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IDEAYA's Non-Solicitation Policy strictly prohibits agencies and recruiters from any contact and communication with IDEAYA employees, managers, and leaders to submit unsolicited candidate resumes and/or to solicit business partnerships. Submission of unsolicited candidate resumes by agencies or recruiters with or without a contract in place with IDEAYA Biosciences Inc. will not create any implied obligation. Failure to comply with this policy will result in disqualification from current and future business opportunities with IDEAYA Biosciences. All recruiting and talent agency decisions are strictly managed by the internal IDEAYA Human Resources function. All communication by external agencies and recruiters must be directed to humanresources@ideayabio.com. We ask that you only email your interest once.
Job Summary
About IDEAYA Biosciences:
IDEAYA is a precision medicine oncology company committed to the discovery, development, and commercialization of transformative therapies for cancer. Our approach integrates expertise in small-molecule drug discovery, structural biology and bioinformatics with robust internal capabilities in identifying and validating translational biomarkers to develop tailored, potentially first-in-class targeted therapies aligned to the genetic drivers of disease. We have built a deep pipeline of product candidates focused on synthetic lethality and antibody-drug conjugates, or ADCs, for molecularly defined solid tumor indications. Our mission is to bring forth the next wave of precision oncology therapies that are more selective, more effective, and deeply personalized with the goal of altering the course of disease and improving clinical outcomes for patients with cancer.
When you're at IDEAYA, you will be in the midst of brilliant minds working on precision medicine therapies to help cancer patients. We are passionate and committed about being on the forefront of oncology medicine, which means we all have a high internal drive that is at the very core of every person at IDEAYA. We are inquisitive, ask deep questions, and are data-driven innovators who like to collaborate and use teamwork to move science forward.
Location: Field based – Southeast Region, USA
Position Summary:
IDEAYA is seeking a Senior Regional Business Director [RBD] to join the IDEAYA Commercial team. The Senior Regional Business Director serves as the strategic field leader within a designated geographic region and is accountable for building, developing, and scaling a high-performing Oncology Account Management team to successfully launch and drive adoption of darovasertib in metastatic Uveal Melanoma.
This role blends strategic enterprise thinking, advanced oncology expertise, and leadership excellence to drive sustained performance in a highly specialized, rare cancer market. This inspiring leader will passionately develop their team while ensuring disciplined account prioritization, scientific and commercial excellence, and strong patient focus. The Senior RBD operates with a multi-year horizon, shaping regional strategy while influencing cross-functional alignment and contributing meaningfully to national commercial direction.
The Senior RBD cultivates trusted, executive-level relationships with key academic centers, multidisciplinary stakeholders, and enterprise partners with responsibility for cross-functional account management for select regional and/or national networks. Through strong leadership and disciplined execution, this individual ensures regional strategy is tightly aligned with IDEAYA’s scientific standards, compliance framework, and patient-centered mission.
Reporting to: Vice President, Oncology Sales
What you’ll do:
- Build, develop, and retain a high-performing Oncology Account Management team aligned with IDEAYA's scientific and patient-focused culture.
- Demonstrate and maintain advanced knowledge of uveal melanoma, tumor biology, emerging clinical data, the competitive environment, and darovasertib's mechanism of action.
- Independently develop and execute sophisticated regional and ecosystem-level account strategies aligned with national brand strategy to drive appropriate product utilization.
- Foster a culture of collaboration, agility, and continuous improvement in a dynamic launch environment.
- Possess and coach Oncology Account Managers to demonstrate advanced scientific fluency, sophisticated account planning, data-driven territory management, and ecosystem activation.
- Lead comprehensive regional business planning, forecasting, and performance optimization.
- Conduct regular field visits to provide real-time coaching and ensure compliant, high-quality execution while maintaining agility in response to evolving market conditions.
- Partner strategically with Medical Affairs, Value and Access, Patient Services, Marketing, and Operations/Analytics to support our patients, customers, & colleagues in the region.
- Establish trusted, executive-level relationships across major academic centers and influential healthcare systems with oncologists, ocular specialists and appropriate institutional leadership.
