Director, Project and Portfolio Management

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. 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:

The Director, Project Management is responsible for the facilitation of late-stage Global Product Team and Sub-Team meetings in close partnership with the Global Product Team Leader. The Director will be responsible for creating and maintaining integrated project plans, ensuring compliance with governance and change control processes and providing management to Project Managers providing additional support to the product. This position may be remote with expectation of being in San Diego 1-2 times per quarter. 

Essential Job Functions and Responsibilities:

These may include but are not limited to:

• Facilitate cross-functional Global Product Team and Sub-Team meetings partnering with the Global Product Team Leader and other functional leads to develop, adapt and drive the product strategy
• Manage an integrated product plan which considers near and long-term cross functional impacts as well as region and country perspectives   
• Develop integrated, cross-functional program timelines, budgets and scenarios for Crinetics’ Discovery, Development, and Commercial programs 
• Focus on immediate and short-term (<2 years) strategic planning horizon
• Meeting management for Global Product Team and Functional Sub-Team meetings including facilitation, setting agendas, recording, communicating and following-through on action items, and tracking decisions
• Integrate the various cross-functional timelines to a single global program timeline that is maintained in real time within the project and portfolio management system and can be accessed by finance and management as necessary to make decisions 
• Drive team objective setting, prioritization and ensure adherence to plan and strategy 
• Drive risk management, issue identification and resolution and contingency planning 
• Manage monthly status reporting including program dashboards and management updates 
• Participate in drug development strategy sessions 
• Provide support to project portfolio development and prioritization  
• Serve as conduit between Global Product Team Leader and all cross-functional and global functional areas  
• Interface with financial planning team to ensure changes in budgets are captured in the forecast models. Manage cross functional team inputs for annual budgets, reforecasts, and long-range plans 
• Work with functional areas to manage program level resource demand forecasting 
• Assist in creation of PM tools and templates 
• Manage PPAM or enterprise initiatives from initiation, planning, execution to control, and closing phases; overseeing and mitigating project risks and issues and reporting on project status  
• Communicate with governance committees and functional leaders to address program needs, issues, resources and recommendations
• Provide guidance/mentoring and train staff members as necessary. Provide regular feedback and coaching for their professional development
• Other duties as assigned  

Education and Experience:

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in a science related field required. Advanced degree in science related field preferred
• 12 years of relevant experience in biotechnology or pharmaceutical field with minimum of 6 years direct project management experience, an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience and training may be considered
• Minimum 8 years of experience in a supervisory role
• Strong understanding of comprehensive drug development and commercialization process with experience supporting cross-functional global product teams
• Strong and effective written and verbal communication skills are required, since contact with all levels of management, employees and government agencies are necessary
• Demonstrated experience with facilitation and ability to successfully influence across all levels cross-functionally
• Demonstrated experience working on both early and late-stage product development, including regulatory filings (BLA/NDA, sBLAs/sNDAs), and product life cycle management
• Proven ability to function effectively across a matrix organization with multiple stakeholders and constituents, with the ability and strength to focus a team to work towards its goals 
• Strong understanding of Project Management principles
• Experience with project portfolio management software systems (e.g. Planisware)
• Highly collaborative with outstanding relationship building skills
• Management experience and superior teamwork skills are essential as is the ability to lead and build teams and to effectively identify and resolve conflicts
• Must have excellent PC-based computer skills including Windows, MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint), MS Project, MS SharePoint, and Reporting tools

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.

Laboratory Activities (if applicable): Biology and chemical laboratory environment experience needed. Environmental health and safety requirements also apply.

Travel:

You may be required to travel for up to 15% of your time.(if not locally based, estimated F2F meetings in San Diego ~1-2 times per quarter).

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.

Total Compensation:

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.

Salary Range

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.