Revolution Medicines

Revolution Medicines

Executive Director, Head of Procurement

Redwood City, California, United States · Director · Full-time

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 1 day ago
Project ManagementStakeholder ManagementNegotiationSupply ChainProcess ImprovementProcurementERPPerformance ManagementLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationNetSuite

About the role

  • This position is ideal for a procurement leader who thrives in fast-paced, growth-oriented, and highly collaborative environments.
  • The successful candidate will bring deep expertise in procurement operations, strategic sourcing, supplier governance, process improvement, and procurement transformation within biotechnology or pharmaceutical organizations.
  • The organization has already established foundational procurement processes, governance frameworks, systems, and transformation initiatives.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the continued maturation of the company's procurement operating model, sourcing governance, category management, and supplier management programs across enterprise spend categories.
  • Drive adoption of procurement as a company-wide capability by building strong stakeholder partnerships and positioning procurement as a trusted business partner for sourcing, supplier, and spend management decisions.
  • Assess, enhance, and scale existing procurement policies, procedures, governance frameworks, approval processes, and operating practices to support organizational growth, operational efficiency, and evolving business needs.
  • Partner with procurement team members and business stakeholders to mature and optimize existing procurement capabilities, ensuring solutions remain scalable, practical, and aligned with organizational objectives.
  • Lead the evolution of the procurement operating model through implementation and optimization of procurement technologies, intake-to-procure processes, workflow automation, supplier governance, analytics, and continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Partner with Compliance, Legal, Information Security, and business stakeholders to support third-party risk management, supplier due diligence, and ongoing monitoring of critical suppliers.
  • Provide oversight and guidance to support alignment of international procurement processes with HQ procurement standards, governance, systems, and control expectations, while recognizing that local execution and market-specific requirements may be managed locally.
  • Provide leadership and oversight across direct and indirect procurement activities, partnering with category and procurement team members to develop category strategies, strengthen supplier governance, and support evolving business requirements.
  • Partner with Clinical Operations, Commercial Operations, Manufacturing, Quality, and other business functions to support strategic sourcing and supplier governance for CROs, CMOs/CDMOs, laboratory services, and other critical outsourced operations.
  • Lead strategic sourcing activities, including supplier market assessments, RFx processes (RFI, RFP, RFQ), commercial negotiations, supplier selection, contracting support, and supplier onboarding.

Requirements

  • Partner with the procurement team and key stakeholders to refine and advance the procurement operating model, organizational structure, and capability roadmap required to support RVMD's long-term growth.
  • Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Finance, Engineering, Operations, or a related field.
  • 10+ years of progressive procurement, strategic sourcing, or supply chain experience with 5+ years in a leadership role.

Skills

  • Experience supporting R&D, Clinical, Manufacturing and Commercial organizations within a growth-stage biotechnology company.
  • Experience leading procurement transformation or procurement maturity initiatives in scaling organizations.
  • Familiarity with procurement analytics, dashboarding, KPI development, and supplier performance reporting.
  • Experience implementing procurement orchestration, intake-to-procure, or procurement workflow technologies.
  • MBA, CPSM, CPM, CSCP, or other procurement/supply chain certifications preferred.
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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.

Compensation

  • The base pay salary range for this full-time position for candidates working onsite at our headquarters in Redwood City, CA is listed below.

Benefits

  • Required Skills, Experience and Education
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