- Lead cross-functional key account management for select high-impact regional/national networks including executive-level engagement with health system and network leadership.
- Provide executive-level feedback to senior IDEAYA leadership on competitive dynamics, institutional trends, and emerging opportunities.
- Own regional performance, including revenue attainment, launch milestones, key strategic objectives, and appropriate proactive adaptation of regional strategy to optimize results.
- Ensure team and self-adherence to all administrative requirements, including budget management, expense report management, CRM call reporting and synchronization, etc., within required timelines and company guidelines.
- Ensure all promotional and business activities adhere to regulatory, legal, and compliance standards.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.
- Minimum 10 years pharmaceutical sales experience.
- Minimum 5+ years oncology field leadership experience.
- Demonstrated success in oncology product launches required; rare disease experience strongly preferred.
- Track record of building high-performing, accountable teams and developing future leaders.
- Proven ability to leverage multi-source analytics and insights to craft regional strategy.
- Strong executive presence and ability to engage credibly with senior clinicians, institutional leaders, and executive stakeholders; key account management experience preferred.
- Experience operating in a small to mid-size biotech environment preferred.
- Deep understanding of reimbursement, payer, and distribution dynamics and ability to partner internally and externally to support patient access to IDEAYA’s therapies.
- Valid driver’s license; ability to travel approximately 80% including occasional evenings and weekends for conferences.
- Residence within assigned geographic region.
- Scientific Leadership: Sets a high standard for clinical fluency and scientific credibility across the region.
- Strategic Account Expertise: Skilled in navigating complex institutional and network-level decision-making environments.
- People Development: Proven ability to coach and elevate performance in sophisticated selling environments.
- Collaborative Influence: Effectively leads cross-functional initiatives in a lean, matrixed organization.
- Analytical Rigor: Uses data to guide strategic prioritization and performance optimization.
- Patient-Centered Leadership: Balances commercial focus on key accounts with a commitment to ensuring patient needs are at the heart of every decision.
- Execution Discipline: Drives consistent, high-quality execution with urgency, agility, and compliance.
- Executive Presence: Confident, credible communicator at all organizational and institutional levels.
All employees are expected to act with integrity and in full compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and IDEAYA policies, including IDEAYA’s Code of Conduct.
Employees must demonstrate good judgement and ethical behavior in all business activities, maintain patient and product safety as a top priority, and report any suspected violations of law or Company policy through appropriate channels.
Total Rewards
Along with our inspiring mission, and highly collaborative and inclusive environment, IDEAYA offers a competitive total rewards package that reflects our pay-for-performance philosophy where employees are eligible to be considered for merit-based salary increases, company discretionary short-term incentive plan participation, and company discretionary stock option awards (based on board approval). Our comprehensive benefits package includes, but is not limited to, medical/dental/vision coverage (100% company paid for employees and 90% company paid for dependents), 401k, ESPP, and wellness programs.
The expected salary range for the role of Senior Regional Business Director is $238,000 - $294,000. The final salary offered to a successful candidate will depend on several factors that may include but are not limited to the office location where this open position is located, the final candidates’ experience within their profession, experience in the disease areas we are striving to make an impact in as a company, length of time within the industry, educational background, and performance during the interview process.
The Company complies with all laws respecting equal employment opportunities and does not discriminate against applicants with regard to any protected characteristic as defined by federal, state, and local law. This position requires you to work onsite in the office at the Company’s facilities for training & meetings, with work-from-home flexibility, and the Company requires that all employees working in its facilities be fully vaccinated (except as required by applicable law). Therefore, this position requires you to be fully vaccinated from COVID-19, subject to reasonable accommodations for medical or religious reasons, and/or as otherwise required by applicable law. The Company considers you fully vaccinated once 14 days have passed since you received either the second dose in a two-dose COVID-19 vaccine series or a single-dose COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine must have been FDA approved, have emergency use authorization from the FDA, or, for persons fully vaccinated outside of the U.S., be listed for emergency use by the World Health Organization.
