Director, Global Product Leader

Crinetics is a pharmaceutical company based in San Diego, California, developing much-needed therapies for people with endocrine diseases and endocrine-related tumors. 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. Crinetics is known for its inclusive workplace culture. We are also a dog-friendly workplace. 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 several early or one late-stage development programs and contribute to portfolio strategy for other programs within a growing preclinical and clinical stage pipeline covering endocrinology and endocrine related tumors. The Director, Global Product 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 the full lifecycle management of their product and ensure that strategic plans and goals are met.  The Global Product Leader will ensure cross-functional and organizational readiness for regulatory filings, IND applications, and planning through commercial launch activities, depending on the development stage of the asset. All Global Product Leaders have regular and direct communication 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(s), partnering with the Project Manager and functional leaders from development, regulatory, CMC, operations, commercial and other business functions.
• Have clear ownership of progressing the program forward and be the primary point of contact for the CEO and executive leadership on strategy, risks and execution progress.
• Contribute to corporate strategic initiatives including portfolio-level strategy for entry and expansion into oncology and contribution to other oncology programs at Crinetics.
• 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.
• Drive the team to out-of-box thinking, effectively run/mitigate/communicate risk, make decisions, and handle conflict and change.
• Challenge assumptions, timelines and expenses at program level, pressure tests plans, create alternative scenarios to enable strategic and operational agility.
• Manage prioritization of program team activities to enhance program value.  Drive team objective and goal setting, prioritization, and adherence to plan and strategy.  
• Lead and communicate 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.
• Support execution of company sponsored publication plans to ensure timely production of manuscripts and other communication tools.  Ensure presentations and other product communications are clear and effective.  
• Ensure Product and Sub-team readiness for regulatory filings and commercial launch readiness
• Contribute to corporate strategic initiatives including portfolio-