.

• Design and execute change management plans to ensure rapid and comprehensive uptake of new solutions and systems.

• Be a role model for RevMed Core values.

Required Experience, Skills, and Education:

• Master’s degree in relevant scientific discipline (Biology, Biochemistry, Chemistry, or other related scientific discipline).

• >10 years of experience in a relevant pharmaceutical industry group lead, project management or operations role.

• Know what it takes for a pharmaceutical discovery organization to thrive and grow.

• Possess a sense of curiosity, passion, and a willingness to dive in to get the job done quickly and effectively.

• Must be a self-starter and able to function independently in a fluid environment under tight timelines. 

• Understand that change is a constant force in a dynamic organization and able to devise and effectively lead others through change management plans.

• Innovative, proactive, and collaborative team-player with high energy to keep pace with our growing and evolving company environment.

• A proven history of being able to influence and rally diverse stakeholders using both qualitative and quantitative insights.

• Ability to not only dive into details to drive execution but also zoom out to contextualize specific recommendations/initiatives within the broader company strategy.

• Ability to multi-task by prioritizing work and coordinating required support across various functions to achieve project goals and objectives.

• Experience implementing and scaling initiatives across diverse teams.

• Demonstrated people management skills.

• Advanced capability with MS Office software (Excel, PowerPoint, and Word), collaboration platforms (Smartsheet, Teams), workflow applications and visualization tools (Visio, LucidCharts, mindmaps).

Preferred Skills:

• PhD or MBA in relevant scientific discipline (Biology, Bioc