Scientific Director, Pharmaceutical Development Analytics

neurocrine; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 260,000 - 340,000; Full time

Job summary

Neurocrine Biosciences seeks a Senior Scientific Director in Pharmaceutical Development Analytics to lead portfolio-level statistical and quantitative sciences for drug product development from post-Concept through commercialization.

You will design advanced DoE, multivariate analyses and modeling, integrate multi-source data, and guide robust control strategies while ensuring regulatory alignment with ICH guidelines. Strong leadership and collaboration are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering and 12+ years of pharmaceutical industry experience OR
• Master's degree in Chemical Engineering and 10+ years of similar experience noted above OR
• PhD in in Chemical Engineering and 8 + years of similar experience noted above
• Extensive previous managerial experiences also required
• Demonstrated expertise in DoE, multivariate analysis, process characterization, statistical modeling, and data visualization
• Working knowledge of solid oral dosage formulation and manufacturing processes (e.g., granulation, blending, compression, coating); hands‑on development experience preferred
• Experience supporting late-stage development and global regulatory submissions
• Proficiency with JMP, R, Python, or comparable statistical software
• Excellent collaboration, communication, and technical influencing skills

Responsibilities

• Serve as the portfolio-level statistical and quantitative sciences expert supporting drug product development from post-Proof of Concept through commercialization
• Provide technical leadership across multiple CMC programs to strengthen process understanding, lifecycle knowledge management, and data-driven decision making
• Mentor scientists and promote best practices in statistical thinking, experimental design, and quantitative analysis
• Design and apply advanced statistical methods, including Design of Experiments (DoE), multivariate analysis, response surface modeling, and process variability analysis
• Integrate development, analytical, and manufacturing data to identify critical material attributes (CMAs), critical process parameters (CPPs), process sensitivities, and design space
• Translate complex datasets into scientifically sound recommendations that improve formulation performance, manufacturability, and product quality
• Partner with Pharmaceutical Development scientists to optimize formulations and manufacturing processes using data-driven and mechanistic approaches
• Support process characterization, scale-up, robustness assessments, risk analyses, troubleshooting, and root-cause investigations
• Guide development of robust control strategies by linking material attributes, process parameters, and product performance
• Serve as the quantitative lead supporting CMC regulatory submissions (IND, CTA, NDA, BLA, MAA) and lifecycle management activities
• Ensure statistical methodologies align with regulatory expectations and ICH guidelines (Q8, Q9, Q10, Q14)
• Support regulatory responses by providing clear, scientifically defensible interpretation of CMC data

Skills

Design of Experiments

Multivariate analysis

Process characterization

Statistical modeling

Data visualization

JMP

R

Python

Education

Bachelor's in Chemical Engineering

Master's in Chemical Engineering

PhD in Chemical Engineering

Tools

JMP

R

Python

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 )

About the Role:

The Scientific Director, Pharmaceutical Development Analytics is a senior technical individual contributor and portfolio-level quantitative expert responsible for advancing data-driven drug product development across the CMC lifecycle. Embedded within Manufacturing, Science & Technology (MSAT), this role applies advanced statistics, experimental design, quantitative modeling, and mechanistic understanding to strengthen formulation and process development, process characterization, control strategies, and regulatory submissions.

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

Scientific & Technical Leadership

• Serve as the portfolio-level statistical and quantitative sciences expert supporting drug product development from post-Proof of Concept through commercialization
• Provide technical leadership across multiple CMC programs to strengthen process understanding, lifecycle knowledge management, and data-driven decision making
• Mentor scientists and promote best practices in statistical thinking, experimental design, and quantitative analysis

Development Analytics & Modeling

• Design and apply advanced statistical methods, including Design of Experiments (DoE), multivariate analysis, response surface modeling, and process variability analysis
• Integrate development, analytical, and manufacturing data to identify critical material attributes (CMAs), critical process parameters (CPPs), process sensitivities, and design space
• Translate complex datasets into scientifically sound recommendations that improve formulation performance, manufacturability, and product quality

Formulation & Process Development

• Partner with Pharmaceutical Development scientists to optimize formulations and manufacturing processes using data-driven and mechanistic approaches
• Support process characterization, scale-up, robustness assessments, risk analyses, troubleshooting, and root-cause investigations
• Guide development of robust control strategies by linking material attributes, process parameters, and product performance

Regulatory & Lifecycle Support

• Serve as the quantitative lead supporting CMC regulatory submissions (IND, CTA, NDA, BLA, MAA) and lifecycle management activities
• Ensure statistical methodologies align with regulatory expectations and ICH guidelines (Q8, Q9, Q10, Q14)
• Support regulatory responses by providing clear, scientifically defensible interpretation of CMC data

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering and 12+ years of pharmaceutical industry experience OR
• Master's degree in Chemical Engineering and 10+ years of similar experience noted above OR
• PhD in in Chemical Engineering and 8 + years of similar experience noted above
• Extensive previous managerial experiences also required
• Demonstrated expertise in DoE, multivariate analysis, process characterization, statistical modeling, and data visualization
• Working knowledge of solid oral dosage formulation and manufacturing processes (e.g., granulation, blending, compression, coating); hands‑on development experience preferred
• Experience supporting late-stage development and global regulatory submissions
• Proficiency with JMP, R, Python, or comparable statistical software
• Excellent collaboration, communication, and technical influencing skills

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