Vice President, Regulatory Science

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 Revolutionaries in a tireless commitment to patients with cancers harboring mutations in the RAS signaling pathway.

The Opportunity:

The Vice President  will be the head of Regulatory Science at Revolution Medicines and will report to head of Regulatory and Quality. The position is responsible for expanding and leading a high functioning group that provides clinically focused global regulatory strategy.

• Provide ethical and mission-driven leadership of the Regulatory Science function. Embody and practice the company’s mission-driven culture. Ensure that our core values guide our strategic vision and our day-to-day decision making.

• Provide a vision for the Regulatory Science organization and develop a plan to achieve it. Design and rapidly scale a function that meets the needs of an explosive pipeline in areas of high unmet medical need and intense industry competition.

• Ensure high-quality, well-vetted, globally relevant regulatory research, strategies and advice are provided to project teams, working groups, and management via Global Regulatory Leads.

• Influence decision-making of senior leadership

• Collaborate closely and form effective relationships with other functional heads to ensure high quality, cross-functionally sound decision-making.

• Collaborate with peer leaders and management to ensure regulatory considerations are integrated upstream appropriately, e.g., target product profiles, clinical development plans, financial planning.

• Ensure consistency in approach (one playbook) and that learning occurs across staff.

• Continue to build the Regulatory Science organization, strategizing with other leaders to maximize enterprise-wide impact.

• Actively lead the function and support team member career development.

Required Skills, Experience and Education:

• Local to San Francisco Bay Area or able to travel to headquarters frequently and for adequate durations (up to 25%).

• BA/BS degree in life sciences or related disciplines.

• At least 15 years of experience in drug development regulatory affairs.

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in regulatory leadership or executive role.

• Significant oncology experience.

• Expertise in navigating global regulatory environments in a commercial setting.

• Ability to successfully work in a fast-paced, demanding and highly cross-functional environment.

• Experience scaling an organization rapidly.

• Clearly understands the role of regulatory science in drug development and global commercialization, and is comfortable with ambiguity, risk, and optimizing for business needs.

Preferred Skills:

• Advanced degree in life sciences enabling technical fluency in oncology.

• Prior senior regulatory executive in oncology drug development at a medium or large pharmaceutical enterprise but who also understands the startup environment.

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