Senior Director, Global Forecasting

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:

Reporting directly to the Executive Director, Global Analytics and Insights, the Senior Director, Global Forecasting role requires strategic thinking and expertise to provide critical contributions to disease area strategy, life-cycle planning and product and portfolio decisions.  The Senior Director, Global Forecasting will act a strategic thought partner to leadership, and will shape the Global forecasting frameworks, methodologies, and processes.  They will also develop, refine, and communicate key strategic and revenue forecast assumptions and analyses to inform and support portfolio investment and lifecycle strategy decisions across the organization. This role will work directly with Regional Forecasting leads to ensure consistency in forecast approach, assumptions, and analyses.  The ideal candidate will have experience working on pipeline molecules in Oncology, strong problem-solving skills, a strategic mindset, and will exhibit curiosity, flexibility, and be comfortable with ambiguity. 

This position would ideally be based at our headquarters in Redwood City, CA., however open to remote candidates who are willing to travel to our CA office on a regular basis.

Responsibilities include:

• Leads the Forecasting Center of Excellence model for RevMed inclusive of:

• Establishing forecasting standards and governance across all regions and pipeline assets, ensuring consistency and credibility with Senior Leadership.

• Develops and maintains long-term forecast models and scenario plans for RevMed’s products across indications.

• Provides portfolio level views and analyses to support organizational decision making (e.g., portfolio direction, market entry strategies) via streamlined models and consolidation processes.

• Communicates and aligns key internal stakeholders around key forecast assumptions.

• Understands complex markets, disease states, competitive landscapes, and relevant market and managed care dynamics and uses this knowledge to develop strategic forecasts and plans.

• Synthesizes and communicates the similarities, differences, and considerations necessary to inform Global clinical development plans.

• Conducts rigorous and through analyses, including business opportunity assessments and risk quantification.

• Participates in cross-functional teams to gather input for functional activities and ensures alignment.

• Partners closely with other Insights and Analytics functions (Market Research, Data Analytics, Competitive Intelligence) to inform the forecast.

• Works closely with Pipeline Marketing, Clinical Development, Portfolio Management, Finance, and Medical Affairs to support early-stage decision making.

• Works closely with Regional forecasting leads to ensure consistency and understands differences in forecasts.

• Maintains an in-depth understanding of Revolution Medicines’ diverse product offerings, competitive positioning, and the broader market dynamics shaping the industry's future.

• Collaborates with vendor partners to manage various deliverables and analyses.

Required Skills, Experience and Education:

• Bachelor's degree required (MBA preferred) with 12+ years of progressive experience in a pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or strategic consulting role with 8+ years of experience in a related analytics/forecasting role.

• Experience developing long-range patient-based forecasts for oncology products.

• Experience supporting pipeline and portfolio decision making and leading executional strategy for pipeline analytics and insights.

• Experience working with Global teams.

• Track record of being a collaborative team player, and adaptive to meet the needs of a growing business.

• Strong problem solver with experience leveraging a variety of research and analytical vendors, study designs, and building quality research vendor partnerships.

• Demonstrated ability to influence senior management and key business partners.

• Proven experience in a smaller, rapidly growing, company.

• Excellent organizational skills and an ability to prioritize effectively to deliver results within reasonably established timelines.

• Ability to represent Revolution Medicines well: strong interpersonal skills including verbal and written communication.

• Entrepreneurial mindset, with a tolerance for ambiguity, and a passion for helping cancer patients.

 Preferred Skills:

• 8+ years of experience in patient-based forecasting with focus in Oncology.

• Experience with targeted oncolytics.

• Experience managing teams.

• Demonstrated ability to synthesize complex information and influence decision-making at the executive level. #LI-Hybrid #LI-VN1