Regional Medical Affairs Director - WEST US

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.

Territory: California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming

The employee hired must reside in one of these locations.

Position Summary:

The Regional Medical Affairs Director, West (RMAD) is a member of a field-based team which is an extension of the US Regional Medical Affairs organization.  This position will report into the National Field Medical Executive Director and will initially serve in a Player/Coach role.  They will be responsible for developing and enhancing professional relationships with specified investigators, key thought leaders, institutions, and organizations in their assigned geographical region.  The RMAD will also lead a team of Medical Science Liaisons (MSLs) who focus on medical & scientific engagement with identified healthcare and decision maker stakeholders by providing medical and scientific support via scientific exchange, addressing customers medical and scientific informational needs, and collaborating in mutually identified areas of medical, education, clinical research, and health economics and outcomes research (HEOR).  The RMAD is recognized as a team leader and an internal subject matter expert.

Essential Job Functions and Responsibilities:

These may include but are not limited to:

As a Coach:

• Direct a growing team of MSLs, ensuring they are well-trained on medical initiatives and corporate policies and procedures.
• Provide consistent and timely performance feedback to MSLs on the team based on observations of interactions with external stakeholders and metrics as part of the overall performance evaluation.
• Provide strong leadership to motivate the team and individual members to achieve execution excellence.
• Actively manage and coach a team of MSLs by encouraging professional and personal development, leading by example and nurturing individual growth to optimize team performance.
• Represent the field as the primary point of contact between the commercial and medical organization and leads the ongoing evolution of the medical and commercial collaboration model. 
• Take a customer-centric, metrics based and data-driven approach to setting measurable goals and ensuring the MSL Management Team executes successfully in alignment with the US medical strategy. 
• Provide leadership and strategic direction to the field medical team in order to achieve performance objectives as they ensure the MSLs effectively cultivate Key opinion leaders (KOL) relationships in academic and clinical medicine settings at the local, regional, and national levels in the field of endocrinology. 
• Motivate direct reports to ensure their MSL teams perform to meet and even exceed quantitative and qualitative metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
• Assess and coach individuals, ensuring development plans will be executed as appropriate
• Accountable and responsible for the performance of their field medical team as well as for instilling a positive climate within their teams in alignment with Crinetics’ culture. 

As a Player:

• identify, establish, and manage collaborative professional relationships with select Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), investigators, and key decision makers (KDMs) at a regional level to identify and addresses scientific needs regarding areas of therapeutic interest or products.

• Identify and develop relationships with national and regional medical and scientific KOLs consistent with the strategy and objectives of Medical Affairs and overall strategies in relation to our products.
• Identify and cultivate relationships with identified payer opinion leaders, formulary decision makers in practice and/or academia to discuss therapeutic areas important at Crinetics.
• Engage in scientific exchange and education about Crinetics’ compounds and emerging therapies and ensure appropriate dissemination of clinical and scientific information in