Day One Biopharmaceuticals

Operations

• Advance first- or best-in-class medicines for childhood and adult diseases; accelerate targeted treatments at Day One.
• Serve as strategic advisor and operational leader on R&D Leadership Team, reporting to Head of R&D.
• Translate vision into action, coordinate across functions, and create structures and processes to enable R&D effectiveness.
• Ensure budget and resource accountability partnering with Department Heads, Finance, and People team.
• Own cross-department and cross-functional initiatives to drive operational excellence, optimize resource use, and oversee organizational change.
• Lead planning and execution of Board, portfolio management, and Executive Leadership governance meetings.
• Establish and oversee governance forums and manage operational metrics, reporting, and dashboards.
• Integrate R&D functions with broader stakeholders and streamline leadership communications.
• Build and lead a small strategy and operations team; mentor and develop talent and champion accountability and collaboration.
• Role can be fully remote but hybrid in Brisbane, CA is preferred.

Senior Director, R&D Strategy and Operations