Associate Director, Office of CEO

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:

A unique opportunity to be part of the CEO office and have a direct line of sight to the strategy of a rapidly growing biotech company. Reporting to the Chief of Staff and Head of Portfolio Strategy, Crinetics Pharmaceuticals is seeking an internal Associate Director, CEO Office to support multiple aspects of the business driving efficiency within the organization. You will be working on special initiatives, cross-departmental communication, top-level business unit priorities & goals, strategic planning, and processes. This position plays a key role within the CEO office focused on business planning and market analysis activities by providing objective, in-depth information on current and future markets, customers and competitors as well as studying the experiences of other companies that have gone before us. The position works closely with the Chief of Staff and team within the CEO office to evaluate and assess different business objectives and opportunities for growth. This role will be focused on driving critical business insights for the CEO office and partner with stakeholders throughout the company to drive evaluations and execute on ideas. The successful candidate will embrace being a generalist who uses a combination of science and business acumen to inform recommendations and also have a mind for higher-level strategy.

Essential Job Functions and Responsibilities:

These may include but are not limited to:

• Partner with the current Chief of Staff and CEO to define business priorities, drive execution of key initiatives, and create alignment between and within teams.

• Be a strategic thought partner to the Chief of Staff and the CEO

• Evaluate and drive special projects coordinated through the Office of the CEO that deliver on different business objectives (including corporate growth and product-related)

• Identify opportunities to achieve operational excellence for a rapidly growing commercial organization

• Use analytical and strategic thinking to solve complex problems and drive business decisions through well thought out recommendations to stakeholders

• Provide direction in planning, designing and implementing strategic business objectives, including synthesizing complex business problems, drawing out strategic insights, and co-developing quantitative business models

• Provide project management support to the office of the CEO and help build presentations for executive leadership team and board of directors

• Conduct deep dive research on different scientific and therapeutic areas distilling key information for presentations

• Analyze competitive therapeutic landscape from the financial and scientific perspectives, synthesizing and communicating key findings to internal stakeholders in a concise and timely manner

• Partner with corporate strategy and commercial teams on strategic assessments of different market opportunities to support growth within early discovery programs

• Proactively monitor and track industry trends and competitive assets on market and in development within therapeutic areas relevant to the organization

• Identify and reconcile similarities and/or differences of insights gathered from publicly available resources with those gathered internally by market research and internal market analysis 

• Support management by creating and contributing to BoD, investor, and other presentations

• Spearhead and/or facilitate cross-functional, collaborative initiatives within the organization as part of synthesizing relevant insights for business challenges and decisions

• Integrate information from public domain and distill to inform management through clearly communicated presentations

• Other duties as assigned