Director, Business Strategy and Operations

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted advisor to the General Manager (GM), synthesizing complex information into executive-ready insights, recommendations, decision materials, and Board-level communications.
• Translate strategy into priorities, roadmaps, performance measures, operating rhythms, and actionable plans, driving strategic initiatives from development through execution.
• Lead annual strategic, financial, resource, and headcount planning, including coordination of the consolidated Plan of Action.
• Design and manage leadership governance, planning cycles, quarterly business reviews, and accountability mechanisms that enable timely decisions and disciplined execution.
• Coordinate enterprise and functional initiatives across US Commercial, aligning ownership, resources, dependencies, risks, sequencing, and measures of success.
• Represent US Commercial in enterprise and global planning forums, shaping broader decisions and translating enterprise direction into clear commitments for the US business.
• Track business performance and commitments, identify barriers, and drive mitigation, course correction, productivity, and process improvements.
• Lead planning and execution for major GM-sponsored meetings, including National and Midyear Meetings.
• Partner with commercial leadership to coordinate cross-functional readiness for anticipated US product launches.
• Advance organizational and leadership effectiveness by improving how the organization operates, collaborates, communicates, and makes decisions.
• Develop high-impact communications for leadership meetings, business reviews, all-hands presentations, and internal and external audiences.
• Serve on the Kite Commercial BS&O Forum, ensuring alignment between Commercial Strategy & Operations priorities and US Commercial planning and execution.

Basic Qualifications

• Advanced scientific degree (i.e., MD, PharmD, PhD) and 8+ years of experience OR Master’s Degree and 10+ years of experience OR Bachelor’s Degree and 12+ years of experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Significant pharmaceutical or biopharmaceutical experience leading complex strategic and operational initiatives; experience in commercial, finance, or consulting is preferred.
• Ability to translate enterprise strategy into practical plans and deliver results with rigor, accountability, and attention to detail.
• Strong executive presence, judgment, communication, and stakeholder-influence skills, including the ability to lead without direct authority.
• Demonstrated enterprise mindset and ability to navigate ambiguity, connect cross-functional priorities, and manage competing trade-offs.
• Experience with business planning, financial and resource analysis, project management, and product profit-and-loss considerations.
• Proactive, adaptable, and resourceful, with strong emotional intelligence, curiosity, and a continuous-improvement mindset.
• Demonstrated experience driving organizational transformation and operating model effectiveness, including leading change management and adoption across complex, matrixed environments.