Executive Director, Program & Portfolio Management

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. seeks a senior leader to provide program management leadership across product development teams, ensuring alignment on timelines, milestones and cross-functional Dependencies.

You will develop standard tools and processes, mentor program managers, and coordinate with executive management to drive strategic decisions with accountability and measurable impact across the organization.

Qualifications

• 17+ years of multi-disciplinary pharmaceutical/biotech experience.
• Experience with IND/CTA, NDA/MAA submissions.
• Experience managing cross-functional programs and global drug development.
• Advanced knowledge of project management practices, tools and methodology.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Program Leads to develop and execute project team strategy.
• Interface with Executive Management on requirements and milestones.
• Recruit and mentor program managers.
• Maintain integrated project schedules and identify critical paths.
• Assess risk and implement mitigation plans.
• Manage project budgets and communicate updates to stakeholders.
• Foster cross-functional alignment across R&D functions.
• Oversee external vendor activities when required.
• Document project decisions and lessons learned.

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional leadership

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Budget management

Mentoring

Process improvement

Communication

Education

BS/BA in Life Science

Master's degree (preferred)

PhD (preferred)

Job description

Who We Are:

Neurocrine Biosciences is a leading biopharmaceutical company with a simple purpose: to relieve suffering for people with great needs. We are dedicated to discovering, developing and commercializing life-changing treatments for patients with under-addressed neurological, psychiatric, endocrine and immunological disorders. The company's diverse portfolio includes FDA-approved treatments for tardive dyskinesia, chorea associated with Huntington's disease, classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia, hyperphagia in Prader-Willi syndrome, endometriosis* and uterine fibroids*, as well as a robust pipeline including multiple compounds in mid- to late-phase clinical development across our core therapeutic areas. For more than three decades, we have applied our unique insight into neuroscience and the interconnections between brain and body systems to treat complex conditions. We relentlessly pursue medicines to ease the burden of debilitating diseases and disorders, because you deserve brave science. For more information, visit neurocrine.com , and follow the company on LinkedIn , X , Facebook and YouTube . ( *in collaboration with AbbVie )

At Neurocrine, strong leadership drives both business results and team success. We look for leaders who think strategically, anticipate what's ahead and set clear direction, while building and empowering high-performing teams. Successful leaders foster an environment where people are motivated to do their best work and deliver meaningful, measurable impact through sound decision-making and accountability.

About the Role:

Provide leadership, coordination and management for the program management function and ensure program management support for all Neurocrine product development teams. Drive team performance and communication to ensure cross-functional alignment on goals and timelines and that teams are equipped to deliver milestones on or ahead of schedule. Develop standard program and portfolio management tools and processes. Highlight program and organizational issues that require management review and communicate team accomplishments and applied learning to the wider organization. _

Your Contributions (include, but are not limited to):

• Partner with Program Leads to manage the development and execution of project team strategy
• Interface with Program Leads and Executive Management on project requirements, status review, and key development decisions
• Recruit new program managers to fulfill business needs
• Mentor Managers to develop project management skills via one-on-one mentoring, training, and development opportunities
• Establish and maintain functionally integrated project schedules to enable accurate project analyses, identification of critical path activities and areas of resource constraint
• Assess project risk and support mitigation planning and tracking
• Identify and manage project objectives, work plans, timelines, budgets, providing formal and informal status updates to stakeholders as needed
• Facilitate and document project team meetings, cross-functional communication and decision making, ensuring alignment with internal functional groups and leadership
• Develop relationships with key functional stakeholder groups and their leadership across the organization
• Develop and monitor project management group budget
• Identify opportunities for business process improvements and recommend solutions
• Manage key external vendor activities and associated budget when required.
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements:

• BS/BA degree in a life science AND 17+ years of multi-disciplinary experience in the pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry. Experience with both early and late phase pharmaceutical project management including IND/CTA, NDA/MAA submissions. Successful track record of managing complex cross-functional programs including knowledge of drug development process and inter-dependencies of key functions to include research, pharmaceutical development, non-clinical, clinical PK, metabolism, clinical research and manufacturing. Experience with drug development outside the US is desirable OR
• Master's degree preferred AND 15+ years of similar experience noted above OR
• PhD preferred AND 12+ years of similar experience noted
• Advanced knowledge of project management practices, tools and methodology
• Excellent team member with a strong willingness and ability to work across projects at different stages of development in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment
• Advanced knowledge of early and late phase pharmaceutical project management including IND/CTA, NDA/MAA submissions
• Advanced knowledge of the drug development process and inter-dependencies of key functions such as research, pharmaceutical development, non-clinical, clinical PK, metabolism, clinical research and manufacturing
• Acts as a "trusted advisor" across the company and may be recognized as an external expert
• Provides strategy, vision and direction regarding issues that may have company-wide impact