Senior Director, FP&A, Europe

Revolution Medicines•Redwood City, CA

17h

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 Senior Director, Head of FP&A, Europe will play a critical leadership role in building, scaling, and driving financial planning excellence across the European region as the company establishes its pre-commercial and launch-ready infrastructure. Reporting to the VP, Finance and Operations, Europe, this role will be responsible for designing the European FP&A framework and managing financial views, leading core planning and forecasting processes, enabling high-quality investment decisions, and developing a strong, empowered European finance organization in close partnership with Global Finance and regional leadership

Requirements

Minimum of 15+ years of Finance and Finance Planning experience across corporate and operational functions
Minimum of 10 years’ experience in the global biopharmaceutical industry, with proven success in scaling finance operations across Europe.
Proven ability to build FP&A capabilities and management P&L structures from the ground up in a complex, fast-growing, and highly regulated biotech or life sciences environment.
Strong strategic mindset combined with hands-on execution and attention to detail
Advanced mastery of data analytics and financial modelling, with strong proficiency in tools such as Power Query, Power BI, Excel-based data models, and financial planning and reporting systems; ability to translate complex data into actionable insights.
Ability to operate effectively in a matrixed, global organization with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.
Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to engage credibly at executive, regional, and affiliate levels.
Passion for developing talent and building scalable, future-proof finance organizations.

Responsibilities

Build the European FP&A Infrastructure
Design and implement a robust European FP&A operating model, aligned with global financial frameworks and adapted to regional and local market needs.
Design and own the European management P&L structures, ensuring clear visibility by region, country, function, and product, and enabling effective performance management and decision-making.
Lead the establishment and execution of annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting, and short-range sales forecasting processes for Europe in collaboration with European leadership.
Assume shared accountability for the European OpEx budget, including 6+ European legal entities and the regional office, ensuring transparency, consistency, and disciplined financial governance.
Partner closely with Global FP&A to implement harmonized planning processes, tools, and methodologies, balancing standardization with regional and local business requirements.
Serve as a key European lead on financial systems and planning tool implementations, including extensions of financial planning, reporting, and analytics platforms.
Oversee the financial review of Europe-related contracts, ensuring alignment with budget, forecasts, and internal control requirements.
Collaborate with Accounting to review monthly, quarterly, and annual management reporting, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and financial compliance
Drive FP&A Excellence and Business Partnership
Act as a strategic finance partner to European business leaders, enabling informed investment decisions through high-quality financial analysis, insights, and scenario modelling.
Analyze, interpret, and clearly communicate financial performance, trends, and risks to a wide range of stakeholders, adapting messaging from executive leadership to functional and affiliate leaders.
Provide business owners with regular Actuals vs. Budget / Forecast insights, highlighting risks, opportunities, and corrective actions to maximize return on investment.
Partner with the European Commercial & Analytics teams to contribute to European-specific market research analysis and insight generation.
Establish a strong, proactive partnership with the European Finance & Accounting Sr. Director to anticipate forecast deviations and manage financial risks.
Identify opportunities to increase efficiency, improve data quality, and continuously enhance FP&A processes as the organization scales.
Provide financial leadership and guidance on cross-functional and strategic initiatives, including launch readiness, market entry sequencing, and resource allocation.
Participate in European and Global projects as required.
Drive High-Performance and Empowerment Across European Finance Operations
Build, mentor, and develop a high-performing European FP&A team, fostering a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Partner with Europe-based General and Country Managers to ensure effective adoption of standardized management P&L structures and financial processes, while minimizing unnecessary localization.
Develop and deliver tailored financial and performance management training programs for European stakeholders to strengthen financial acumen and business decision-making.
Evaluate the mid- to long-term European business planning organizational structure, providing strategic recommendations to Global Finance Leadership as the company evolves from pre-commercial to launch and growth.
Serve as a visible and trusted finance leader within the European organization, promoting collaboration, transparency, and strong cross-functional relationships