Executive Director, Employment Law

Revolution Medicines is a clinical-stage precision oncology company focused on developing novel targeted therapies to inhibit frontier targets in RAS-addicted cancers. The companys R&D pipeline comprises RAS(ON) Inhibitors designed to suppress diverse oncogenic variants of RAS proteins and RAS Companion Inhibitors for use in combination treatment strategies. As a new member of the Revolution Medicines team you will join other outstanding Revolutionariesin a tireless commitment to patients with cancers harboring mutations in the RAS signaling pathway.

The Opportunity:

RevMed is seeking an experienced executive director employment law to support RevMeds business. The Executive Director Employment Law will serve as the companys senior employment law subject-matter expert and a strategic advisor on all employment-related legal issues. This role is responsible for setting the employment law strategy for a complex highly regulated and rapidly evolving organization while providing pragmatic business-oriented counsel aligned with public-company obligations and risk tolerance. This role will report to the General Counsel and partner closely with Human Resources Compliance Finance and other senior business leaders.

Responsibilities:

Strategic Leadership & Advisory

• Serve as the principal legal advisor on a wide range of employment law matters across the enterprise.

• Advise senior leadership including General Counsel Chief Human Resources Officers and Chief Financial Officer on employment-related risk trends and strategic considerations in a public-company context.

• Provide employment law support to the Board of Directors and Compensation Committee as appropriate.

• Shape and implement compliant enterprise-wide programs to create a culture of high performance and aligned with company values and talent philosophy.

Employment Law Counseling

• Advise Human Resources and people management on all aspects of employment law.

• Advise on employee mobility remote workforce issues and multi-state and global compliance.

• In partnership with Human Resources proactively identify and mitigate employment law risks.

• Stay up to date on relevant employment laws regulations industry trends and disseminate relevant implications to key stakeholders.

Public Company & Executive Matters

• Advise on executive employment agreements severance arrangements change-in-control provisions and related disclosures.

• Advise the Compensation Committee on executive compensation benefits plans and other Board-level compensation matters in collaboration with Human Resources and Finance.

• Partner on employment aspects of SEC reporting proxy disclosures and governance matters.

• Advise on whistleblower retaliation and sensitive executive or high-risk matters.

Investigations Litigation & Risk Management

• Conduct and oversee internal investigations involving employment issues.

• Manage employment-related litigation arbitration and mediation including determination of strategy budget and outside counsel.

• Lead responses to audits regulatory inquiries and government investigations related to workforce matters.

• Partner with Human Resources to develop and monitor employment-related risk mitigation frameworks metrics and controls.

Policies Compliance & Programs

• Partner with Human Resources to draft comprehensive policies SOPs and other guidance documents or communications that effectively translate complex employment law concepts into actionable frameworks for internal stakeholders.

• Partner with Human Resources to review and update employment policies employee handbooks and workplace standards.

• Partner with HR and Compliance to implement training programs on harassment prevention DEI code of conduct and workplace compliance.

• Partner with engagement and learning teams to lead cross-functional trainings on employment law responsibilities.

• Oversee global employment law matters in coordination with ex-US employees regional counsel and other outside advisors.

Required Skills Experience and Education:

• J.D. from an accredited law school.

• Active license to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.

• 14 years of progressively responsible employment law experience.

• Significant experience advising public companies and executive leadership.

• Deep expertise in U.S. employment law including wage and hour discrimination retaliation leaves accommodations and RIFs.

• Demonstrated ability to manage high-risk high visibility matters with sound judgment.

Preferred Skills:

• Combination of top-tier law firm and in-house experience with prior biotech life sciences or other highly regulated industry experience preferred.

• Experience advising Boards and Compensation Committees.

• Exposure to global employment law issues.

Leadership Competencies

• Strategic thinker with strong business acumen.

• Exceptional judgment discretion and integrity.

• Flexible resourceful and solution-oriented.

• Influential communicator able to drive alignment without authority.

• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and high-stakes environments.

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