Executive Life Cycle Management Director

Who We Are:

Neurocrine Biosciences is a leading biopharmaceutical company with a simple purpose: to relieve suffering for people with great needs. We are dedicated to discovering, developing and commercializing life-changing treatments for patients with under-addressed neurological, psychiatric, endocrine and immunological disorders. The company's diverse portfolio includes FDA-approved treatments for tardive dyskinesia, chorea associated with Huntington's disease, classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia, hyperphagia in Prader-Willi syndrome, endometriosis* and uterine fibroids*, as well as a robust pipeline including multiple compounds in mid- to late-phase clinical development across our core therapeutic areas. For more than three decades, we have applied our unique insight into neuroscience and the interconnections between brain and body systems to treat complex conditions. We relentlessly pursue medicines to ease the burden of debilitating diseases and disorders, because you deserve brave science. For more information, visit neurocrine.com , and follow the company on LinkedIn , X , Facebook and YouTube . ( *in collaboration with AbbVie )

About the Role:

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. _

Your Contributions (include, but are not limited to):

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

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