IDEAYA is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with applicable law, IDEAYA does not discriminate in hiring or otherwise in employment based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status. EOE/AA/Vets.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please get in touch with us at hr@ideayabio.com.
Non-Solicitation Policy and Notice to Agencies and Recruiters:
IDEAYA's Non-Solicitation Policy strictly prohibits agencies and recruiters from any contact and communication with IDEAYA employees, managers, and leaders to submit unsolicited candidate resumes and/or to solicit business partnerships. Submission of unsolicited candidate resumes by agencies or recruiters with or without a contract in place with IDEAYA Biosciences Inc. will not create any implied obligation. Failure to comply with this policy will result in disqualification from current and future business opportunities with IDEAYA Biosciences. All recruiting and talent agency decisions are strictly managed by the internal IDEAYA Human Resources function. All communication by external agencies and recruiters must be directed to humanresources@ideayabio.com. We ask that you only email your interest once.
Job Summary
About IDEAYA Biosciences:
IDEAYA is a precision medicine oncology company committed to the discovery, development, and commercialization of transformative therapies for cancer. Our approach integrates expertise in small-molecule drug discovery, structural biology and bioinformatics with robust internal capabilities in identifying and validating translational biomarkers to develop tailored, potentially first-in-class targeted therapies aligned to the genetic drivers of disease. We have built a deep pipeline of product candidates focused on synthetic lethality and antibody-drug conjugates, or ADCs, for molecularly defined solid tumor indications. Our mission is to bring forth the next wave of precision oncology therapies that are more selective, more effective, and deeply personalized with the goal of altering the course of disease and improving clinical outcomes for patients with cancer.
When you're at IDEAYA, you will be in the midst of brilliant minds working on precision medicine therapies to help cancer patients. We are passionate and committed about being on the forefront of oncology medicine, which means we all have a high internal drive that is at the very core of every person at IDEAYA. We are inquisitive, ask deep questions, and are data-driven innovators who like to collaborate and use teamwork to move science forward.
Location: Field based – Southeast Region, USA
Position Summary:
IDEAYA is seeking a Senior Regional Business Director [RBD] to join the IDEAYA Commercial team. The Senior Regional Business Director serves as the strategic field leader within a designated geographic region and is accountable for building, developing, and scaling a high-performing Oncology Account Management team to successfully launch and drive adoption of darovasertib in metastatic Uveal Melanoma.
This role blends strategic enterprise thinking, advanced oncology expertise, and leadership excellence to drive sustained performance in a highly specialized, rare cancer market. This inspiring leader will passionately develop their team while ensuring disciplined account prioritization, scientific and commercial excellence, and strong patient focus. The Senior RBD operates with a multi-year horizon, shaping regional strategy while influencing cross-functional alignment and contributing meaningfully to national commercial direction.
The Senior RBD cultivates trusted, executive-level relationships with key academic centers, multidisciplinary stakeholders, and enterprise partners with responsibility for cross-functional account management for select regional and/or national networks. Through strong leadership and disciplined execution, this individual ensures regional strategy is tightly aligned with IDEAYA’s scientific standards, compliance framework, and patient-centered mission.
Reporting to: Vice President, Oncology Sales
What you’ll do:
- Build, develop, and retain a high-performing Oncology Account Management team aligned with IDEAYA's scientific and patient-focused culture.
- Demonstrate and maintain advanced knowledge of uveal melanoma, tumor biology, emerging clinical data, the competitive environment, and darovasertib's mechanism of action.
- Independently develop and execute sophisticated regional and ecosystem-level account strategies aligned with national brand strategy to drive appropriate product utilization.
- Foster a culture of collaboration, agility, and continuous improvement in a dynamic launch environment.
- Possess and coach Oncology Account Managers to demonstrate advanced scientific fluency, sophisticated account planning, data-driven territory management, and ecosystem activation.
- Lead comprehensive regional business planning, forecasting, and performance optimization.
- Conduct regular field visits to provide real-time coaching and ensure compliant, high-quality execution while maintaining agility in response to evolving market conditions.
