Vice President, Head of Search & Evaluation

Responsibilities

• Set the strategic direction for the company's search and evaluation of external innovation in partnership with senior cross-functional and executive stakeholders.
• Develop and execute search strategies that align with Revolution Medicines' research, development, and commercial priorities.
• Oversee the full portfolio of discovery- and clinical-stage search and evaluation activities, setting priorities and deploying team resources to maintain a robust pipeline of external opportunities aligned with portfolio priorities.
• Build an external sourcing engine and lead proactive opportunity identification through engagement with biotechnology companies, academic institutions, investors, entrepreneurs, and other innovation ecosystems, while enabling team members to develop and own high-value external relationships.
• Partner with Portfolio Management, Disease Strategy, Research, and Development leaders to identify areas where external innovation can create strategic value and enhance portfolio competitiveness.
• Maintain a comprehensive understanding of relevant scientific, clinical, and competitive landscapes to identify emerging opportunities and trends.

Portfolio and Governance Leadership

• Establish and maintain scalable frameworks, operating rhythms, and governance for opportunity evaluation, diligence, prioritization, resource allocation, and decision-making.
• Provide portfolio-level oversight of opportunities moving through evaluation and governance processes, ensuring efficient review, transparency, organizational alignment, and clear accountability across the team.
• Prepare and present, and coach the team to prepare and present, opportunity assessments, landscape analyses, strategic recommendations, and diligence findings to senior leadership, governance committees, and other executive audiences.
• Partner with Portfolio Management, Corporate Development leadership, and executive stakeholders to shape external innovation priorities as corporate strategy and portfolio needs evolve.
• Support portfolio planning efforts through identification and assessment of external opportunities that address strategic gaps or accelerate growth objectives.

Team and Organizational Leadership

• Build, lead, and scale a high-performing Search & Evaluation organization with the scientific breadth, business judgment, and leadership capability to support the company's evolving business development and portfolio objectives.
• Recruit, develop, coach, and retain exceptional talent; establish clear roles, expectations, and career paths; and create leadership depth within the function.
• Create a culture of scientific rigor, strategic thinking, ownership, collaboration, healthy debate, and accountability, with high standards for both individual performance and team outcomes.
• Develop and empower team members to independently lead search strategies, external relationships, opportunity assessments, cross-functional diligence, and executive recommendations, while providing appropriate coaching and escalation support.
• Allocate resources and priorities across the Search & Evaluation portfolio, balancing near-term transaction needs with proactive search, capability building, and longer-term strategic opportunities.
• Build scalable processes, tools, knowledge systems, and best practices that increase the team's effectiveness, consistency, speed, and organizational impact as the company grows.
• Partner with Corporate Development leadership to shape the broader organization, including talent strategy, ways of working, operating model, and cross-functional engagement.

External Relationship Management

• Build and maintain senior-level relationships across the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, academic, investment, and entrepreneurial communities to advance the company's partnering objectives and long-term growth strategy.
• Represent Revolution Medicines as a senior external-facing leader at scientific meetings, partnering conferences, investor events, and other forums.
• Cultivate a broad and durable network of external relationships that supports opportunity sourcing, intelligence gathering, strategic collaboration, and the team's access to high-quality innovation.