What You'll Do

This is a litigation leadership role. The Head of Litigation reports directly to the Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Legal Officer and owns the litigation and disputes portfolio for a publicly traded biopharmaceutical firm navigating a complex and competitive legal landscape.

You will serve as the firm's senior litigator and have full accountability and ownership. The portfolio will span patent and intellectual property disputes, securities and shareholder matters, commercial and contract disputes, employment and labor, regulatory and government enforcement, and internal investigations. What we are looking for is someone who understands the full range of exposure this kind of firm carries as it grows, can build the infrastructure and relationships to be ready, and will manage whatever comes with confidence and judgment. At present, this role also carries direct responsibility for labor and employment legal counseling and support across the firm.

You will build and manage outside counsel relationships with rigor and accountability, exercise independent judgment on strategy and risk, and serve as a trusted thought partner to the CSO and CLO and senior leadership. Working in coordination with the CSO and CLO, you will interface with government agencies, regulators, and enforcement bodies as appropriate. You will advise senior leadership and the Board as necessary on material litigation exposure, including oversight of public company litigation disclosures.

Direct Access

Reporting directly to the CSO and CLO, you will have real visibility into how the firm manages legal and strategic risk, with a genuine voice in shaping the litigation function as you build trust and demonstrate impact.

Builder's Mandate

BridgeBio is building its litigation capability from the ground up. This is not a role where the function already exists and your job is to maintain it. You are here to design it, staff it appropriately, and make it excellent.

Offense and Defense

We compete in highly contested markets. The litigation function here is expected to protect the firm's freedom to operate and to act strategically when the opportunity arises. Reactive is not the posture we are building toward.

Mission at the Core

Every decision you make, every matter you manage, every relationship you build with outside counsel is ultimately in service of one goal: getting life-changing medicines to patients who have been waiting too long.

Responsibilities

As Head of Litigation, you will own the firm's litigation strategy and disputes portfolio, working in close partnership with the CLO and senior business leadership to protect the firm's interests and position it to act decisively when it matters.

• Lead and manage the firm's litigation portfolio across patent and IP disputes, securities matters, commercial and contractual disputes, employment litigation, regulatory and government enforcement actions, and internal investigations, calibrating your approach to where the firm is and where it is heading.

• Develop and own litigation strategy across the portfolio, aligning legal positioning with the firm's objectives and risk tolerance in close coordination with the CSO and CLO.

• Select, supervise, and hold accountable outside counsel, with a sharp eye on quality, efficiency, and budget discipline.

• Advise senior leadership and, as necessary, the Board and Audit Committee on material litigation exposure, including preparation and oversight of the firm's litigation disclosures.

• Serve as an interface with government agencies, regulators, and enforcement bodies, working in coordination with the CLO and outside counsel.

• Lead internal investigations and, where appropriate, coordinate independent investigations in partnership with the Board.

• Build and maintain litigation holds, document preservation protocols, and e-discovery infrastructure in partnership with the legal operations function.

• Partner with the IP, regulatory, commercial legal, and compliance teams to identify and manage dispute risk before it matures.

• Establish and refine the firm's litigation playbook, including early case assessment, settlement authority frameworks, and litigation reserves guidance.

• Contribute to the broader legal and compliance team as a senior leader, mentoring junior legal staff and helping build a function that is capable, collaborative, and ready to scale.

Where You'll Work

This role is based in the Bay Area (Palo Alto or San Francisco). In-person presence is a core expectation. Relocation support is available for the right person.

Who You Are

• J.D. from an accredited law school and active bar membership in good standing.

• Significant litigation experience, with meaningful exposure to complex matters in a life sciences or regulated industry environment, whether in private practice, in-house, or a combination of both.

• Ideally, familiarity with patent and IP litigation in the pharmaceutical or biotech space, including Hatch-Waxman and PTAB experience.

• Demonstrated experience managing complex litigation in the life sciences space, including but not limited to securities litigation, shareholder derivative actions, or related public company disputes.

• Prior experience leading or coordinating government investigations, enforcement proceedings, or regulatory inquiries.

• Proven ability to manage and develop outside counsel relationships with both strategic sophistication and financial discipline.

• Experience with litigation disclosure obligations at a publicly traded firm.

• Outstanding judgment and the ability to communicate complex litigation risk clearly to non-lawyers and business leaders across the organization.

