Senior Director, Project 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 Senior Director, Project Management is responsible for leading and building a centralized PM team of skilled project management professionals who support our Global Product Teams, functions and corporate PM needs. The role will drive establishing and maintaining PM best practices to enable the PM organization to increase efficiency and consistency across our product development efforts. This position is expected to be located in San Diego.

Essential Job Functions and Responsibilities:

These may include but are not limited to:

Hire, coach, and manage a team of project managers, who manage the cross-functional global product development teams and functional PM support

Coordinate with the Global Product Leaders and Functional Heads to ensure appropriate coverage and management of the product development programs and other organization PM needs (e.g. functional needs, corporate initiatives)

Onboard and orient new PMs to expectations, processes and practices

Ensure that the projects are managed consistently leveraging PM best practices and standard tools

On an ongoing basis, work with the project managers to identify new best practices and ensure that they are implemented across project management

Engage with project management and operations functions not part of Project, Portfolio & Alliance Management (PPAM) for continuous learning and improvement of PM best practices (e.g., Clinical Operations, IT, CMC)

Partner closely with the Head of PMO on development of stage appropriate and value-added processes, best practices and tools (e.g., integrated timeline template, TPPs, stage gate process, governance, core and sub-team processes) to increase efficiency and consistency of global product development and team processes and deliverables.

Partner with Portfolio Management to improve ongoing program reporting and define and track program metrics to enhance portfolio management and team performance

Contribute to the leadership of the group as a member of the PPAM leadership team

Focus on both immediate/short-term (<2 years) and long range (5 years) strategic planning to determine function objectives

Key participant in headcount planning and determining departmental needs to meet corporate objectives

Other duties as assigned

Education and Experience:

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in a science related field required. Advanced degree in science related field preferred
• 15 years of relevant experience in biotechnology or pharmaceutical field with minimum of 8 years direct project management experience
• Minimum 10 years of experience in a supervisory role
• Demonstrated management and mentoring experience with strong desire to support individuals professional and personal development
• Experience in leading and building teams along with effectively identifying and resolving conflicts
• Adaptive leadership style to influence teams without formal authority
• Proven ability to drive change in a cross-functional matrixed organization with multiple stakeholders and constituents, with the ability and strength to successfully manage change
• Complex problem-solving abilities with focus on accomplishing company goals and objectives in a dynamic business environment
• Strong proficiency with project management practices, tools and methodology including Gantt Charts, MS Project, Power Point, SharePoint, One Pager, Power BI, integrated portfolio management, PPM platforms
• Excellent business acumen with demonstrated ability to develop solutions that support product, team, corporate and business objectives
• Strong communication, organization and negotiation skills are mandatory
• Highly collaborative with outstanding relationship building skills
  
  

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 10% of your time.

The Anticipated Base Salary Range: $216,000 - $270,000

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.

Vaccination requirement:

Following extensive monitoring, research, consideration of business implications, and advice from internal and external experts, Crinetics requires that all employees and contractors be fully vaccinated and have received the COVID-19 vaccines as a condition of employment. “Full vaccination” is defined as two weeks after both doses of a two-dose vaccine or two weeks since a single-dose vaccine has been administered. Anyone unable to be vaccinated, either because of a sincerely held religious belief or a medical condition or disability that prevents them from being vaccinated, can request a reasonable accommodation.