Strategic Leader, Lifecycle Management

Job Description

Executive Life Cycle Management Director | Neurocrine Biosciences

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Neurocrine Biosciences, located in San Diego, CA. The company is a leading biopharmaceutical organization dedicated to discovering, developing, and commercializing life-changing treatments for patients with neurological, psychiatric, endocrine, and immunological disorders. This role is crucial for providing strategic leadership in managing the lifecycle of commercial and near-launch products, with the primary goal of maximizing long-term patient benefit and business value.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person, San Diego, CA
• Pay: $227000–$398000 yearly
• Team: Leads cross-functional Lifecycle Team
• Mission: Maximizes the long term patient and business value of launched brands

What You’ll Actually Do
• Lead lifecycle strategy: You will lead the development, alignment, and ongoing evolution of the integrated lifecycle strategy and long-range plan for assigned launched and near-launch brands.
• Serve as matrix leader: You will serve as the senior matrix leader for the cross-functional Lifecycle Team, establishing its vision, strategic context, priorities, decision framework, operating model, and measures of success.
• Partner with Commercial and Medical Affairs: You will partner closely with Commercial and Medical Affairs leadership to connect annual brand and medical plans with the broader, multi-year lifecycle strategy.
• Prioritize opportunities: You will identify, evaluate, and prioritize opportunities to maximize patient benefit and sustainable product value, including new indications, formulations, or market access strategies.
• Develop integrated evidence strategy: You will lead the development of an integrated evidence strategy across Clinical Development, Medical Affairs, Health Economics and Outcomes Research, and Commercial functions to address evolving stakeholder needs.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s or Arts degree and 16+ years of biotechnology or pharmaceutical experience in commercial strategy, brand leadership, new-product planning, portfolio strategy, product development, or lifecycle management.
• Experience: Demonstrated experience with post-launch lifecycle planning, leading complex multidisciplinary teams in a matrixed organization, and direct experience developing or leading strategy for at least one launched pharmaceutical or biotechnology brand.
• Skills: Strong understanding of pharmaceutical commercialization, demonstrated experience partnering closely with Medical Affairs, strong commercial and financial acumen, proven ability to integrate scientific, clinical, market, and financial information into strategic recommendations, and strong executive presence.
• Bonus: Experience contributing to or leading a pharmaceutical product launch and subsequent post-launch strategy is strongly preferred.