• A collaborative, builder's mindset: you are comfortable standing up a function within a broader excellent legal and compliance team, and energized by the challenge rather than daunted by it.

Mavericks Wanted

When was the last time you achieved the impossible? If that thought feels overwhelming, you might want to pause here, but if it sparks excitement...read on 
  
In 2015, we pioneered a “moneyball for biotech” approach, pooling projects and promising early-stage research from academia together under one financial umbrella to reduce risk and unleash innovation. This model allows science and small teams of experts to lead the way. We build bridges to groundbreaking advancements in rare disease, and develop life-changing medicines for patients with unmet needs as fast as humanly possible.  
  
Together we define white space, push boundaries, and empower people to solve problems. If you're someone who defies convention, join us and work alongside some of the most respected minds in the industry. Together, we'll ask "why not?" and help reengineer the future of biopharma. At BridgeBio, we value curiosity and experimentation—including the ethical & thoughtful use of AI to improve clarity, speed, and quality of work. 

What You'll Do

As a Social Media Newsroom Intern at BridgeBio, you'll help build and launch a first-of-its-kind social media newsroom — a dynamic, always-on content engine designed to make BridgeBio a more timely, creative, and culturally engaged brand. You'll work at the intersection of strategy and execution, contributing to everything from competitive research to content creation, while helping establish a scalable model that lives beyond the internship.

Responsibilities

• Audit BridgeBio's current social media presence and analyze competitors and best-in-class brands across biotech and beyond
• Identify cultural, scientific, and industry trend spaces relevant to BridgeBio and define content pillars, tone of voice, and priority platforms
• Learn and navigate the MLR (Medical/Legal/Regulatory) review process to develop workflows that enable reactive, trend-driven content within compliance standards
• Build a 4–6 week editorial calendar and identify key recurring content series and cultural moments
• Concept and produce a minimum of 10 social posts across formats including design, video, and copy
• Monitor trends and propose reactive content in real time
• Track post performance, analyze results, and deliver a final report with recommendations for sustaining the newsroom model

Where You'll Work

This role is based out of BridgeBio's office in Palo Alto, CA.

Who You Are

• Currently enrolled in or recently graduated from a program in communications, marketing, journalism, life sciences, or a related field
• Genuinely passionate about social media, digital culture, and storytelling
• A strategic thinker who can zoom out to see the big picture and zoom in to execute on the details
• Creative across at least one medium — whether that's design, video, photography, animation, or writing
• A strong communicator, both written and verbal
• Naturally curious about trends and able to adapt quickly in a fast-moving environment
• Interested in healthcare or biotech (prior knowledge not required, but enthusiasm is!)

The Lead Affiliate Counsel is the single point of legal contact for one or more BridgeBio affiliates — the person the affiliate head calls first on everything. Not just commercial questions. Not just MLR. Everything. You will own the legal relationship with the affiliate, quarterback the full breadth of legal support across the BridgeBio legal team and ensure that the affiliate gets the quality and speed of counsel it needs to operate with confidence. 

This is a role for a lawyer who is as comfortable thinking about a contract dispute as they are about a promotional compliance question or an employment matter — and who has the presence, judgment, and organizational intelligence to be a genuine trusted advisor to business leaders. You will not do every piece of legal work yourself. But you will own every piece of it, and the affiliate will always know where you stand. 

WHAT YOU'LL DO 

At BridgeBio each product is not just a business unit. To serve patients in need and be nimble we believe each product deserves its own affiliate, with a central hub providing the necessary services. As Lead Affiliate Counsel, you are the legal face of BridgeBio to one or more of these affiliates. You own the relationship with affiliate leadership, quarterback the full scope of legal support across the BridgeBio legal team, and ensure your affiliate operates with confidence on every legal matter — from commercial strategy to compliance to contracts to employment. You are a trusted advisor and integrator first, and a specialist second. 

