Senior Director, Financial Planning

2 weeks ago


Carlsbad, United States Tyra Biosciences Full time

Tyra Biosciences, Inc. is seeking a highly motivated Senior Director of FP&A to make impactful contributions to drug discovery projects targeting disease areas with high unmet medical need. The successful candidate will be highly organized, self-motivated, and thrive in a dynamic, cross functional early stage environment. 


The Senior Director of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) will partner with the CFO to lead Tyra’s financial strategy and drive operational effectiveness in a high-growth environment. This role will play a pivotal role in adding value and insight to the Tyra team by providing rigorous financial analysis, forecasting, and strategic decision support.

The Senior Director of FP&A will be responsible for overseeing the FP&A function while establishing and maintaining strong relationships with key business leaders, developing financial models, and enhancing operational effectiveness through strategic planning and process improvements. The ideal candidate will be a highly experienced strategic finance leader with demonstrated experience in cross-functional partnership, a wide range of financial modeling skills to support planning and analysis in a clinical stage, public biotech company and an ability to structure and solve complex problems.

Job Responsibilities


  • Collaborate cross-functionally to generate an annual budget and quarterly forecasts that ensure that the Company’s operational focus and internal investment support achievement of key corporate priorities in a capital-efficient manner.
  • Drive strategic planning as part of the annual long-range plan (LRP) exercise to enable investment decisions across portfolio of internal programs and opportunities.
  • Partner throughout the organization to support data-driven program and corporate decisions.
  • Develop long term, risk-adjusted NPV valuation models to support decision-making, financial planning, portfolio prioritization and Investor Relations.


  • Analyze financial results on a monthly and quarterly basis in partnership with functional leadership and Accounting team to provide actionable insights on Tyra’s ongoing business.
  • Provide day-to-day Finance leadership and business partnership to the functional leadership including trade-off analysis to drive efficient use of Company resources.
  • Effectively communicate financial results, forecasts and strategic analysis to executive management team and Board of Directors.


·        Evaluate and implement appropriate planning tools to meet the needs of a growing organization.

·        Collaborate and support Corporate Development activities with financial analyses for market assessment; analysis to inform and support deal structuring and negotiations.

·        Assist with ad-hoc reporting and analyses to support decision-making for various company programs and initiatives.


Minimum Requirements

·        Bachelors degree in economics, finance or other relevant field; CFA, MBA or advanced degree desired.

·        7 to 10 years experience in a pharma or biotech environment.  Investment banking or consulting background a plus.

Exceptional problem-solving skills, a highly analytical and inquisitive work style coupled with a keen attention to detail -- while retaining the ability to see the big picture.

·        Exceptional abstract modeling skills required.

·        Understanding of public company capital markets.

·        Ability to evaluate and implement tools and systems to support the function.

·        Must be a hands-on self-starter.

·        Must possess excellent communication skills and the ability to effectively work across the organization.

·        Ability to work independently and to multi-task large projects or compounds, ability to change pace and tasks as needed, and to work in a fast-paced environment

·        Ability to lead and/or be a proven leader in a line function responsibility, as well as having an ability to influence in a matrix global environment

·        Travel to corporate HQ once or twice per quarter or as business dictates


As an equal opportunity employer, Tyra Biosciences is committed to a diverse workforce.

Employment decisions regarding recruitment and selection will be made without discrimination

based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, physical or

mental disability, genetic information or characteristic, gender identity and expression, veteran

status, or other non-job related characteristics or other prohibited grounds specified in

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