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$270K - 301K a year
Align global and regional strategies for pharmaceutical assets, facilitate cross-functional collaboration, and develop integrated evidence generation plans.
Extensive experience in pharmaceutical or biotech industry strategy, medical affairs, or clinical development, with supervisory experience and deep understanding of evidence generation and regulatory landscapes.
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: We are seeking a visionary and strategic leader to join our team as our Senior Director, Global Strategy and Evidence Integration. This role is critical to ensuring that each region’s medical affairs strategies and evidence generation activities are tightly aligned for every asset within our portfolio, ensuring each asset is supported by a globally aligned cross-functional strategy and evidence generation plan. This role will serve as the key and facilitating link between asset leads, regional teams, and strategic partners across the organization, driving integration, consistency, and excellence in planning from in preparations for launch through lifecycle management. Essential Job Functions and Responsibilities: These may include but are not limited to: • Partner with product asset and regional medical leads to ensure unified strategy and evidence generation plans across global regions. • Facilitate cross-functional collaboration among Medical Affairs, Clinical Development, Regulatory, Commercial, and Market Access teams. • Ensure global strategic plans reflect regional insights, regulatory requirements, and commercial priorities. • Design and implement scalable processes for early-stage and marketed assets strategic planning and evidence generation. • Develop and manage timelines for the evolution of global asset plans from initial concept through annual strategic refresh. • Develop and lead the creation of integrated yearly strategy and evidence generation plans for each asset, incorporating input from cross-functional teams and regional stakeholders. • Implement and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) to track progress and impact, making data-driven adjustments as necessary. • Establish governance frameworks to review and approve strategic and evidence plans. • Communicate planning milestones, deliverables, and dependencies across internal stakeholders. • Serve as a strategic thought partner to senior leadership, providing insights and recommendations to optimize portfolio-level planning. • Identify opportunities to enhance planning efficiency, data integration, and cross-regional collaboration. • Champion best practices in evidence generation, including real-world data, health economics, and patient-centered outcomes. • Lead change management initiatives to ensure smooth adoption of global strategic planning frameworks and processes within the organization. • Develop and execute a communication plan to keep all stakeholders informed about program progress, successes, and challenges. • Other duties as assigned Education and Experience: Required: • Advanced degree (MS, MBA, PhD, PharmD, MD) in life sciences, public health, or related field preferred. • 13+ years of experience in pharmaceutical/biotech industry, with a strong background in strategy, medical affairs, or clinical development. • 10 years of supervisory experience. • Proven track record of leading cross-functional and global initiatives. • Deep understanding of evidence generation, regulatory landscapes, and commercialization pathways. • Exceptional communication, leadership, and organizational skills, with the ability to influence and engage stakeholders at all levels. • Ability to navigate ambiguity and drive clarity across complex stakeholder environments. 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 5% of your time. The Anticipated Base 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. 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. Salary Range The salary range for this position is: $270000 - $301000. 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.
This job posting was last updated on 1/9/2026