Executive Director, Financial Planning – Commercial Growth

City of Hope

Executive Director overseeing financial planning and commercialization growth at City of Hope. Partnering with various departments to guide strategic financial decision-making.

Posted 7/14/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $92 - $154 per hourWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates advanced financial modeling expertise and strategic financial planning capabilities, with a strong focus on budgeting, forecasting, and commercialization finance. Proven ability to partner with executive leaders to drive data-driven decision-making and operational excellence in complex organizations.

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Financial Planning And AnalysisAdvanced Financial ModelingBudgeting And ForecastingExecutive-Level AnalyticsCommercialization Finance

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Hard Skills

Financial ModelingRevenue ForecastingScenario PlanningPipeline ValuationBusiness Case DevelopmentKPI CreationPerformance ReportingBudget DevelopmentResource AllocationInvestment Prioritization

Soft Skills

Exceptional CommunicationRelationship-BuildingProject ManagementStakeholder Management

Tools & Technologies

Executive DashboardsPerformance Reporting Tools

Certifications & Qualifications

CPACFA

Industry Keywords

Healthcare FinanceLife Sciences FinanceCommercialization EnvironmentsBiotechnologyPharmaceuticalsTechnology TransferVenture Creation

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the annual and multi-year budgeting process across the Commercial Organization, ensuring alignment between financial plans and strategic priorities.
Develop sophisticated financial models to forecast revenue from commercialization activities, including licensing, royalties, milestones, equity participation, sponsored research, and strategic partnerships.
Build short-, medium-, and long-term growth forecasts and scenario models to support executive decision-making and institutional planning.
Partner with Business Development, Licensing, Intellectual Property, and Hope Catalyst teams to assess commercialization pipeline value and growth opportunities.
Create frameworks to measure and track commercialization value creation, including revenue generation, equity value, strategic partnerships, and future milestone potential.
Provide financial analysis and recommendations to guide resource allocation, investment prioritization, staffing decisions, and commercialization initiatives.
Develop business cases for emerging growth opportunities, including venture creation, diagnostics, data partnerships, GMP-related commercialization, and innovation platform services.
Support evaluation of partnership, licensing, and business development transactions by modeling financial impact and long-term value creation.
Design and deliver executive dashboards and performance reporting that provide visibility into budgets, growth targets, pipeline value, and return on investment.
Drive operational excellence through standardized forecasting, budgeting, reporting, and financial governance processes that support a culture of accountability and data-driven decision-making.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, Healthcare Administration, Life Sciences, or a related field required.
Advanced degree (MBA, MHA, MS Finance, or equivalent) preferred.
Minimum 15 years of experience in financial planning and analysis, strategic finance, budgeting, forecasting, commercialization finance, healthcare finance, life sciences finance, or business operations.
Demonstrated success leading budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning processes across multiple departments or complex organizations.
Advanced financial modeling expertise, including revenue forecasting, scenario planning, growth modeling, pipeline valuation, and business case development.
Experience partnering with executive leaders on strategic planning, investment decisions, resource allocation, and performance management.
Strong expertise in financial reporting, dashboard development, KPI creation, and executive-level analytics.
Experience translating complex business and commercialization opportunities into actionable financial insights and recommendations.
Preferred experience within healthcare, academic medicine, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, life sciences, technology transfer, venture creation, or commercialization environments.
Familiarity with commercialization revenue models, including licensing, royalties, milestones, equity participation, start-up creation, sponsored research, and strategic partnerships.
Exceptional communication, relationship-building, project management, and stakeholder management skills.
CPA, CFA, or comparable financial credential preferred but not required.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Retirement plans
Paid time off
Flexible work arrangements
Professional development