Director, Commercial Chief of Staff

Role Summary

Director, Commercial Chief of Staff at Kura Oncology. This strategic and facilitative role supports the Chief Commercial Officer by driving priorities, aligning internal and external stakeholders, and ensuring effective execution of the commercial strategy. The ideal candidate is a highly resourceful, solution-oriented professional with strong communication, planning, and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Chief Commercial Officer to prioritize initiatives, manage complexity, and ensure follow-through on strategic goals
• Support execution of the commercial strategy by translating high-level priorities into coordinated workplans, timelines, and tracked deliverables
• Coordinate cross-functional workstreams that enable effective execution of commercial initiatives, ensuring clear communication, stakeholder alignment, and follow-through
• Organize and manage Commercial Leadership Team meetings and offsites, including agenda setting, content development, logistics, and action-item tracking
• Lead preparation and development of senior leadership presentations, meeting materials, and internal communications that clearly convey progress, insights, and recommendations
• Support annual and quarterly planning cycles by gathering inputs, consolidating information, coordinating reviews, and maintaining planning documentation
• Identify operational risks and issues within commercial activities, escalate concerns appropriately, and track remediation actions to resolution
• Partner with Alliance Management and company‚Äôs co-promotion partner to ensure smooth interactions in brand planning, budget planning and standing steering committees
• Support goal-setting processes across commercial and ensure quantitative follow-up on progress toward objectives
• Partner with Finance and HR to support commercial budgeting, headcount planning, and routine performance tracking
• Maintain effective communication between the CCO and commercial teams by facilitating information flow, clarifying expectations, and ensuring timely updates
• Provide routine progress updates, operational insights, and synthesized summaries to commercial leadership to support decision-making and coordination

Qualifications

• Bachelor‚Äôs degree required; advanced degree preferred
• 8‚Äì10+ years in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry, with broad experience in strategic roles and a strong understanding of commercial functions
• Proven experience leading cross-functional strategic and organizational initiatives in a matrixed environment
• Strong project management and prioritization skills with the ability to manage multiple workstreams across stakeholders
• Excellent communication skills‚Äîwritten, verbal, and visual‚Äîwith experience developing materials for senior and executive audiences
• High emotional intelligence, cultural awareness, and the ability to build trusted relationships across teams and geographies
• Strong leadership presence and the ability to influence without formal authority
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity, complexity, and high-stakes environments
• Willingness to travel up to 30% as needed

Education

• Bachelor‚Äôs degree required; advanced degree preferred

Additional Requirements

• Willingness to travel up to 30% as needed