Crinetics Pharmaceuticals

Associate Director, Project Management

Crinetics Pharmaceuticals

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: California • United States

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Salary

💰 $158,000 - $197,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Responsible for driving cross-functional execution and providing strategic operational leadership for Crinetics’ oncology portfolio
  • Create and maintain integrated cross-functional development plans aligned with governance expectations
  • Lead program operating rhythms and governance forums, proactively anticipate risks and interdependencies
  • Provide clear, executive-ready visibility into critical path, decisions, and resourcing implications
  • Facilitate identification of key dependencies, risks, and issues
  • Maintain dashboards and reporting mechanisms for program status, risks, decisions, and critical path updates
  • Facilitate cross-functional communications to gather inputs, align priorities, resolve conflicts, and share project updates
  • Support preparation for governance reviews and executive program presentations
  • Drive disciplined change control and documentation of scope/timeline changes

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in a science-related field required
  • 10+ years of relevant biotechnology/pharmaceutical experience with 5+ years of direct project management experience in drug development
  • 7 years of supervisory experience
  • Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional teams in a matrix organization
  • Strong PM fundamentals (meeting management, timeline/critical path management, risk and issue management, decision tracking, action management, governance preparation)
  • Proactive, forward-thinking, and able to anticipate needs in dynamic environments with competing priorities
  • Strong interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate across functions
  • Proven ability to influence without authority
  • Strong facilitation and communication skills (including executive-ready written and presentation skills)
  • Highly collaborative with outstanding relationship-building skills
  • Experience with project/portfolio management tools and systems (e.g., Planisware)
Benefits
  • Health insurance plans for employees (and their families)
  • 401k match
  • Stock options
  • Discretionary annual target bonus
  • 20 days of PTO
  • 10 paid holidays
  • Winter company shutdown
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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
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