Director, Program Management Office

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 design and implement project management tools, methodologies and best pratices across our Research and Development organizations.  This role is to continuously improve the effectiveness of our project and program teams and provide cross-functional visibility to accomplishements and upcoming milestones.  The ideal candidate has project management experience across the entire lifecycle of drug discovery, development and approval.  The Director will partner with business operations and program management to standardize project management approaches and provide a roadmap for leading cross-functional project and program teams.  The PMO will serve as the single source of truth for approved timelines and will partner with project owners to identify critical path activities, obtain regular updates and prepare status reports.

The Director, PMO enables efficient project management processes and serves as a resource to support projects across the Research and Development organizations. The successful candidate will draw upon their experience to:

• Evolve RevMed’s project management toolkit to integrate activites across discovery and development, incorporate relevant timelines from functional teams and improve the quality, consistency and execution of RevMed projects

• Identify and disseminate best practices and establish standards that can be applied consistently across projects

• Develop a pragmatic status reporting process that focuses attention on activities of the highest priority and minimizes the need for ad-hoc reporting

• Collaborate with project teams to harmonize the core and sub-team structures, define charters for each forum and train new team members on RevMed’s project management methodology and the expectations of their role

• Oversee status reporting to ensure accurate and timely updates are provided to the appropriate stakeholders on a regular basis

• Oversee the design and delivery of a project management on-boarding process to orient new hires, maintain consistency across Research and Development and enhance RevMed’s project management capabilities

• Lead, mentor and coach other colleagues via direct reporting lines as well as through cross-functional interactions.

Required Skills, Experience, and Education:

• B.A. or BSc. in Life Sciences and at least 8 years in the biotech/pharmaceutical industry with at least 5 years in project management.

• Broad knowledge of the drug discovery and development process.

• Deep expertise in project management practices, tools, and methodologies.

• Collaborative, solution-oriented working style with a passion for supporting internal customers.

• Experience working in rapidly growing, pre-commercial organization that is scaling into late-stage development.

• Seasoned leader who can identify pain points with teams and provide practical, efficient solutions.

• Excellent interpersonal skills, including clear, succinct, and timely communications.

• Proven ability to foster positive relationships across a wide range of stakeholders.

• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills with the ability to summarize complex information into simple concepts.

• Experience using Project Management software to manage project timelines and resources (e.g., MS Project, SmartSheet, OfficeTimeline, OnePager Pro, etc.).

• Strong computer proficiency with MS Office as well as Teams, Egnyte, Confluence or similar collaboration and document management systems.

Preferred Skills:

• MSc. or MBA or Ph.D. in Life Sciences a plus.

• PMP (Project Management Professional) or other PM certification or equivalent is a plus.

• Experience in Oncology therapeutic area is strongly preferrable.

The base salary range for this full-time position is $204,000 to $255,000 for candidates working onsite at our headquarters in Redwood City, CA. The range displayed on each job posting is intended to be the salary for an individual working onsite in Redwood City and will be adjusted for the local market a candidate is based in. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Individual pay is determined by multiple factors, including job-related skills, experience, market dynamics, and relevant education or training.

Please note that base salary is one part of the overall total rewards program at RevMed, which includes competitive cash compensation, robust equity awards, strong benefits, and significant learning and development opportunities.

Revolution Medicines is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits unlawful discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin/ancestry, age, disability, marital status, medical condition, and veteran status.

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