Senior Director, Global Product Team Leader

Crinetics is a pharmaceutical company based in San Diego, California, developing much-needed therapies for people with endocrine diseases. We were founded by a dedicated team of scientists with the simple belief that better therapies developed from rigorous innovation can lead to better lives. Our work continues to make a real difference in the lives of patients. We have a prolific discovery engine and a robust preclinical and clinical development pipeline. We are driven by science with a patient-centric and team-oriented culture. This is an exciting time to join Crinetics as we shape our organization into the world’s premier fully-integrated endocrine company from discovery to patients. Join our team as we transform the lives of others.

Position Summary

This position will lead programs in early development within an expansive pipeline covering endocrinology and metabolic disease areas. The Global Product Team Leader is responsible for the strategic leadership of a Global Product Team, overseeing strategic planning, decision making, and resource/budget management and prioritization across development, regulatory, CMC, operations, and business functions to ensure rapid, efficient, and successful progression of the program(s). This role will be responsible for lifecycle management of their product and ensuring that strategic plans and goals are met. The Global Product Team Leader will ensure cross-functional and organizational readiness for regulatory filings, IND application, and planning through commercial launch activities, depending on the development stage of the asset. All Global Product Team Leads have regular and direct communications with the CEO and are expected to be the CEO’s direct delegate of authority for the successful progression of candidates through development to successful commercial launch and lifecycle management. They are also expected to represent their products effectively to the board of directors, key scientific and medical leaders, and investors

Essential Job Functions And Responsibilities

These may include but are not limited to:

• Lead cross-functional Global Product Team(GPT), from preclinical development candidate selection through proof of concept and into mid stage development.
• Accountable for building strategic and coordinated product development plans, aligned with program vision, business objectives and key results and are differentiated from competitor products. To include creation and integration of clinical development plans, lifecycle strategies and regulatory submissions.
• Drives the team to out-of-box thinking, effectively run/mitigate/communicate risk, make decisions, and handle conflict and change.
• Challenges assumptions, timelines and expenses at program level, pressure tests plans, creates alternative scenarios to enable strategic and operational agility.
• Manages prioritization of program team activities to enhance program value
• Leads and communicates the product development strategy at governance meetings, accountable for aligning with executive leadership and for communicating with external collaborators.
• Partner with functional heads across all key product development areas, including Discovery, Development, Regulatory, CMC, and Commercial, to ensure strategic alignment and achievement of program deliverables.
• Responsible for maintaining a high degree of GPT effectiveness through collaboration, influence, and, as necessary, coaching and mentoring of cross-functional team members.
• Maintain strong industry awareness and knowledge to ensure that product plans reflect current scientific/medical developments and regulatory/commercial environment.
• Contribute to corporate strategic initiatives including portfolio-level strategy discussions.
  
  

Required

Education and Experience:

• Demonstrated leadership of programs in early and mid-stage product development.
• Preferred experience in endocrine or metabolism drug development including transitioning of programs from Discovery to Development.
• Bachelor’s degree in a science related field required. Masters or Doctoral degree with a scientific focus preferred.
• Minimum of 10 years related experience in the biotech or pharmaceutical industry, with strong working knowledge of drug development.
• Minimum of 5 years direct experience as a product team leader or functional leader on Product teams.
• Proven ability to successfully lead and manage effectively across a matrix organization with multiple stakeholders and constituents.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills able with demonstrated ability to work with executive management will be critical to success.
• Highly self-motivated and able to independently and effectively drive for results.
• Enthusiasm for working in a dynamic environment with a sense of urgency and aggressive timelines.
• Demonstrates a creative and entrepreneurial mindset.
  
  

Physical Demands And Work Environment

Physical Activities: On a continuous basis, sit at desk for a long period of time; intermittently answer telephone and write or use a keyboard to communicate through written means. Some walking and lifting up to 25 lbs. may be required. The noise level in the work environment is typically low to moderate. The physical demands described above are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions and responsibilities of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions and responsibilities.

Travel

Position can be local or remote based. If remote, you will be required to come to the office on an as needed basis. You may be required to travel for up to 25% of your time.

The Anticipated Base Salary Range: $216,000 -$270,000

In addition to your base pay, our total rewards program consists of a discretionary annual target bonus, stock options, ESPP, and 401k match. We also provide top-notch health insurance plans for employees (and their families) to include medical, dental, vision and basic life insurance, 20 days of PTO, 10 paid holidays, and a winter company shutdown.

The final salary offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to the type and length of experience and education. Crinetics Pharmaceuticals is a multi-state employer, and this salary range may not reflect positions that work in other states. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range during the hiring process.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Crinetics is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of sex, sexual orientation, gender (including gender identity and/or expression), pregnancy, race, color, creed, national or ethnic origin, citizenship status, religion or similar philosophical beliefs, disability, marital and civil union status, age, genetic information, veteran status or any personal attribute or characteristic that is protected by applicable local, state or federal laws

Vaccination Requirement

Following extensive monitoring, research, consideration of business implications, and advice from internal and external experts, Crinetics requires that all employees and contractors be fully vaccinated and have received the COVID-19 vaccines as a condition of employment. “Full vaccination” is defined as two weeks after both doses of a two-dose vaccine or two weeks since a single-dose vaccine has been administered. Anyone unable to be vaccinated, either because of a sincerely held religious belief or a medical condition or disability that prevents them from being vaccinated, can request a reasonable accommodation.