Affiliate Legal Partnership 

• Serve as the single point of legal contact for one or more affiliate heads — their first call on any legal matter, regardless of subject area, and the person who ensures nothing falls through the cracks 

• Quarterback legal support across the BridgeBio legal team — knowing when to handle matters directly and when to pull in specialists across commercial, employment, IP, regulatory, or finance law, while maintaining ownership of the relationship and quality of the work product 

• Provide strategic legal counsel across the full scope of affiliate activities — commercial strategy, HCP and HCO engagement, promotional materials, patient programs, payer and market access, contracts, and operational matters — with the breadth of a general counsel and the judgment to know which issues require deeper specialist engagement 
• Work across Commercial, Medical Affairs, Finance, HR, Compliance, and Regulatory functions both within the affiliate and across BridgeBio to drive issues to resolution efficiently — the affiliate should always feel that legal has it handled 

MLR & Promotional Review 

• Participate as a member of the Material Review Committee (MLR), collaborating with Medical Affairs and Regulatory to ensure promotional and scientific materials are accurate, balanced, and compliant — bringing legal judgment that is enabling, not obstructive 

• Help the business communicate effectively about its medicines — finding the path to yes wherever possible, and explaining clearly when the answer must be no 
• Partner with Compliance and Regulatory to develop and continuously improve MLR processes and standards that scale with a growing, multi-product commercial organization 

Risk & Compliance Partnership 

• Identify and flag legal and reputational risk across affiliate activities proactively — before issues escalate — and work with the right people across the legal team to address them 

• Partner with the Head of Compliance on healthcare fraud and abuse matters — AKS, FCA, and related considerations — ensuring legal and compliance work in lockstep to give the affiliate consistent, coherent guidance 
• Be the person the affiliate can always reach — responsive, decisive, and clear. In a fast-moving commercial environment, good legal counsel means knowing when to move quickly and when to slow down 

WHAT THIS ROLE REQUIRES 

• You are motivated by the patients at the end of every decision. You chose this work because it matters — and at BridgeBio, the connection between legal excellence and patient impact is not abstract. It is real. 

• You are a natural quarterback. You are energized — not stressed — by being the person who owns the relationship and coordinates the work. You know how to pull in the right people, maintain quality, and keep the affiliate informed without creating noise. 

• You are broad by nature. You are as comfortable thinking through a contracts question as a promotional compliance issue or an employment matter. You do not need to be the expert in every room — but you need to know which expert to call, and you need the affiliate to trust that you have it covered. 

• You think from first principles and lead with solutions. When a business leader comes to you with a problem, your first instinct is to find the right path forward — not to explain why it is complicated. BridgeBio moves fast and the legal function needs to move with it. 

• You earn trust through presence, judgment, and reliability. Affiliate leaders should think of you the way they would think of a trusted advisor — someone who knows their business, anticipates their needs, and never leaves them wondering where things stand. 

• You are resilient, adaptable, and intellectually curious — energized by the breadth and pace of a multi-product, multi-affiliate environment, not flattened by it. 

WHO YOU ARE 

• You are genuinely motivated by the mission. You want to do legal work that matters — and at BridgeBio, it does. 

• You hold a J.D. from a nationally recognized law school and are admitted to practice law in the U.S. 

• You bring 10+ years of legal experience in pharmaceutical or biotech, with meaningful exposure to commercial operations, product launch, and cross-functional legal support — at a law firm, a company, or both. You have operated across multiple legal domains, not just one. 

• Your legal knowledge is broad and applied — commercial healthcare law, AKS, FCA, FDA promotional regulations, contracts, and the practical judgment to navigate employment, IP, and operational matters by knowing when to engage the right specialist and how to frame the issue clearly. 

• You have supported at least one commercial product launch — ideally more. You understand the pace, the cross-functional dynamics, and what it takes to give a commercial organization the legal support it needs to move at speed without cutting corners. This is a requirement, not a preference. 

• You communicate with precision and confidence across all levels — whether advising a field team, sitting in an MLR, presenting to affiliate leadership, or escalating a complex matter to senior legal counsel. People always know where you stand and why. 

• You are the lawyer people want to call, not the one they dread. You build real relationships with the teams you support — and those relationships are what make you effective. 

• Bay Area (Palo Alto or San Francisco) strongly preferred. Remote candidates with a genuine commitment to regular Bay Area travel will be considered for exceptional candidates — and relocation support is available for the right person. 

What You'll Do

Your practice here will be genuinely end-to-end. On any given week, that might mean providing IP counsel for an asset in early discovery, managing prosecution strategy across multiple patent portfolios in global markets, leading an FTO analysis for a BD transaction, or advising commercial teams on exclusivity positions before a product launch.

Responsibilities

Own patent preparation and prosecution across global markets, with a focus on building meaningful exclusivity for BridgeBio’s pharmaceutical assets from discovery through life-cycle management.

Lead freedom-to-operate assessments relevant to drug development, commercialization, and strategic transactions, identifying and mitigating risk with clear, actionable guidance.

Provide IP counsel across the full asset lifecycle, including on exclusivity strategy and operating in competitive environments.

Serve as a trusted IP advisor to cross-functional teams including R&D, BD, Regulatory, and Commercial, delivering timely and business-relevant counsel that advances BridgeBio’s mission.

Support U.S. and ex-U.S. adversarial proceedings as they arise, including inter partes reviews, post-grant reviews, EP oppositions, and patent litigation.

Where You'll Work

Palo Alto, CA or San Francisco 

Who You Are

J.D. from an accredited law school, admission to at least one U.S. state bar, and registration to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. You must be eligible to practice in California, or able to obtain a limited license for in-house counsel.

Ten or more years of pharmaceutical or life sciences IP experience, ideally at a top firm and/or in-house, gives us confidence that you have seen real complexity and know how to navigate it. 

An advanced degree in organic or medicinal chemistry, or a related scientific discipline, is a strong differentiator for the kind of work our pipeline requires. Experience in adversarial proceedings on both sides of the border rounds out the profile.

What separates the best candidates is the ability to translate technical and legal complexity into clear, calibrated business advice, to prioritize under pressure without losing precision, and to operate as a genuine partner to the business rather than a gatekeeper to it.

What You'll Do

The incoming Head of Compliance will partner with a world-class leadership team and serve as the enterprise architect of a compliance program built for a company at a critical inflection point. This leader will be a trusted strategic advisor to the Chief Strategy Officer & Chief Legal Officer and executive leadership — a visible steward of BridgeBio’s culture of integrity, and someone who understands that getting compliance right is how life-changing medicines reach the people who need them most.

Responsibilities

As BridgeBio’s compliance leader, you will have enterprise-wide responsibility for building and running a risk-based, commercially-oriented compliance program. You will be the connective tissue between the science, the business, and the patients we serve — a genuine partner who helps the organization find the right path forward, not a gatekeeper who stands in the way.

Commercial Compliance

• Design and implement a commercial compliance framework that empowers the business to move with confidence — governing HCP engagement, speaker programs, advisory boards, patient support initiatives, and field activities across all commercial products and international markets; independently monitor and audit the MLR process to ensure consistency and quality, while remaining outside of the review itself

• Lead transparency and state law compliance, including Sunshine Act reporting, aggregate spend tracking, and evolving state-level disclosure requirements across a growing international footprint

• Lead enterprise compliance risk assessments and develop practical mitigation plans; oversee monitoring, auditing, and data analytics to identify trends and proactively address risk before it becomes an issue

• Develop and maintain a practical, fit-for-purpose policy framework and training curriculum that gives teams clarity on how to operate compliantly — and empowers them to find the right path forward, not just identify what is off-limits

• Own the company’s privacy compliance program, including HIPAA, GDPR, and applicable international data protection requirements, partnering with IT and Legal to embed privacy-by-design across the enterprise

Enterprise Compliance & Ethics

• Own the company-wide Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, annual compliance training curriculum, and confidential hotline — ensuring every employee understands not just the rules, but the reasoning behind them

• Report directly to the Chief Strategy Officer & Chief Legal Officer and provide regular updates to senior leadership on program effectiveness, emerging risks, and remediation; partner with Legal Operations to continuously improve compliance processes, tools, and infrastructure

• Establish compliance metrics and KPIs that enable the Board and executive team to assess program maturity and risk posture with clarity

• Question assumptions and challenge how things are done across BridgeBio — always in service of the patient mission

• Drive a culture of integrity throughout the organization, from senior leadership to field-facing roles

Fraud & Abuse | Legal Partnership

• Partner closely with Legal to navigate fraud and abuse risk — including Anti-Kickback Statute and False Claims Act considerations — serving as the operational compliance voice while Legal leads on interpretation and enforcement strategy

• Translate legal and regulatory guidance into practical, actionable frameworks that allow commercial, medical affairs, and market access teams to engage compliantly with healthcare professionals, institutions, and payers

• Support investigations arising from the compliance hotline or monitoring activities, partnering with Legal on matters that carry legal risk or require privilege protection

• Implement risk-based due diligence and ongoing monitoring for third parties — vendors, distributors, and partners — ensuring appropriate compliance controls across all external relationships; ensure the program is internationally minded as BridgeBio’s commercial and clinical footprint grows globally

• Be a trusted advisor and partner to Commercial, Medical Affairs, Regulatory, Legal, Finance, and HR — the first call when a team is navigating a complex situation, not the last signature before it gets stopped; provide actionable, solutions-oriented guidance that helps the business move forward compliantly

What This Role Requires

• You are motivated by the patients at the end of every decision — people with rare genetic diseases who have waited a long time and cannot afford to wait longer. That is not a poster on the wall for you. It shapes how you work.

• You communicate with clarity and conviction. You can take a complex regulatory issue and make it actionable for a commercial team in the field or a CEO in the boardroom — without losing the nuance that matters.

• You are comfortable in ambiguity — and you create clarity where none exists. You think from first principles. Rather than defaulting to how compliance has always been done, you ask why it should be done that way, and whether there is a better answer. BridgeBio moves fast, and the compliance function needs to move with it, not behind it.

• You earn trust — you do not demand it. You move senior leaders and cross-functional teams through credibility, judgment, and relationships, not titles or sign-off power.

• You are biased toward action and solutions. When a team comes to you with a problem, your first instinct is to find the compliant path forward — not to explain why something cannot be done.

• You are resilient, adaptable, and intellectually curious. This company will look different in two years than it does today, and you are energized — not unsettled — by that.

• You are a builder who starts from first principles. You have designed compliance programs from the ground up — not by importing what worked somewhere else, but by asking what this company actually needs, what the risks actually are, and what the smartest way to address them looks like here. You know the difference between infrastructure that works and infrastructure that just exists.

Where You'll Work

• Bay Area presence (Palo Alto and San Francisco) strongly preferred; remote candidates with regular travel to the Bay Area will be considered for exceptional candidates

• Domestic and international travel expected as required

Who You Are

• You are genuinely motivated by the mission. Rare disease patients have few options, and the work BridgeBio does — and the integrity with which we do it — matters in ways that most companies cannot say. You want to be part of that.

• You bring 10 to 15+ years of experience in compliance, legal, or regulatory roles in biotech or pharma — and you have spent meaningful time supporting commercial operations, including product launch. You know what it looks like when a compliance program enables a business, not just constrains it.

• You have built compliance programs in growing organizations — not just maintained them. You have made decisions about what to prioritize, how to structure a team, and how to scale infrastructure ahead of growth. That experience is not theoretical for you.

• Your commercial compliance experience is substantive — HCP engagement, speaker programs, transparency reporting, monitoring and auditing, training, and policy. You understand the real-world complexity of keeping a field organization compliant while keeping it moving.

• You know the landscape — AKS, FCA, Sunshine Act, FDA promotional regulations, PhRMA and AdvaMed codes — not just as acronyms, but as frameworks you apply practically every day to help teams make good decisions in real situations.

• You have been through a product launch — ideally more than one — and you understand what it takes to build compliance infrastructure that scales with a commercial organization moving at speed. Rare disease or orphan drug experience is a genuine plus.

• You are creative and pragmatic in equal measure — you find compliant solutions rather than simply identifying problems, and you hold yourself and others to the highest standards of integrity while never losing sight of what we are here to do

• An advanced degree in a related field is a plus — but not a requirement. A JD is not expected, and not being a lawyer is no barrier whatsoever. What matters most is the quality of your thinking and judgment, not the credential on the wall.

• Your presence in a room is felt. You communicate with precision and confidence — whether you are advising a field team, presenting to senior leadership, or navigating a difficult conversation with a business partner who does not want to hear no.

• You influence without authority and partner without ego. At BridgeBio, compliance earns its seat at the table — and you are someone who understands how to do that through expertise, relationships, and a genuine commitment to helping the business succeed.

What You'll Do

The Director/Senior Director of Managed Access will help shape the strategy and operations of the BridgeBio Managed Access Program, which seeks to provide our medicines to patients in countries where we are not pursuing commercial efforts. BridgeBio’s objective function is to provide as many new and meaningful drugs that have a profound impact on as many patients as possible, which includes an imperative to create sustainable and efficient pathways to delivering our medicines around the world. This role is cross-functional and will coordinate efforts across groups within BridgeBio including Management, International, Medical, Regulatory, Supply, Quality, Pharmacovigilance, Legal, Finance, Commercial, and others. The role will be external facing and will interface with stakeholders including patients, physicians, partners, vendors, regulatory bodies, media, and others.

Responsibilities

• Help define/lead the strategic design and implementation of the program
• Ensure cross-functional alignment and harmonization of strategy with operational activities
• Evaluate external partnership opportunities to grow and scale the program
• Manage vendors supporting the initiative
• Coordinate the internal cross-functional working group and governance committee
• Project manage the intake and evaluation process for new patient requests
• Manage and refine the budget
• Question assumptions and challenge how things are done in service of the patient mission
• Respond to urgent issues
• Support the interface with external parties including patients, physicians, partners, vendors, regulatory bodies, media, etc.

Where You'll Work

• In-person work is a requirement in both our Palo Alto and San Francisco, CA offices
• Domestic and international travel is expected when required

Who You Are

• Passion for delivering life-changing treatment options into the hands of patients
• Motivation to create access to medicines in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs)
• Familiarity with the drug discovery & development process
• Proven scientific and business acumen
• Demonstrated communication skills and an ability to distill complexity into concise insights and recommendations
• Comfort operating in ambiguity and able to create clarity where none exists
• Detail-orientation without losing sight of enterprise-level priorities
• Bias toward action, with a strong sense of ownership and accountability
• Demonstrated ability to solve problems using a structured, analytical approach
• Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously
• Comfort working independently and as part of a diverse team
• Highly empathetic and emotionally intelligent
• Two of the following three criteria:
  • 2+ years of relevant business development / operations / strategy experience in biopharma
  • 2+ years of experience in a top-tier professional services firm (e.g., consulting or banking)
  • 2+ years of experience in the global health field
• PhD, MD, MBA, MPH, or other graduate degrees in the life sciences/healthcare field strongly preferred

Rewarding Those Who Make the Mission Possible

We have high expectations for our team members. We make sure those working hard for patients are rewarded and cared for in return. 

Financial Benefits:

• Market leading compensation 
• 401K with 100% employer match on first 3% & 50% on the next 2%
• Employee stock purchase program
• Pre-tax commuter benefits
• Referral program with $2,500 award for hired referrals

Health & Wellbeing:

• Comprehensive health care with 100% premiums covered - no cost to you and dependents
• Mental health support via Spring Health (6 therapy sessions & 6 coaching sessions)
• Hybrid work model - employees have the autonomy in where and how they do their work 
• Unlimited flexible paid time off - take the time that you need
• Paid parental leave - 4 months for birthing parents & 2 months for non-birthing parents
• Flex spending accounts & company-provided group term life & disability 
• Subsidized lunch via Forkable on days worked from our office

Skill Development & Career Paths:

• People are part of our growth and success story - from discovery to active drug trials and FDA pipelines, there are endless opportunities for skill development and internal mobility
• We provide career pathing through regular feedback, continuous education and professional development programs via LinkedIn Learning, LifeLabs, Spring Health & BetterUp Coaching
• We celebrate strong performance with financial rewards, peer-to-peer recognition, and growth opportunities

BridgeBio is a commercial stage biopharmaceutical company founded to discover, create, test, and deliver transformative medicines to treat patients who suffer from genetic diseases. We bridge the gap between remarkable advancements in genetic science in academic institutions and the delivery of meaningful medicines to patients. Founded in 2015, the company has built a portfolio of 30+ drug development programs ranging from preclinical to late-stage development in multiple therapeutic areas including genetic dermatology, precision oncology, cardiology, endocrinology, neurology, pulmonology, and renal disease, with three approved drugs and three additional positive Phase 3 results, making the company one of the most productive R&D engines in the industry’s history.

To learn more about our story and company culture, visit us at https://bridgebio.com

GondolaBio is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing next-generation therapeutics for genetic diseases. A sister company of BridgeBio, GondolaBio secured $300M in private financing from external investors in August 2024. The company aims to leverage cutting-edge biological research to create breakthrough medicines addressing high unmet needs across multiple therapeutic areas in monogenic rare diseases. Located on the Stanford Life Sciences campus, GondolaBio fosters a unique hybrid environment where top scientists from around the world collaborate with senior leadership and advisors, blending industry expertise with academic innovation.

What You'll Do

The Chief of Staff reports directly to the CEO of BridgeBio and GondolaBio. The primary objective of this role is to increase the leverage of the CEO, facilitate interactions and information flow across the executive leadership team, take on key cross-functional strategic initiatives, and serve as a strategic thought partner to the CEO, helping to manage and direct strategic decisions for the firm going forward.