- Partner strategically with Medical Affairs, Value and Access, Patient Services, Marketing, and Operations/Analytics to support our patients, customers, & colleagues in the region.
- Establish trusted, executive-level relationships across major academic centers and influential healthcare systems with oncologists, ocular specialists and appropriate institutional leadership.
- Lead cross-functional key account management for select high-impact regional/national networks including executive-level engagement with health system and network leadership.
- Provide executive-level feedback to senior IDEAYA leadership on competitive dynamics, institutional trends, and emerging opportunities.
- Own regional performance, including revenue attainment, launch milestones, key strategic objectives, and appropriate proactive adaptation of regional strategy to optimize results.
- Ensure team and self-adherence to all administrative requirements, including budget management, expense report management, CRM call reporting and synchronization, etc., within required timelines and company guidelines.
- Ensure all promotional and business activities adhere to regulatory, legal, and compliance standards.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.
- Minimum 10 years pharmaceutical sales experience.
- Minimum 5+ years oncology field leadership experience.
- Demonstrated success in oncology product launches required; rare disease experience strongly preferred.
- Track record of building high-performing, accountable teams and developing future leaders.
- Proven ability to leverage multi-source analytics and insights to craft regional strategy.
- Strong executive presence and ability to engage credibly with senior clinicians, institutional leaders, and executive stakeholders; key account management experience preferred.
- Experience operating in a small to mid-size biotech environment preferred.
- Deep understanding of reimbursement, payer, and distribution dynamics and ability to partner internally and externally to support patient access to IDEAYA’s therapies.
- Valid driver’s license; ability to travel approximately 80% including occasional evenings and weekends for conferences.
- Residence within assigned geographic region.
- Scientific Leadership: Sets a high standard for clinical fluency and scientific credibility across the region.
- Strategic Account Expertise: Skilled in navigating complex institutional and network-level decision-making environments.
- People Development: Proven ability to coach and elevate performance in sophisticated selling environments.
- Collaborative Influence: Effectively leads cross-functional initiatives in a lean, matrixed organization.
- Analytical Rigor: Uses data to guide strategic prioritization and performance optimization.
- Patient-Centered Leadership: Balances commercial focus on key accounts with a commitment to ensuring patient needs are at the heart of every decision.
- Execution Discipline: Drives consistent, high-quality execution with urgency, agility, and compliance.
- Executive Presence: Confident, credible communicator at all organizational and institutional levels.
All employees are expected to act with integrity and in full compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and IDEAYA policies, including IDEAYA’s Code of Conduct.
Employees must demonstrate good judgement and ethical behavior in all business activities, maintain patient and product safety as a top priority, and report any suspected violations of law or Company policy through appropriate channels.
Total Rewards
Along with our inspiring mission, and highly collaborative and inclusive environment, IDEAYA offers a competitive total rewards package that reflects our pay-for-performance philosophy where employees are eligible to be considered for merit-based salary increases, company discretionary short-term incentive plan participation, and company discretionary stock option awards (based on board approval). Our comprehensive benefits package includes, but is not limited to, medical/dental/vision coverage (100% company paid for employees and 90% company paid for dependents), 401k, ESPP, and wellness programs.
The expected salary range for the role of Senior Regional Business Director is $238,000 - $294,000. The final salary offered to a successful candidate will depend on several factors that may include but are not limited to the office location where this open position is located, the final candidates’ experience within their profession, experience in the disease areas we are striving to make an impact in as a company, length of time within the industry, educational background, and performance during the interview process.
The Company complies with all laws respecting equal employment opportunities and does not discriminate against applicants with regard to any protected characteristic as defined by federal, state, and local law. This position requires you to work onsite in the office at the Company’s facilities for training & meetings, with work-from-home flexibility, and the Company requires that all employees working in its facilities be fully vaccinated (except as required by applicable law). Therefore, this position requires you to be fully vaccinated from COVID-19, subject to reasonable accommodations for medical or religious reasons, and/or as otherwise required by applicable law. The Company considers you fully vaccinated once 14 days have passed since you received either the second dose in a two-dose COVID-19 vaccine series or a single-dose COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine must have been FDA approved, have emergency use authorization from the FDA, or, for persons fully vaccinated outside of the U.S., be listed for emergency use by the World Health Organization.
