[Hiring] Senior Director, Global People Operations @Revolution Medicines

Role Description

The Senior Director, Global People Operations will evolve and lead the Global People Operations function required for a rapidly scaling global biopharmaceutical company. This leader will translate the company’s growth trajectory into an effective operating model that defines our consistent HR service & delivery approach and creates an effective global Revolutionary experience while balancing regional complexity and nuance.

Given our growth trajectory thus far, we have the opportunity to build People Operations with AI and automation embedded in how we design and deliver services to enable the experience of employees and managers. This is an opportunity to rethink processes from the ground up, using technology to make support easier, more responsive, and more effective while creating more capacity for work that requires human expertise and care.

The role owns global service delivery, employee lifecycle operations and controls, global operating and compliance standards, process excellence and the integration of Global Mobility into the broader service model. It is accountable for the employee administrative lifecycle—including:

• Operational onboarding and offboarding
• Leaves and accommodations administration
• Employee records, data, and employment documentation
• Payroll coordination and benefits execution
• Policy administration
• Mobility, immigration, and work-authorization administration

You will establish clear operational accountability and build strong partnerships across COEs, HRBPs, regional HR teams, Legal and other cross-functional teams to align strategy, apply judgment, manage exceptions and mitigate risk.

This is a build-and-run leadership role for a collaborative HR leader capable of building the processes and team needed to support the company’s current and future scale. The successful leader will evolve the operating system while ensuring that today’s operation continues to perform with accuracy, control and care.

Key Responsibilities

• Build the global operating model.
• Evolve the employee-service model.
• Own the employee administrative lifecycle.
• Align global standards with local execution.
• Enable regionalization and new-country readiness.
• Sponsor HR service delivery and the HRSD platform.
• Drive process excellence and AI-forward operations.
• Own operational governance and controls.
• Measure demand, quality and leverage.
• Build and lead the team.
• Influence across HR and the enterprise.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 12+ years of progressive experience in people operations, human resources or related functions.
• Proven leadership of global People Operations, HR service delivery or employee-services functions through rapid growth and material organizational change.
• Experience operating at, or building toward, approximately 3,000–5,000+ employees across multiple countries and regions.
• Demonstrated ability to build selected capabilities from the ground up and evolve an effective, global, matrixed operating model.
• Deep knowledge of effective service delivery, case management, process ownership, knowledge management, employee self-service, service metrics and operational controls.
• Strong global/regional collaboration and judgement.
• Deep understanding of global employment operations, compliance requirements, audit readiness, and regulatory obligations.
• Track record of building and leading teams, developing functional leaders, and driving outcomes through cross-functional partnership.
• Practical experience redesigning HR service delivery through process simplification, self-service, automation and AI-enabled support.
• Executive presence and influence sufficient to bring complex ownership, process and decision-rights recommendations to HRLT.

Preferred Skills

• Fluency with Workday-enabled employee lifecycle processes.
• Experience serving as the business owner, executive sponsor or senior requirements owner for an HR service-delivery platform.
• Hands-on experience implementing or improving knowledge architecture, employee self-service content, case-intake taxonomy, service metrics and Tier 0–3 support models.

Base Pay Salary Range

$232,000 — $290,000 USD

Company Description

Revolution Medicines is a global, commercial-state oncology company dedicated to discovering, developing and delivering innovative medicines for patients with RAS-addicted cancers. Leveraging its differentiated RAS(ON) tri-complex inhibitor platform, the company is advancing a broad, integrated portfolio of oral RAS(ON) inhibitors designed to directly target the active, cancer-driving state of RAS.

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.