Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Travere Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and delivering therapies for people living with rare diseases. The Executive Director, R&D Strategy & Operations serves as a strategic partner and Chief of Staff to the EVP, Head of R&D & Chief Medical Officer, driving R&D strategy, organizational effectiveness, executive decision support, governance, resource planning, and cross-functional execution.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a trusted strategic advisor and Chief of Staff to the EVP, Head of R&D & CMO
- Maintain broad visibility across all R&D functions to identify emerging opportunities, organizational risks, and issues requiring executive attention
- Provide regular synthesis of priorities, risks, dependencies, resources, and key decision points
- Represent the Office of the EVP in cross-functional meetings and strategic initiatives
- Support Executive Team, Board, and strategic planning materials
- Support long-range R&D strategy and portfolio planning
- Monitor the external scientific, clinical, competitive, and business landscape
- Enable cross-functional diligence for licensing, partnership, and acquisition opportunities
- Support integration planning for newly acquired or partnered assets
- Develop executive analyses and recommendations for trade-offs, sequencing, and risk/return considerations
- Improve organizational effectiveness and cross-functional collaboration
- Facilitate resolution of complex cross-functional issues
- Support organizational design and change initiatives
- Partner with People Success on leadership development and succession planning
- Lead the R&D Leadership Team operating model and governance framework
- Plan and lead cross-functional R&D leadership meetings (R&D Leadership Roundtable), strategic planning sessions, portfolio reviews, off-sites, and R&D Leadership workshops
- Develop executive dashboards and reporting
- Partner with Finance Business Partners and R&D leaders on budgeting, forecasting, and resource planning, as needed
- Maintain an enterprise-level view of R&D investments
- Identify resource constraints and investment gaps
- Lead integrated R&D resource planning and allocation discussions across R&D
- Develop integrated operational, portfolio, and financial analyses
- Serve as a trusted liaison between R&D and the Enterprise Effectiveness Committee
- Represent R&D priorities in enterprise initiatives
- Translate enterprise priorities into coordinated R&D action plans
- Coordinate communications from the Office of the EVP with clarity, accuracy, and aligned with Travere values
- Lead the agenda, cadence and planning of R&D leadership meetings
- Develop executive presentations and leadership messaging, as needed
- Support Board, Executive Team, investor, and scientific meeting preparation
- Lead administrative operations supporting the Office of the EVP
- Provide leadership to the Executive Assistant supporting the R&D Leadership Team
- Develop and lead implementation of scalable administrative processes
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in life sciences, business, healthcare, or related discipline required. Equivalent combination of education and applicable job experience may be considered
- 12+ years of biotechnology/pharmaceutical industry experience required
- 10+ years of demonstrated progressive leadership experience in R&D strategy, operations, portfolio strategy, organizational effectiveness, or related roles, including significant experience partnering with executive leadership and leading complex, R&D initiatives
- Strong understanding of the end-to-end drug development lifecycle
- Demonstrated experience in establishing an operating model for R&D leadership teams to increase effectiveness and collaboration across R&D functions
- Proven ability to improve visibility into priorities, risks, resources, and portfolio execution
- Strong leadership skills in managing organizational change by establishing clear change objectives, engaging stakeholders, anticipating barriers, and driving sustained adoption of new ways of working
- Strong experience in fostering collaborative relationship building in designing scalable processes supporting organizational growth
- Exceptional communication, strategic thinking, influence, and discretion
- Ability to travel 20% domestically and internationally
- All positions have an essential job function to be able to perform face to face work with colleagues and/or onsite in San Diego. No role is expected to be 100% remote
- Advanced degree (PhD, MD, PharmD, MBA, or equivalent) strongly preferred
Benefits
- Premium health offerings for eligible employees and dependents
- Financial offerings for eligible employees and dependents
- Work-life offerings for eligible employees and dependents
- Well-being offerings for eligible employees and dependents
- Wellness and employee support programs
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- Retirement plans with employer match
- Generous paid time off
- Short-term incentive compensation
- Long-term incentive compensation (company stock)
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