Day One Biopharmaceuticals · 20 hours ago
Director, Organizational Development
United States
Full-time
Remote
Director/Executive
$215K/yr - $230K/yr
10+ years expDay One Biopharmaceuticals is focused on advancing innovative medicines for childhood and adult diseases. The Director of Organizational Development will design systems and frameworks to enhance decision-making and collaboration across the organization, helping leaders operate effectively in a complex environment.
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Responsibilities
Design and implement decision-making frameworks that improve clarity, accountability, and speed across the enterprise
Help leaders navigate complex trade-offs by introducing shared language, decision rights, and escalation paths
Enable enterprise-level thinking to help leaders optimize for Day One, not just their function or team
Build and evolve operating models that support cross-functional collaboration (e.g Product teams, sub-teams, MLR, etc)
Partner with teams to clarify roles, interfaces, and expectations as the organization scales
Diagnose organizational friction points and facilitate practical, human-centered interventions
Translate Day One’s values and leadership expectations into observable behaviors and practices
Design leadership tools, playbooks, and forums that reinforce enterprise mindset and accountability
Support leaders through moments of growth, change, and ambiguity with grounded, thoughtful guidance
Serve as a strategic resource to product teams and leaders operating within the product team primacy model
Support the development of team charters, decision forums, and collaboration norms
Help leaders reflect on and enhance how product teams function without taking ownership of or policing execution
Facilitate leadership sessions, team resets, and cross-functional working sessions when alignment or clarity is needed
Use data, observation, and listening to inform recommendations and next steps
Balance structure with flexibility, knowing when to guide, when to challenge, and when to get out of the way!
Qualification
Required
10+ years of experience in organizational development, organizational effectiveness, or enterprise leadership enablement—ideally within biotech, pharma, healthcare, or complex matrixed environments
Demonstrated success building enterprise capabilities, not just programs
Strong facilitation skills and comfort working with senior leaders and intact teams
Systems thinking: you see patterns, incentives, and unintended consequences
Sound judgment and emotional intelligence; you know when to push and when to pause
Comfort operating through influence in a matrix, flexing style based on context and audience
Company
Day One Biopharmaceuticals
Day One Biopharmaceuticals develops targeted therapies to treat people with life-threatening diseases.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$687.5MKey Investors
RA Capital Management
2024-07-30Post Ipo Equity· $175M
2023-06-06Post Ipo Equity· $150M
2022-06-14Post Ipo Equity· $172.5M
Leadership Team
Jeremy Bender
Chief Executive Officer
Heather Huet
Chief Scientific Officer
Recent News
2026-01-13
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