Vice President, Commercial Operations

Title: Vice President, Commercial Operations

Location: Brisbane, CA

About Us:

Vera Therapeutics (Nasdaq: VERA), is a late-stage biotechnology company focused on developing treatments for serious immunological diseases. Vera’s mission is to advance treatments that target the source of immunologic diseases in order to change the standard of care for patients. Vera’s lead product candidate is atacicept, a fully humanized fusion protein self-administered at home as a subcutaneous injection once weekly that blocks both B-cell Activating Factor (BAFF) and A Proliferation Inducing Ligand (APRIL), which stimulate B cells and plasma cells to produce galactose-deficient IgA1 (Gd-IgA1) and associated autoantibodies, which together form immune complexes that are fundamental in the pathogenesis of IgA nephropathy (IgAN). Vera is also considering evaluating the role of atacicept in other immunologic disorders. Additionally, Vera is developing MAU868, a monoclonal antibody designed to neutralize infection with BK Virus, a polyomavirus that can have devastating consequences in certain settings such as kidney transplant. For more information, please visit: www.veratx.com.

Our values are the cornerstone of our culture. Our values inspire us every day and guide everything we do—from how we hire great people, to advancing our mission together, to achieving our ultimate goal to improve medical treatment for patients suffering from immunological diseases.

Position Summary:

Reporting to the Executive Vice President, Commercial, the Vice President, Commercial Operations will be responsible for building and leading all commercial operation functions at Vera Therapeutics. This includes sales operations and incentive compensation, marketing operations, forecasting and analytics, market research, and congresses and events. This person will be member of the commercial leadership team. The successful candidate will be a strategist and skilled operational leader with the ability to influence cross-functionally and a demonstrated history of impact in the biotech industry.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as a member of the Commercial Leadership Team to develop and execute commercial strategy and operational plans.
• Lead the development of the Commercial Operations function (structure, roles, budget, key activities and deliverables, etc.) encompassing all areas of responsibility including market research, forecasting, field operations, data management, training, analytics, and reporting.
• Lead a high performing market research and forecasting function that will serve as a primary source of business insight and planning for the commercial organization.
• Develop best-in-class forecasting approaches, driving alignment with senior leadership team.
• Collaborate with the other commercial functions to develop the KPIs to support pre-launch and post launch objectives.
• Develop mechanism for reporting of KPIs on a regular basis to assess performance and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Oversee field effectiveness and operations including field team size and structure, territory planning, CRM design and deployment, incentive compensation design and adjudication, and performance reporting.
• Partner with Market Access to ensure oversight for channel inventory management and channel partner performance metrics as well as captures all needed data from the patients access & reimbursement support provider (hub).
• Work closely with the Finance team to ensure data and systems are in place and functioning optimally for sales tracking, revenue recognition, government price reporting, and contract adjudication and payment.
• Collaborate with other functions within the organization to set up and operationalize various internal processes (LRP, Budget, Portfolio prioritization, quarterly latest estimate, etc.).

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or advanced degree in related field highly preferred.
• 15+ years of experience in commercial ops and analytics and five years of senior leadership roles.
• Launch experience is strongly preferred.
• Proven experience in leading and scaling commercial operations for product launches.
• Deep understanding of the other commercial functions is important.
• Highly skilled in influencing cross-functional teams, including interfacing with key internal and external stakeholders and with scientific and commercial teams.
• Demonstrated ability to recruit, motivate and lead high performing teams through ambiguous situations and changing needs of a small, growing organization.
• Ability and willingness to work effectively and seamlessly across multiple departments and at multiple levels within the organization.
• Ability to be resourceful and creative to solve problems.
• Strong analytical mindset with ability to translate data into actionable insights.
• Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills.
• Strong executive presence and comfortable presenting to CEO and board of directors.

Vera Therapeutics Inc. is an equal-opportunity employer.

Vera Therapeutics is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices and we strive to provide employees with total compensation packages that are market competitive. For this role, the anticipated base pay range is $308,000 - $346,000. The exact base pay offered for this role will depend on various factors, including but not limited to the candidate’s geography, qualifications, skills, and experience.

At Vera, base pay is only one part of your total compensation package. The successful candidate will be eligible for an annual performance incentive bonus, new hire equity, and ongoing performance-based equity. Vera Therapeutics also offers various benefits offerings, including, but not limited to, medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401k match, flexible time off, and a number of paid holidays.

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