Director, Commercial and Medical Systems Portfolio and 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:

We are seeking an experienced candidate who will be responsible for the overall coordination and management of systems projects supporting the commercial launch of one of our novel RAS(ON) inhibitors.  Partnering with Information Sciences colleagues, cross-functional leaders, operations partners, and numerous vendors, this role will ensure rigorous project execution, communication, and high-quality delivery through outstanding collaboration and attention to detail.  This role will help lead and develop a number of new processes (ways of working, communication, prioritization methodologies, RACI’s, etc.) that do not exist today to support scalable, efficient, effective, and consistent delivery across numerous teams and projects.

In addition to portfolio and project management, this role will own overall operations of the Commercial and Medical Systems team (including but not limited to strategic planning, vendor contract management, stakeholder communication, financial management, internal KPIs and performance management).  This role will evolve over time with the vision of owning quality assurance and production support and administration of Commercial and Medical applications.

The Director of Commercial and Medical Systems Portfolio and Operations will be a key member of the Information Sciences team, reporting to the VP of Commercial and Medical Information Systems, and is expected to develop and nurture close partnerships with a wide range of stakeholders, particularly in the Commercial and Medical teams.  The ideal candidate will be proficient at managing significant change and complexity, aligning teams, bringing structure to uncertainty, and cross-functional collaboration.

• Develop standards and best practices related to project management in the delivery of systems.

• Partner with numerous vendors on multiple concurrent projects to roll-up status, flag dependencies and risks, and facilitate cross functional collaboration and communication.

• Obtain and maintain a deep understanding of Commercial and Medical business needs and use cases to play a consultative role in prioritization and planning.

• Create a shared vision of business systems launch plans and the Commercial and Medical project portfolio among stakeholders across functions and facilitate decision making related to prioritization and trade-offs.

• Ensure delivery of projects within determined schedule, scope, and budget constraints.

• Own daily operations of the Commercial and Medical Systems team (including but not limited to strategic planning, vendor contract management, stakeholder communication, financial management, internal KPIs and performance management, etc.).

• Facilitate the selection, implementation, and maintenance of Commercial and Medical data platforms and tools.

• In partnership with team leaders and business stakeholders, help develop 2-5 year technology roadmaps.

• Lead the selection and management of project managers, quality assurance team members, and production support/administrators for Commercial and Medical Systems.

• Demonstrate what good looks like in terms of flawless organization, attention to detail, and project execution across the organization.

Required Skills, Experience and Education:

• Entrepreneurial, enjoys working in a fast-paced, high growth, small-company environment.

• Mastery of portfolio and project management principles and best practices with demonstrated application in large and small initiatives via multiple methodologies (waterfall, agile).

• Superb organization, attention to detail, and accuracy. Drive to meet and exceed high expectations of quality delivery.

• Strong leadership skills with direct and indirect people management experience in building and managing cross-functional teams.

• 10+ years vendor management experience including contracting, daily operations/task management, budget management, performance management.

• Demonstrated experience leading multiple concurrent projects.

• Experience leading large/complex engagements spanning multiple years with multimill