Vice President, Internal Audit

Key Responsibilities

• Build, scale and lead the global internal audit function.
• Develop near term and long term vision for the department, including hiring plans and use of external consultants.
• Establish the Internal Audit Charter.
• Collaborate with legal and compliance functions in development and execution of periodic enterprise risk management assessments.
• Design, execute and lead the company’s risk-based internal audit plan and testing, mapping coverage to financial and operational vulnerabilities.
• Assess existing internal controls across the global organization, identify gaps and provide recommendations for strengthening control environment.
• Establish, evaluate, and strengthen audit methodologies, processes and programs.
• Collaborate with key functional heads regarding strategic changes impacting the Company’s design of processes and related internal controls.
• Develop communication framework with Audit Committee and Senior Management, including presenting annual risk-based audit plans and findings directly to the Audit Committee.
• Collaborate with compliance, finance, tax, HR, regulatory and quality functions to ensure organizational processes comply with federal, state, and local laws, and industry standards.
• Collaborate with legal and compliance on internal investigations, whistle-blower escalations, and other special assignments.
• Establish operating framework with existing SOX/ICFR team.
• Leverage technology, automation, data analytics, and artificial intelligence to enhance audit coverage, insight, efficiency, and overall audit quality.

Leadership & Capabilities

• Builder Mindset: Proven track record of launching, scaling, or heavily restructuring an internal audit function—ideally transitioning a company from pre-commercial to the global commercial stage.
• Trusted Advisor and Relationship Builder: Ability to partner effectively and collaboratively with finance, legal, IT, compliance, risk management, external auditors, and business leaders across the organization to operate a valued, independent risk and assurance function that supports strategic enterprise objectives.
• Hands-On Execution: Willingness to execute granular testing and draft documentation directly during the early building phases before the team scales.

Required Skills, Experience and Education

• Previous experience in leading an internal audit function.
• 15+ years of progressive audit experience, with at least 5 years operating within a public life science or pharma setting.
• CPA or CIA is required.
• Extensive early career experience in a Big 4 or top-tier national accounting firm serving public life science or pharma clients.

Pay

The base pay salary range for this full-time position for candidates working onsite at our headquarters in Redwood City, CA is $294,000 - $367,000 USD.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Revolution Medicines is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits unlawful discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin/ancestry, age, disability, marital status, medical condition, and veteran status.