Revolution Medicines

Senior Director, Contracts

Revolution Medicines$279K — $321K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • JD degree with at least 14 years of contract experience in commercial stage biotech companies.
  • Demonstrated team management skills overseeing attorneys and contract professionals effectively.
  • Strong project management skills overseeing complex projects, including CLM system implementations.
  • Experience in drafting and negotiating contracts, with a focus on distinguishing material legal issues.
  • Current member in good standing of a U.S. State Bar.
  • Experience managing contracting processes and using contract lifecycle management tools.

Responsibilities

  • Lead strategic direction for the contracting function across U.S. and EX-U.S. operations.
  • Manage, develop, and coach a legal contracts team of attorneys, contract managers, and administrators.
  • Assess company-wide contracting needs and prioritize resources for process improvements.
  • Support the implementation and optimization of a Contract Lifecycle Management system.
  • Maintain strong client and customer relationships, acting as a legal partner and escalation point.
  • Draft, review, and negotiate various contracts, focusing on clinical trial agreements and related documents.
  • Advise business units on contract compliance and interpret complex legal concepts for actionable advice.

Benefits

  • Competitive cash compensation and robust equity awards.
  • Significant learning and development opportunities.
  • Strong benefits package.
Full Job Description
The Opportunity:

Reporting to the Executive Director, Head of Contracting, this role will provide leadership and oversight for contracting strategies and activities supporting the company's contract needs, including management support for assigned attorneys, contract managers and contract administrators. The Senior Director, Contracting will assess evolving contracting needs in a quickly changing environment, support Contract Lifecycle Management system change, maintain strong client and customer relationships, and help manage service level goals for the contracting function. The position is a leadership role and will be instrumental in facilitating the growth of RevMed's contracts department.

Other duties and responsibilities include:
  • Partner with the Executive Director, Head of Contracting to establish the strategic direction and governance of the contracting function across the United States and EX-US, shaping enterprise contracting strategy, developing organizational capability, influencing broader Legal Operations priorities, and implementing scalable processes, playbooks, templates, and policies that support efficient contract execution from initiation through completion.
  • Manage, develop, and coach a legal contracts team currently consisting of attorneys, contract managers and contract administrators.
  • Assess contracting needs across the company in a quickly changing environment and partner with the Executive Director, Head of Contracting, to prioritize resources and process improvements.
  • Help support Contract Lifecycle Management system change, including implementation, adoption, workflow design, archiving, reporting, and process optimization.
  • Maintain strong client and customer relationships, serving as a practical legal partner to business stakeholders and an escalation point for contracting matters as appropriate.
  • Help manage service level goals for the contracting function, including intake, turnaround times, prioritization, transparency, and continuous improvement.
  • Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of contracts for multiple RevMed functional areas with a focus on clinical trial agreements, CRO agreements, supply agreements, NDAs, consulting agreements, master services agreements, statements of work, sponsored research agreements, MTAs, and other general contracting matters.
  • Function as point of contact for multiple client groups, leveraging internal and external resources to timely and cost-effectively meet the legal needs of the client groups.
  • Advise RevMed's business units on compliance with the terms of active contracts, with the ability to interpret and discuss complex legal concepts in a pragmatic way that results in actionable business advice.
  • Maintain and encourage a growth mindset that enables success in a rapidly evolving organization.
  • Coordinate with, and help manage, outside counsel on contract matters as appropriate.

Required Skills, Experience and Education:
  • Excellent team management skills, with demonstrated ability to oversee a team of attorneys and contracts professionals in an organized, efficient and effective manner.
  • Experience drafting and negotiating contracts, including the ability to distinguish between material versus non-material legal and business issues and communicate regarding these issues effectively.
  • JD degree with 14+ years of contract experience at commercial stage biotech companies.
  • Strong project management skills, with demonstrated ability to oversee complex projects, including the implementation of CLM systems and supporting processes, in an organized, collaborative efficient, and effective manner.
  • Experience managing contracting processes and policies and using contracts lifecycle management tools.
  • Current member in good standing of a U.S. State Bar.

Preferred Skills:
  • Experience with global contracting, CLM implementation or migration, and life sciences contracting is a plus.
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The base pay salary range for this full-time position for candidates working onsite at our headquarters in Redwood City, CA is listed below. The range displayed on each job posting is intended to be the base pay salary range for an individual working onsite in Redwood City and will be adjusted for the local market a candidate is based in. Our base pay salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Individual base pay salary is determined by multiple factors, including job-related skills, experience, market dynamics, and relevant education or training.

Please note that base pay salary range 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.

Base Pay Salary Range

$279,000-$321,000 USD

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About Revolution Medicines

Revolution Medicines is a clinical-stage precision oncology company focused on developing targeted therapies to inhibit elusive frontier targets within notorious growth and survival pathways, with particular emphasis on RAS and mTOR signaling pathways. The company's proprietary platform enables the discovery and development of small molecules that bind covalently to proteins. Revolution Medicines was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, California.
Learn more about Revolution Medicines
Size
201 employees
Market Cap
$2.1 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$108.1 million
Revenue
$42.9 million
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