Senior Manager, Project Management Office

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. We are also a dog-friendly workplace. 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 PMO Manager is responsible for maintaining Project Management systems, tools, and best practices leveraged by the Project Managers and the cross-functional product teams to drive the development and commercialization of Crinetics molecules. This role will also support the continuous improvement of these systems, tools, and best practices to increase efficiency and consistency across our product development and commercialization efforts. The primary focus of the Senior Manager, PMO, is to ensure that the core project management systems (Planisware, OnePager) are maintained and continue to evolve to meet the needs of the business. This position may be remote with expectation of being in San Diego 1-2 times per quarter.

Essential Job Functions and Responsibilities:

These may include but are not limited to:

• Partner closely with the Project Managers to ensure that Planisware remains the single source of truth for project timelines.
• Work with functional stakeholders to update as needed project timeline templates and standards in Planisware and OnePager.
• Maintain and support the continuous improvement of the resource and cost equations in Planisware.
• Oversee in collaboration with Planisware consultants the implementation of new configurations in Planisware.
• Partner with Finance and the Project Managers to generate resource and cost forecasts from Planisware to support key financial processes (e.g. Long Range Plan) and product investment decision at Governance.
• Conduct periodic data quality audit on project timelines, costs and resources in Planisware.
• Maintain Planisware and OnePager training resources and onboard/train new Project Managers on these two systems.
• Be a subject matter expert on Planisware and OnePager and provide ongoing support for data issues and system troubleshooting.
• Work closely with Planisware and OnePager points of contact to assess system improvement needs, e.g. system version upgrades.
• Partner with IT to resolve as quickly as possible system access or performance issues.

Support the Senior Director, PMO, in driving the evolution and implementation of the long-term vision for core project management systems. Drive best practices across Functions and Project Management to ensure alignment between functional and cross-functional program timelines in Planisware.

• Support development, implementation, and continuous improvement of core project management and drug development processes (e.g., target product profile, stage gates process).
• Provide project management support for cross-functional initiatives or enterprise business process improvements.
• Maintain documentation on PM and drug development processes and update the content on the Governance, Product Teams, & Process SharePoint site.

Education and Experience:

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 8 years’ experience in biological sciences or a related field is required. Minimum 3 or more years of experience in a PMO role in Biotech/Pharmaceutical Industry is required with a focus on maintaining and improving PM systems. (an equivalent combination of experience and education may be considered)
• Strong understanding of drug development and project management systems, tools, and processes.
• Prior experience with Planisware is highly desirable.
• Strong customer focus and ability to manage expectations while creating productive partnerships focused on business value creation.
• Detailed oriented and focused on always delivering high quality data and solutions.
• Comfortable with ambiguity, frequent change as well as strong change management capability and experience.
• Proven ability to function effectively across a matrix organization with multiple stakeholders and constituents.
• Highly collaborative with strong teamwork and relationship building skills.
• Prior experience supporting the implementation or continuous improvement of project management tools and systems.
• Proficiency with project management tools and systems including Smartsheet, SharePoint, One Pager, and Power BI.
• Prior experience with supporting large, cross-functional business process improvements projects preferred.

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.

Travel:

You may be required to travel for up to 5% of your time.

The Anticipated Base Salary Range:  $127,000 - $158,000

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.