Senior Director, Strategy and Medical Integration Evidence

Crinetics Pharmaceuticals • Headquarters, KY

2d • $270,000 - $301,000

About The Position

We are seeking a visionary and strategic leader to join our team as our Senior Director, Global Strategy and Evidence Integration. This role is critical to ensuring that each region’s medical affairs strategies and evidence generation activities are tightly aligned for every asset within our portfolio, ensuring each asset is supported by a globally aligned cross-functional strategy and evidence generation plan. This role will serve as the key and facilitating link between asset leads, regional teams, and strategic partners across the organization, driving integration, consistency, and excellence in planning from in preparations for launch through lifecycle management.

Requirements

• Advanced degree (MS, MBA, PhD, PharmD, MD) in life sciences, public health, or related field preferred.
• 13+ years of experience in pharmaceutical/biotech industry, with a strong background in strategy, medical affairs, or clinical development.
• 10 years of supervisory experience.
• Proven track record of leading cross-functional and global initiatives.
• Deep understanding of evidence generation, regulatory landscapes, and commercialization pathways.
• Exceptional communication, leadership, and organizational skills, with the ability to influence and engage stakeholders at all levels.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and drive clarity across complex stakeholder environments.

Responsibilities

• Partner with product asset and regional medical leads to ensure unified strategy and evidence generation plans across global regions.
• Facilitate cross-functional collaboration among Medical Affairs, Clinical Development, Regulatory, Commercial, and Market Access teams.
• Ensure global strategic plans reflect regional insights, regulatory requirements, and commercial priorities.
• Design and implement scalable processes for early-stage and marketed assets strategic planning and evidence generation.
• Develop and manage timelines for the evolution of global asset plans from initial concept through annual strategic refresh.
• Develop and lead the creation of integrated yearly strategy and evidence generation plans for each asset, incorporating input from cross-functional teams and regional stakeholders.
• Implement and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) to track progress and impact, making data-driven adjustments as necessary.
• Establish governance frameworks to review and approve strategic and evidence plans.
• Communicate planning milestones, deliverables, and dependencies across internal stakeholders.
• Serve as a strategic thought partner to senior leadership, providing insights and recommendations to optimize portfolio-level planning.
• Identify opportunities to enhance planning efficiency, data integration, and cross-regional collaboration.
• Champion best practices in evidence generation, including real-world data, health economics, and patient-centered outcomes.
• Lead change management initiatives to ensure smooth adoption of global strategic planning frameworks and processes within the organization.
• Develop and execute a communication plan to keep all stakeholders informed about program progress, successes, and challenges.
• Other duties as assigned

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees