Executive Life Cycle Management Director

Neurocrine Biosciences • San Diego, CA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Provides strategic leadership for the lifecycle management of assigned commercial-stage and near-launch products, with a primary emphasis on maximizing the long term patient and business value of launched brands. Leads the development and advancement of an integrated, multi-year lifecycle strategy that connects Commercial, Medical Affairs, Clinical Development, Regulatory Affairs, Market Access, Health Economics and Outcomes Research, and other relevant functions. Establishes the strategic context, creates shared ownership of the total lifecycle plan, and ensures that cross-functional perspectives are translated into clear priorities, investment choices, and coordinated execution. Works particularly closely with Commercial and Medical Affairs leadership to ensure that market, patient, healthcare professional, payer, scientific, clinical, and competitive insights are foundational to lifecycle decisions.

Requirements

• BS or BA degree AND 16+ years of biotechnology or pharmaceutical experience: Significant experience in commercial strategy, brand leadership, new-product planning, portfolio strategy, product development, or lifecycle management within the biotechnology or pharmaceutical industry OR MA degree or MBA AND 14+ years of biotechnology or pharmaceutical experience OR PharmD, PhD, MD AND 12+ years of biotechnology or pharmaceutical experience
• Demonstrated experience with post-launch lifecycle planning, including identifying and advancing opportunities to sustain growth, strengthen differentiation, expand the evidence base, address evolving stakeholder needs, or extend product value
• Experience contributing to or leading a pharmaceutical product launch and subsequent post-launch strategy is strongly preferred
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex, multidisciplinary teams in a matrixed organization and deliver results through influence rather than direct authority
• Strong understanding of pharmaceutical commercialization, including brand strategy, market development, forecasting, competitive strategy, market access, evidence needs, and performance measurement
• Demonstrated experience partnering closely with Medical Affairs and an understanding of medical strategy, evidence generation, scientific communications, field medical, HEOR, and real-world evidence
• Broad understanding of the drug-development and commercialization process, including Clinical Development, Regulatory Affairs, product development, manufacturing and supply, launch readiness, and post-approval lifecycle management
• Strong commercial and financial acumen, including experience evaluating business opportunities, investment requirements, forecast assumptions, strategic trade-offs, risks, and potential value
• Proven ability to integrate scientific, clinical, market, patient, payer, competitive, operational, and financial information into clear strategic recommendations
• Demonstrated success identifying and prioritizing lifecycle opportunities such as new indications, populations, formulations, evidence programs, access strategies, delivery approaches, or strategic partnerships
• Strong executive presence with the ability to communicate complex issues, scenarios, risks, and recommendations clearly and succinctly to senior leadership and governance bodies
• Demonstrated ability to establish clear accountability, address performance or alignment issues directly, and create a productive environment for constructive debate and decision-making
• Knowledge of relevant legal, regulatory, and compliance requirements governing pharmaceutical development, Medical Affairs activities, product promotion, scientific exchange, and interactions with external stakeholders
• Ability to operate successfully in a complex, evolving organization while managing multiple priorities and maintaining an enterprise perspective
• Direct experience developing or leading strategy for at least one launched pharmaceutical or biotechnology brand is required

Nice To Haves

• We are looking for the best candidate for the job and encourage you to apply even if your experience or qualifications don’t line up to exactly what we have outlined in the job description.

Responsibilities

• Leads the development, alignment, and ongoing evolution of the integrated lifecycle strategy and long-range plan for assigned launched and near-launch brands
• Serves as the senior matrix leader for the cross-functional Lifecycle Team, establishing the team’s vision, strategic context, priorities, decision framework, operating model, and measures of success
• Creates shared ownership of the total product strategy across functions while maintaining clarity regarding functional roles, responsibilities, deliverables, and decision rights
• Partners closely with Commercial and Medical Affairs leadership to connect annual brand and medical plans with the broader, multi-year lifecycle strategy
• Ensures lifecycle decisions incorporate relevant patient, caregiver, healthcare professional, payer, scientific, clinical, regulatory, competitive, market, operational, and financial insights.
• Identifies, evaluates, and prioritizes opportunities to maximize patient benefit and sustainable product value, which may include: New indications or patient populations, Label expansion opportunities, New formulations, dosing approaches, routes of administration, or delivery systems, Clinical, medical, health economic, and real-world evidence generation, Product differentiation and competitive response strategies, Market access and reimbursement opportunities, Patient identification, treatment initiation, adherence, or persistence initiatives, Geographic expansion, strategic partnerships, or external innovation opportunities
• Leads development of an integrated evidence strategy across Clinical Development, Medical Affairs, HEOR, Real-World Evidence, Market Access, and Commercial to address the evolving needs of patients, healthcare professionals, payers, health systems, and other stakeholders
• Brings commercial and medical perspectives into relevant clinical development, regulatory, evidence-generation, and product-development decisions while ensuring that activities remain consistent with applicable legal, regulatory, and compliance requirements
• Partners with Commercial Analytics, Forecasting, Finance, and functional leaders to develop business cases, evaluate strategic options, test key assumptions, assess value and risk, and recommend investment priorities
• Translates the lifecycle strategy into an actionable roadmap with clearly defined objectives, milestones, deliverables, dependencies, resource requirements, budgets, risks, and performance measures
• Monitors brand performance, the treatment landscape, competitor activity, scientific developments, stakeholder needs, policy changes, and other external factors that may affect the lifecycle strategy
• Maintains accountability for the quality, timeliness, and strategic coherence of integrated lifecycle recommendations and cross-functional deliverables
• Establishes effective governance, communication, and escalation pathways to ensure that material opportunities, risks, decisions, and changes are visible to appropriate senior leaders
• Communicates the lifecycle vision, priorities, progress, risks, and decisions clearly across functions and organizational levels, including executive leadership
• Anticipates and addresses misalignment, unclear ownership, competing priorities, and team performance challenges before they affect program delivery
• May lead, coach, and develop employees, contractors, program leaders, or project teams depending on organizational design
• Partners with functional leaders to assess resource and capability requirements and to ensure that appropriate expertise is engaged at the right time based on the needs and maturity of the program
• Influences without direct authority and develops trusted relationships across Commercial, Medical Affairs, Development, Regulatory, Market Access, Technical Operations, Finance, and other enterprise functions
• Focuses the team on the highest-impact activities and balances inclusive cross-functional input with decisive leadership and timely decision-making
• Leads the team in evaluating complex issues, developing scenarios, identifying strategic trade-offs, and preparing decision-ready recommendations for portfolio, executive, and other governance forums
• Ensures lifecycle planning and related activities are conducted in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, industry standards, and company policies and procedures
• Performs other duties as assigned

Benefits

• annual bonus with a target of 35% of the earned base salary
• eligibility to participate in our equity based long term incentive program
• retirement savings plan (with company match)
• paid vacation, holiday and personal days
• paid caregiver/parental and medical leave
• health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive