Associate Director/Director, FP&A
Iambic Therapeutics
San Diego, CA · $156k–$195k a year · Posted November 4, 2026
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About the job
JOB SUMMARY
We are hiring an Associate Director / Director, FP&A to join the growing Finance Team at Iambic (Nasdaq: IAM), an innovative life sciences and technology company redefining drug discovery and development by applying industry-leading AI and Machine Learning technology.
Reporting to the Sr Director, FP&A & Investor Relations, you will help own our budgeting and planning process, the consolidated financial model, and the long-range plan and cash runway scenarios. This is a high-ownership role on a lean , fast-paced team. It suits someone with strong financial modeling skills and business partnering experience who wants to help build and scale the Finance organization at a growing public biotech.
This position will be based in our San Diego Headquarters, with exceptions for outstanding candidates to work remotely.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Budgeting and Planning Cycles
- Serve as a finance business partner to Group leaders across the organization, including Computational, Discovery & Experimental, Clinical, and G&A, and project leaders for our partnership programs.
- Lead our annual budgeting process supporting our Executive and Group leaders in establishing near-term Group budgets and our long-range plan across our portfolio of internal Pipeline assets, Partnership programs, and Platform initiatives.
- Collaborate with Discovery R&D and Clinical Finance to lead our quarterly reporting process by providing Group leaders with key budget vs actuals analyses and working with them to update budget templates with the latest strategic and operational assumptions.
Build and Maintain the Financial Models
- Manage the consolidated three-statement financial models supporting our goal-based planning process, resource allocation, and strategic decision-making.
- Maintain stage-based cost models tied to portfolio timelines and turn them into long-range plans across multiple scenarios.
- Create detailed analyses and executive and Board-ready materials covering our financial performance and future outlook.
- Support Business Development with program economics and deal modeling for partnerships.
Scale Public Company Operations
- Collaborate with the Accounting team on month-end close activities and financial reporting and Procurement on PO approvals and expense controls.
- Support the development of scalable, gold-standard FP&A tools, systems and processes as the company grows.
- Identify and recommend opportunities for process improvements and efficiency enhancements within the FP&A function.
Team Development
- Lead day-to-day FP&A operations, including planning and reporting timelines
- Mentor and guide a team of high-performing colleagues across the FP&A team.
QUALIFICATIONS
Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related discipline preferred. Equivalent work experience will be considered; MBA and CFA a plus.
- 8+ years of professional experience in FP&A within biotech, pharma or life sciences, and/or investment banking, consulting or corporate development with a healthcare or life sciences focus.
- Demonstrated expertise building and running complex three-statement, multi-scenario financial models.
- Several years as a finance business partner in an operating company, ideally in biotech or life sciences with proven ability to collaborate with executives and department heads, including scientific leaders, on budgets, tradeoffs and resource allocation.
- Experience managing and developing finance professionals, including hiring.
- Experience leading recurring planning and reporting cycles on tight timelines, in close partnership with Accounting.
- Familiarity with drug development economics (program-level costs, development stages, partnership structures) strongly preferred.
- Public-company experience, such as earnings preparation, SEC filing support or investor materials preferred.
- Experience with Adaptive Planning (or a similar planning tool) and NetSuite (or a similar ERP) preferred.
ABOUT IAMBIC THERAPEUTICS Iambic Therapeutics (Nasdaq: IAM) is a technology and clinical-stage life sciences company headquartered in San Diego. By utilizing molecular superintelligence — integrating proprietary AI with automated, scalable chemistry and biology experimentation — our platform is designed to address the totality of drug discovery and development. At Iambic, we are building an engine that is designed to power the future of medicine. Learn more at iambic.ai http://iambic.ai.
MISSION & VALUES Our mission is to make better technology for better medicines. Three values guide how we work:
- Bold. We are courageous, take thoughtful risks, and approach challenges with tenacity.
- Innovative. We are creative and find new solutions that deliver impact.
- Collaborative. We respect one another and partner with integrity.
We value the range of perspectives our people bring, and we work to build an environment where every team member can contribute and grow.
PAY AND BENEFITS The pay range for this role is listed above. Actual pay depends on factors including experience, skills, and location. Eligible employees in the U.S. receive company-paid medical coverage, flexible spending accounts, voluntary life insurance, 401(k) matching and flexible time off. We are in a brand-new state-of-the art facility in beautiful San Diego with a community gym, dining, and easy access to great places to live and play.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY Iambic is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, veteran or military status, or any other characteristic protected by law.