Crinetics Pharmaceuticals

Crinetics Pharmaceuticals

Director, Program Management

Remote, USA · Director

Sponsorship not specified$186k-$233kDetected 89 days ago
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About the role

  • The Director, Program Management is a leadership role responsible for driving cross-functional execution and providing strategic operational leadership for Crinetics' drug development programs.
  • In addition to program-level leadership, the Director contributes to the maturation and scaling of PPM processes, tools, and best practices across the portfolio, and may mentor or guide junior project management staff.
  • Essential Job Functions and Responsibilities:

Responsibilities

  • Serve as a strategic partner to the Program Global Product Leader (GPL), proactively anticipating program needs, identifying strategic options, and designing scalable, efficient team processes and operating rhythms.
  • Own and drive the integrated program plan, critical path, and scenario analyses; lead program teams through complex planning exercises including regulatory submissions, clinical milestones, and portfolio-level decision points.
  • Facilitate identification of key dependencies, risks, and issues; drive mitigation strategies, decision support, escalation, and contingency planning at both program and portfolio levels.
  • Maintain dashboards and reporting mechanisms for program status, risks, decisions, and critical path updates for team and senior/executive leadership.
  • Maintain an integrated program calendar identifying critical decision points, governance reviews, team events, and key milestones.
  • Partner with Portfolio Management to ensure appropriate integration with overall portfolio strategy, timelines, and reporting, including alignment between development activities and portfolio-level planning.
  • Lead preparation for governance reviews and executive program presentations, ensuring materials are accurate, aligned, decision-oriented, and delivered on schedule.
  • Drive disciplined change control and documentation of scope/timeline changes, ensuring impacts are understood and communicated to stakeholders.
  • Champion consistency of PM practices, tools, and reporting within the broader PPM team; lead the development and continuous improvement of PM tools, templates, and best practices.

Requirements

  • Some walking and lifting up to 25 lbs. may be required.
  • 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.
  • You may be required to travel for up to 5% of your time.

Nice to have

  • Bachelor's degree in a science-related field required
  • advanced degree (MBA, MS, PhD, PharmD) strongly preferred.
  • 12+ years of relevant biotechnology/pharmaceutical experience with 7+ years of direct project/program management experience in drug development (clinical-stage experience required
  • late-stage and/or regulatory submission experience strongly preferred).
  • Demonstrated experience leading and influencing cross-functional teams in a matrix organization, driving integrated planning, milestone execution, and delivery across multiple functions and programs simultaneously.
  • Strong strategic thinking and ability to connect program-level activities to broader portfolio and corporate objectives.
  • Proactive, forward-thinking, and able to anticipate needs in dynamic environments with competing priorities
  • comfortable operating with ambiguity and making sound judgments with incomplete information.

Compensation

  • The salary range for this position is: $186,000 - $233,000.
  • In addition to your base pay, our total rewards program consists of a discretionary annual target bonus, stock options, ESPP, and 401k match.

Benefits

  • Environmental health and safety requirements also apply.
  • 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.

Company info

  • 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.

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.
  • 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.

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