Senior Director, Pipeline & Product Communications

Redwood City, CA (On-site)

$244K/yr – $305K/yrSenior Level15+ years expFull time

Posted 5 months ago

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Job Summary

Lead pipeline and product communications for a clinical-stage precision oncology company, aligning development milestones, launch readiness, and reputation management.

  • Own and manage the integrated pipeline and product communications strategy across development stages.
  • Must-have: 15+ years in biotech/pharma communications with pipeline/product experience in-house or at a top agency.
  • Standout: builds and leads high-performing teams, partnering with R&D, Medical Affairs, Regulatory, and Legal.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own and lead the integrated pipeline and product communications strategy across all stages of development, ensuring clear differentiation, scientific credibility, and alignment with corporate and business priorities.
  • Direct communications for major clinical and regulatory milestones, including data readouts, congress presentations, trial initiations, filings, approvals, and pre-launch milestones, in close partnership with R&D, Medical Affairs, Regulatory, and Legal.
  • Serve as the senior communications advisor for launch readiness, shaping pre-launch and launch narratives across earned media, disease education, patient engagement, and stakeholder communications, with clear linkage to future commercial strategy.
  • Lead disease awareness and patient advocacy communications, ensuring responsible education, strong patient advocacy group partnerships, and integration of patient voice into pipeline and product storytelling.
  • Provide strategic counsel on value, access, and product-related issues, anticipating reputational risk and leading communications response to safety updates, competitive dynamics, and external scrutiny.
  • Drive scientific and medical thought leadership, positioning Revolution Medicines and its leaders as credible voices through publications, congress presence, executive visibility, and media engagement.
  • Build and lead a high-performing pipeline and product communications team, setting direction, developing talent, and ensuring consistent, high-quality execution.
  • Oversee agency partners and measurement frameworks, using insights to evaluate impact, optimize performance, and scale communications effectiveness.

Requirements

  • 15+ years of experience in biotech or pharmaceutical communications, including deep experience in pipeline and product communications in-house and/or at a leading agency.
  • Bachelor’s degree required in Communications or similar; advanced degree preferred
  • Demonstrated success supporting clinical development, regulatory milestones, and product launches, ideally in precision oncology or a similarly complex therapeutic area.
  • Proven people management experience, including leading teams and developing talent.
  • Strong leadership presence with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and lead cross-functional initiatives.
  • Deep understanding of the U.S. healthcare environment, including regulatory policy, R&D, pricing, and access.
  • Exceptional storytelling and writing skills, with the ability to translate complex science for diverse audiences.
  • Demonstrated experience managing sensitive issues and high-profile communications.
  • Track record of building relationships with top-tier scientific, medical, and industry media.

Preferred

  • Deep familiarity with precision oncology, including competitive landscapes, combination strategies, and evolving standards of care.
  • Proven success leading communications for major regulatory milestones, including FDA approvals, advisory committee meetings, and high-stakes data readouts.
  • Strong issues-management experience relating to global trial access and expanded access.
  • Track record of coordinating with corporate patient advocacy and patient advocacy organizations and integrating patient voice into pipeline and product storytelling.
  • History of leading large-scale disease education or awareness campaigns that shift understanding of disease complexity or heterogeneity.
  • Background spanning both product and corporate communications, enabling integrated decision-making across asset narratives and enterprise reputation.

Benefits

  • strong benefits
  • significant learning and development opportunities
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Revolution Medicines

3.5 Glassdoor

We are Revolutionaries – passionate in our singular pursuit of discovering, developing and delivering innovative, targeted medicines for patients living with cancer. To deliver on our vision, we work relentlessly in pursuit of cutting-edge therapeutic approaches to some of the toughest cancers. Our current focus is on RAS-addicted cancers, which account for 30 percent of all new human cancer diagnoses.

Founded in 2014
Redwood City, California, USA
817 employees (26 in marketing)
54% recommend to a friend
64% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
50.4K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
39%
Direct
40.8%
Referral
7.9%
Social
11.8%
Paid
0.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~817

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
26 (3% of company)
Median Career Experience
12 years
Median Tenure
1.5 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2

Funding

Total Funding
$2.3B
Last Raise
$250M
Post IPO Debt, 9 months ago

Funding History

  • Jun 2025
    Post IPO Debt • $250M
  • Dec 2024
    Post IPO Equity • $750M
  • Mar 2023
    Post IPO Equity • $323.6M

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