Associate Director, Contract Optimization and Strategy Team (COST)

Revolution Medicines is a late-stage clinical oncology company developing novel targeted therapies for patients with RAS-addicted cancers. The company’s R D pipeline comprises RAS(ON) inhibitors designed to suppress diverse oncogenic variants of RAS proteins. The company’s RAS(ON) inhibitors daraxonrasib (RMC-6236), a RAS(ON) multi-selective inhibitor; elironrasib (RMC-6291), a RAS(ON) G12C-selective inhibitor; zoldonrasib (RMC-9805), a RAS(ON) G12D-selective inhibitor; and RMC-5127, a RAS(ON) G12V-selective inhibitor, are currently in clinical development.

As a new member of the Revolution Medicines team, you will join other outstanding professionals in a tireless commitment to patients with cancers harboring mutations in the RAS signaling pathway.

Responsibilities

include partnering with the clinical operations and other functional teams for clinical vendor identification, creation of requests for information/proposal (RFIs/RFPs), service provider selection, contract negotiations, budget and contract lifecycle management, and facilitating service provider governance, including Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and performance metrics. This position would report to the Senior Director, COST Vendor Team.

Key Responsibilities

are: Lead through development of tools and methods in driving business needs through delivery of quality vendor contracts, budgets, and proposals. Accountable for development and cultivation of excellent internal cross-departmental and external service provider relationships that enable advancement of clinical development programs. Oversee and drive the negotiation of initial scopes of work and related changes, including budgets, and payment schedules, with input from cross-functional stakeholders, for service providers.

Oversee budget reconciliation. Negotiate change orders and ensure service providers adhere to contract terms. Generate RFIs, RFPs and budget grids/trackers for clinical trials and assist Clinical Development Management with the service provider selection process including bid comparison analysis.

Coordinate bid defenses and proposal review meetings. Partner with Clinical Quality Assurance (CQA), Information Sciences (IS) and relevant functions to ensure all selected vendors are qualified and IS Security Assessments conducted, according to SOPs and business processes. Manage contract lifecycle in collaboration with legal department.

Help organize and participate in vendor governance meetings and reviews. Maintain market intel (rates, KPIs) and recommend sourcing approaches. Collaborate internally and with vendors to develop and report service provider performance via Key Indicators, including Performance, Risk, Quality and Financial (KPIs).

Partner with departments to create standardized KxIs per vendor type. Partner with departments to create clinical trial budgeting models and scenarios. In partnership with management, contribute to the audits of contract and sourcing records to ensure accuracy and completeness.

Contribute to the development, improvement and implementation of processes and tools related to outsourcing and governance activities. With the support of RevMed’s legal counsel, manage the contract negotiation process. Manage general and departmental ad hoc projects as required.

Manage and oversee direct reports. Other duties as assigned. Required Skills, Experience and Education: BA/BS in related discipline with at least 11 years of related experience required (a combination of relevant education and applicable job experience may be considered).