Director, Commercial Finance

at Deciphera Pharmaceuticals, Inc
Location Waltham, Massachusetts
Date Posted April 15, 2024
Category Trades & Services
Job Type Permanent

Description

Deciphera is a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing important new medicines to improve the lives of people with cancer. We are leveraging our proprietary switch-control kinase inhibitor platform and deep expertise in kinase biology to develop a broad portfolio of innovative medicines.

Enabled by our proprietary drug discovery platform, Deciphera has developed a diverse pipeline of wholly-owned drug candidates. QINLOCK (ripretinib) is Deciphera's switch control inhibitor developed for the treatment of fourth-line GIST. QINLOCK is approved in Australia, Canada, China, the European Union, Hong Kong, Switzerland, Taiwan, the United States, and the United Kingdom. We wholly own QINLOCK and all of our drug candidates with the exception of a development and commercialization out-license agreement for QINLOCK in Greater China. In addition to QINLOCK, we have identified and advanced multiple product candidates from our platform into clinical studies, including vimseltinib and DCC-3116.

See here for more details on our portfolio.

We offer an outstanding culture and opportunity for personal and professional growth based on our "PATHS" Core Values:

  • Patients-We are committed to improving the lives of patients living with cancer. They are the driving force behind everything we do.
  • Accountability-We demand accountability for our actions, behaviors, and performance. We recognize our duty to maintain a culture that embraces the uniqueness of our people and finds strength in our differences.
  • Transparency-We strive to provide full visibility to internal and external stakeholders for a complete picture of what we are doing and why.
  • Honesty and Integrity-Trust and mutual respect are essential aspects of our culture. We act with honesty and integrity in all facets of our business, and this serves as the foundation of our work and interactions with others.
  • Stewardship-We are respectful of the resources entrusted to us by the investment community. We act thoughtfully and allocate resources responsibly in seeking to create value for our shareholders.

"How"we work together and the behaviors that we show up with each dayarecritical to maintaining our positive culture. Our behavioral expectations align with our values to elevate and drive individual and team performance:

  • Lead from where you are- regardless of role or level, we motivate each other to achieve common goals.
  • Drive business results- we navigate forward with our eye on the highest priorities.
  • Partner and collaborate- we cultivate relationships and value ideas, regardless of where they are coming from, to achieve more together.
  • Continuously evolve and improve- we try, we learn, we revise and try again.

Job Description

Deciphera is seeking a Director, Commercial Finance to be based in Waltham MA, the company's headquarters. The Director, Commercial Finance will lead the company's Commercial Finance function to support the company's first product on the market, QINLOCK and prepare for multiple product launches planned over the next several years. This is a high-profile position that provides the opportunity to work with senior leadership across the organization.

The successful candidate will have experience in bio-pharmaceutical industry. S/he will possess strong leadership, management, and communication skills.

This position reports to the Senior Director, Corporate Controller.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Strategic Finance partner to Commercial organization providing financial leadership, guidance and insight including; Revenue recognition and tracking against covering analysts, gross to net accounting and financial reporting of monthly/quarterly results of Commercial group Op Ex
  • Prepare and deliver key analysis and presentations to leadership and the Board.
  • Lead efforts to build the Company's capability to provide revenue guidance and report against such guidance by Day 3 of the close
  • Partner with Accounting and Commercial counterparts on all aspects of Revenue Reporting. Includes working with multiple data systems, reviewing sales orders to determine gross-to-net assumptions (government rebate programs, returns reserve and other adjustment to revenue).
  • Collaborate with Commercial functional areas on key strategic areas including pricing dynamics and contract administration.
  • Drive timely results to internal and external customers and partners
  • Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team on S&OP process to ensure alignment of sales plan resulting in an uninterrupted supply.
  • Identify and lead special projects and analysis that provide a strategic, financial, and analytical approach to decision making. Advocate for continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

  • At least 12 years of relevant work experience.
  • Strong knowledge of the pharmaceutical business including drug development and commercialization.
  • Proven track record of successfully developing and implementing "right-sized" processes.
  • Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving skills, including ability to develop strategic frameworks to facilitate decision making around complex opportunities.
  • Flexibility and ability to leverage ad hoc financial opportunities and innovative thinking to adapt to rapidly evolving situations and fulfill challenging timelines.
  • Strong analytical & financial modeling skills (product forecasts, P&L, NPV models, etc.).
  • Experience leading and motivating cross-functional teams, and ability to deliver on project timelines, progress, and outcomes in small company/startup environments.
  • Excellent communications skills, in writing and orally, including presentation to senior executives and board.
  • Strong technology skills, including proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite.

Additional Information

What Deciphera will Bring:

Deciphera offers competitive compensation, including equity-based compensation, and a comprehensive benefits package that includes the following:

  • Non-accrual paid time off
  • Summer vacation bonus
  • Global, company-wide summer and winter shutdowns
  • Monthly cell phone stipend
  • Internal rewards and recognition program
  • Munch and learns
  • Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
  • Life andSupplemental life insurance for family
  • ESPP offering
  • Health savings account
  • Flexible spending account for either health care and/or dependent care.

Deciphera (NASDAQ: DCPH) is a publicly traded company headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts. Our state-of-the-art research facility is located in Lawrence, Kansas and our European operations are run out of Switzerland.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY INFORMATION

Deciphera is committed to equal employment opportunity and values diversity. To ensure that we comply with reporting requirements and to learn more about how we can increase diversity in our candidate pool, we invite you to voluntarily provide demographic information in a confidential survey at the end of this application. Providing this information is optional. It will not be accessible or used in the hiring process, and has no effect on your opportunity for employment. This information will also be treated confidentially. Our commitment to increasing diversity in our candidate pool does not affect our commitment to equal employment opportunity, including our ongoing commitment to make all hiring and other employment decisions solely on a nondiscriminatory basis.

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