IDEAYA is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with applicable law, IDEAYA does not discriminate in hiring or otherwise in employment based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status. EOE/AA/Vets.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please get in touch with us at hr@ideayabio.com.
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Target roles that align with IDEAYA's core research areas
IDEAYA's work centers on precision oncology and synthetic lethality. Scientists and researchers with backgrounds in oncology, molecular biology, or translational medicine are best positioned, these are the roles most likely to attract sponsorship consideration at a company of this focus.
Understand which visa types IDEAYA has sponsored
IDEAYA has sponsored both H-1B and Green Card (EB-2 and EB-3) visas, which signals they support not just initial work authorization but longer-term permanent residence. If you're planning beyond your first U.S. role, this matters when evaluating employers.
Prepare for a research-intensive hiring process
Science and research companies like IDEAYA typically evaluate candidates on deep domain expertise. Expect technical interviews, presentations on prior research, and detailed questions about your specific contributions, generic answers won't carry you far here.
Factor in TN visa eligibility if you're Canadian or Mexican
IDEAYA has sponsored TN visas, which are available to Canadian and Mexican nationals in qualifying scientific roles. If you hold citizenship in either country and work in a life sciences discipline, TN sponsorship may be a faster path than H-1B.
Search for open roles using a platform that tracks real sponsorship history
Not every job board shows you which employers actually file visas. Migrate Mate surfaces verified sponsors so you can filter by real sponsorship history, useful when you're narrowing your search to biotech companies like IDEAYA with confirmed sponsorship activity.
Apply during active hiring cycles, not just when roles appear urgent
Sponsorship at smaller biotech firms like IDEAYA often depends on budget cycles and pipeline milestones. Monitoring their careers page consistently, rather than applying reactively, gives you more lead time to build your application before a role fills quickly.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does IDEAYA Biosciences sponsor H-1B visas?
Yes, IDEAYA Biosciences sponsors H-1B visas. As a precision oncology company, they hire specialized scientific talent that often requires work visa sponsorship. While their overall sponsorship volume reflects a focused, clinical-stage company rather than a large enterprise, H-1B sponsorship is part of their hiring approach for qualifying roles in research and drug development.
What types of visas does IDEAYA Biosciences sponsor?
IDEAYA Biosciences sponsors H-1B visas for temporary work authorization and supports Green Card pathways through EB-2 and EB-3 classifications for longer-term permanent residence. They have also sponsored TN visas, which are available to Canadian and Mexican nationals in eligible scientific and technical roles. The mix of visa types suggests they're willing to support employees through multiple stages of the U.S. immigration process.
Which roles or departments at IDEAYA Biosciences are most likely to receive visa sponsorship?
Sponsorship at IDEAYA is most common in research-focused and scientific roles, think oncology research, translational science, clinical development, and biomarker analysis. These positions require highly specialized credentials that often aren't easily filled domestically, making them the most natural fit for sponsorship. Operational and administrative roles are less likely to involve visa support at a company of IDEAYA's size and stage.
How do I find open visa-sponsored jobs at IDEAYA Biosciences?
The most reliable approach is to check IDEAYA's careers page directly for posted openings, then cross-reference against platforms that verify employer sponsorship history. Migrate Mate lets you browse jobs at confirmed sponsors like IDEAYA filtered by visa type, so you can focus your search on roles where sponsorship is a real possibility rather than guessing from a generic job listing.
How do I approach the application timeline if I need H-1B sponsorship at IDEAYA Biosciences?
If you're applying for an H-1B at IDEAYA, timing matters. The H-1B cap lottery opens in March each year for an October 1 start date, so you'll need an offer and a willing employer well before registration closes. For a clinical-stage biotech like IDEAYA, building the relationship early, before the lottery window, gives both sides time to prepare the petition and assess mutual fit without deadline pressure.