Description

The Director Finance will develop and deliver insights and forecasts focusing on clinical-stage programs, but flexing to support efforts on preclinical/discovery programs. This role requires close collaboration across R&D, Legal, Finance, and CMC, combining deep market understanding with advanced strategic thinking to shape the Company’s growth trajectory.

Here’s What You’ll Do

• Oversee the development of annual budgets and monthly forecasts, ensuring alignment with company goals and objectives.
• Provide ongoing updates and analysis of actual performance vs. budget/forecast, identifying trends and variances and making recommendations for corrective actions.
• Develop and present monthly, quarterly reports for executive leadership and board presentations, providing insights into financial performance, risks, and opportunities.
• Gain deep insights around products and markets of interest through secondary and primary research and data analytics.
• Develop and maintain systems surrounding accrual of clinical study costs.
• Act as a trusted thought partner across Research, Development and Clinical stakeholders to contribute forecasting insights in cross-functional forums.
• Lead the integration of program-level forecasts into broader portfolio models, ensuring alignment with operational and enterprise planning objectives.
• Stay ahead of industry trends, competitive developments, and market dynamics to provide forward-looking insights and shape the strategic planning processes.
• Lead ad-hoc financial analyses and provide recommendations for cost optimization, revenue growth, and operational efficiency.
• Develop forecasts for pipeline programs across all therapeutic areas to inform decision-making from preclinical research through commercialization.
• Deliver scenario analyses and contextualize uncertainty to support key strategic decisions and leadership planning as well as long-range financial forecasting.
• Participate in development of information systems to increase efficiencies of the Finance group.
• Assist with modeling scenarios for income tax planning.
• Collaborate with technical consultants to document revenue recognition related to research collaborations.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications

• Must be located in San Diego and able to be in office.
• 5+ years of experience in forecasting, analytics or strategic planning within the biopharmaceutical or life sciences industry, with exposure to various stages of drug development highly preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, business, life sciences, or a related field.
• Strong understanding of forecasting, including applications across pipeline programs, inline products, and enterprise planning.
• Experience in gathering various types of insights (secondary research, primary research, data analytics etc.) and integrating them to inform forecasting assumptions and strategic questions.
• Demonstrate ability to analyze complex data, and summarize the relevant conclusions plus recommendations in a clear and concise manner.
• Show confidence and tact that can successfully influence executive and senior leadership teams.
• Must have strong leadership and team-building skills; and ability to collaborate cross-functionally in an effective manner.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strategic thinking skills with the ability to synthesize complex data and insights into clear, actionable recommendations.
• Proven ability to partner cross-functionally and influence stakeholders across R&D, Clinical, and Finance.
• Expertise in building and interpreting strategic forecasts, portfolio models, and scenario planning analyses.
• Knowledge of therapeutic area landscapes, market dynamics, and competitive intelligence frameworks.
• Strong communication and presentation skills to effectively convey insights and recommendations to executive leadership.
• Experience supporting enterprise-level financial and operational planning processes.

Salary Description: $175k-$225k