Director, Field Operations & Data Management

Ideaya Biosciences•South San Francisco, CA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

About IDEAYA Biosciences: IDEAYA is a precision medicine oncology company committed to the discovery, development, and commercialization of transformative therapies for cancer. Our approach integrates expertise in small-molecule drug discovery, structural biology and bioinformatics with robust internal capabilities in identifying and validating translational biomarkers to develop tailored, potentially first-in-class targeted therapies aligned to the genetic drivers of disease. We have built a deep pipeline of product candidates focused on synthetic lethality and antibody-drug conjugates, or ADCs, for molecularly defined solid tumor indications. Our mission is to bring forth the next wave of precision oncology therapies that are more selective, more effective, and deeply personalized with the goal of altering the course of disease and improving clinical outcomes for patients with cancer. When you're at IDEAYA, you will be in the midst of brilliant minds working on precision medicine therapies to help cancer patients. We are passionate and committed about being on the forefront of oncology medicine, which means we all have a high internal drive that is at the very core of every person at IDEAYA. We are inquisitive, ask deep questions, and are data-driven innovators who like to collaborate and use team work to move science forward. For more information, please see www.ideayabio.com. Location: South San Francisco, CA. Position Summary: We are seeking a Director of Field Operations and Data Management to join IDEAYA's Commercial Operations team. The Director of Field Operations and Data Management is responsible for leading field operations strategy, managing commercial data assets, and ensuring field teams have the tools, insights, and operational support to execute effectively. This role will oversee operational processes, field analytics, resource deployment and data optimization while acting as a critical strategic partner to Sales, Marketing, Market Access, Training, Finance, and executive leadership. This leader will utilize their extensive U.S. oncology and launch experience with an initial focus on our lead program darovasertib in metastatic Uveal Melanoma [mUM]. In the longer-term, this leader will scale the department to support expected future approvals of several assets in IDEAYA's rapidly expanding pipeline. This position reports to the Vice President, Commercial Operations, Analytics & Insights. While this will initially be an individual contributor role, this position is expected to evolve into a team lead with 1-3 direct reports within two years. This position is based in our South San Francisco headquarter office and required to be onsite four days per week per our company policy.

Requirements

This leader will utilize their extensive U.S. oncology and launch experience with an initial focus on our lead program darovasertib in metastatic Uveal Melanoma [mUM].

Responsibilities

Design incentive compensation programs for a rare disease oncology market, with a focus on both standard goal setting strategies as well as near-term ‘contests' to maximize launch trajectory
Serve as the operational liaison between field-based commercial teams and the home office (Sales, Marketing, Market Access, Field Reimbursement, and Medical as appropriate).
Partner with sales leadership to create the territories for the field organization, including HCP territory assignments and ‘ZTT' (zip-to-terr) creation
In close collaboration with IDEAYA IT, manage the design and implementation of the CRM (likely Veeva).
Deliver timely insights and analytics to field leadership, including sales performance, customer engagement trends, and call activity
Partner with internal legal and training teams to ensure all field activities adhere to regulatory and company standards.
Translate data and information into compelling insights and recommendations.
Effectively communicate insights and lead meetings with commercial leaders and other cross functional business partners
In close collaboration with training, significant involvement with content creation and program execution and sales meetings
Manage the acquisition and integration of key commercial data sources, including prescriber-level data, specialty pharmacy data, payer data, hub data, and other sources as appropriate
Collaborate with key internal stakeholders to develop and implement master data management (MDM) system and related commercial data warehouse (CDW)
Partner with IT and vendors to ensure accurate and timely data ingestion into the CDW
Establish and enforce data quality standards, validation rules, and reconciliation processes.
Collaborate with internal legal and compliance colleagues to ensure all data usage adheres to privacy regulations
Ensure that reliable and actionable data is available for dashboards, reporting, and incentive compensation