As an extension of the CEO, this role is inherently flexible, taking a central role in projects that are of top priority for BridgeBio and GondolaBio. The person in this role will help determine the theory of how we want to manage the firm going forward. The person will have a demonstrated ability to make connections, manage conversations and negotiations with potential partners, interface with investors, and coordinate with Affiliate companies with a high degree of emotional intelligence. The person will ideate and manage strategic initiatives, organize, and interpret incoming data, evaluate, and review ongoing programs, articulate, and define strategy. The person in this role will have significant impact on BridgeBio/GondolaBio and our ability to serve patients.

The Chief of Staff should be:

• Patient-focused
• A clear and structured communicator who distills complexity into concise insights and recommendations
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and able to create clarity where none exists
• Influential without formal authority, able to align senior stakeholders and drive follow-through
• Detail-oriented but never lose sight of enterprise-level priorities
• Biased toward action, with a strong sense of ownership and accountability
• Resilient and adaptable, able to shift gears quickly as priorities evolve

Responsibilities

• Ensure cross-functional alignment and harmonization of strategy with operational activities across commercial launches, clinical programs, and new R&D
• Organize and interpret incoming data and discuss findings of relevant strategic analyses with senior leadership and relevant external stakeholders
• Help define / lead strategic initiatives (e.g., evaluate new scientific and information technologies, incubate new Affiliates or other ventures, and reduce rate-limiting steps in clinical development)
• Conduct weekly reviews of literature associated with ongoing and new programs of interest
• Manage key meetings with Board members and other senior leaders across BridgeBio, sometimes serving as a proxy/delegate for the CEO
• Question assumptions and challenge how things are done across BridgeBio in the service of the patient mission
• Respond to urgent issues and help coordinate cross-functional efforts
• Perform other strategic analyses and projects as needed
• Manage the operating rhythm of the Office of the CEO
• Ensure that participants are prepared prior to meetings with CEO
• Support in the representation of BridgeBio to external parties including patients, physicians, investors, media, partners, vendors, candidates, etc.

Where You'll Work

• In-person work is a requirement for 5-6 days per week. The role is primarily based out of our office in Palo Alto, CA with 1-2 days per week in our San Francisco, CA office
• Domestic and international travel is expected when required

Who You Are

• Passion for delivering life-changing treatment options into the hands of patients
• Familiarity with the drug discovery & development process
• Proven scientific and business acumen
• Demonstrated communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to solve problems using a structured, analytical approach
• Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously
• Comfort working independently and as part of a diverse team
• Exceptional written communication and presentation skills
• Comfort with ambiguity and a self-starter attitude
• Extremely fast learner
• Exquisitely detail-oriented
• Highly empathetic and emotionally intelligent
• 3 to 6+ years of relevant business development / operations / strategy experience in biopharma
• 2 to 3 years of experience in a top-tier professional services firm (e.g., consulting or banking) strongly preferred
• PhD, MD, MBA with a biopharmaceutical focus, or other graduate degrees in the life sciences strongly preferred

Rewarding Those Who Make the Mission Possible

We have high expectations for our team members. We make sure those working hard for patients are rewarded and cared for in return. 

Financial Benefits:

• Market leading compensation 
• 401K with 100% employer match on first 3% & 50% on the next 2%
• Employee stock purchase program
• Pre-tax commuter benefits
• Referral program with $2,500 award for hired referrals

Health & Wellbeing:

• Comprehensive health care with 100% premiums covered - no cost to you and dependents
• Mental health support via Spring Health (6 therapy sessions & 6 coaching sessions)
• Hybrid work model - employees have the autonomy in where and how they do their work 
• Unlimited flexible paid time off - take the time that you need
• Paid parental leave - 4 months for birthing parents & 2 months for non-birthing parents
• Flex spending accounts & company-provided group term life & disability 
• Subsidized lunch via Forkable on days worked from our office

Skill Development & Career Paths:

• People are part of our growth and success story - from discovery to active drug trials and FDA pipelines, there are endless opportunities for skill development and internal mobility
• We provide career pathing through regular feedback, continuous education and professional development programs via LinkedIn Learning, LifeLabs, Spring Health & BetterUp Coaching
• We celebrate strong performance with financial rewards, peer-to-peer recognition, and growth opportunities