Director, Alliance Management

Revolution Medicines • Redwood City, CA

9h • Hybrid

About The Position

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 Director, Alliance Management will serve as a key liaison between RevMed and its strategic partners, ensuring the success of collaborations across research and development. This role requires a dynamic leader with strong relationship management skills and the ability to drive alignment between internal teams and external stakeholders to achieve shared objectives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s (BS) degree.
• 10+ years of experience in biotechnology, pharmaceutical, or life sciences, with at least 5 years in alliance management or business development.
• Experience with leading and managing cross-border transactions, including in-licenses and out-licenses for clinical stage drug candidates.
• Understanding drug development, clinical trial processes, and regulatory requirements for major markets.
• Proven track record of managing a variety of partnerships across different stages of drug discovery, development, and commercialization.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills to summarize complex information; effectively interacts and influences across functional areas, project teams, and key external stakeholders.
• Excellent negotiation and problem-solving skills.
• Innovative, proactive, and collaborative team-player with high energy to keep pace with our growing and evolving company environment.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree (Ph.D., MBA, M.S., or equivalent) in life sciences, business, or a related field preferred.
• Experience in oncology research and development.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Partnership Management: Oversee a variety of strategic alliances with industry and academic partners to optimize collaboration effectiveness and achieve goals for the alliance. Serve as the primary RevMed point of contact for these partners.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Facilitate regular communication between internal teams and external partners through joint governance committees, steering committees, and operational working groups.
• Project Coordination: Ensure integration of alliance-related activities across R&D, clinical operations, regulatory affairs, and business development functions.
• Issue Resolution and Risk Mitigation: Identify potential risks for active and potential partnerships and proactively develop mitigation strategies.
• Contract and Agreement Oversight: Monitor partnership agreements to ensure contractual obligations are met. Proactively identify potential issues that may arise between the agreement and operationalizing the alliance. Experience negotiating and interpreting R&D related contracts including licenses, quality, and pharmacovigilance agreements.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Act as a bridge between scientific, clinical, and business teams to drive alignment on strategic objectives.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director