What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Director, KOL Engagement position at Crinetics Pharmaceuticals?
Crinetics is a pharmaceutical company based in San Diego, California that develops much-needed therapies for people with rare endocrine diseases. 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 robust pipeline across preclinical and clinical development. We are driven by science with a patient-centric and team-oriented culture. 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. Come join our team as we transform the lives of others.
Position Summary
As Senior Director, KOL Engagement, you will report directly to the VP of Marketing and will be responsible for leading marketing efforts to support the launch of paltusotine. Your role will be to partner with other members of the sales, operations and marketing teams and will be responsible for building and maintaining relationships with influential healthcare professionals and stakeholders in the endocrine medical community. This role focuses on fostering engagement and collaboration with KOLs to support Paltusotine's launch, including education, insight gathering via ad boards, and participation in key congresses and regional events. Regional Marketers report to the role.
Essential Job Functions And Responsibilities
These may include but are not limited to:
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 35% of your time.
The Anticipated Base Salary Range: $266,000 - $283,000
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.
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Position Summary
As Senior Director, KOL Engagement, you will report directly to the VP of Marketing and will be responsible for leading marketing efforts to support the launch of paltusotine. Your role will be to partner with other members of the sales, operations and marketing teams and will be responsible for building and maintaining relationships with influential healthcare professionals and stakeholders in the endocrine medical community. This role focuses on fostering engagement and collaboration with KOLs to support Paltusotine's launch, including education, insight gathering via ad boards, and participation in key congresses and regional events. Regional Marketers report to the role.
Essential Job Functions And Responsibilities
These may include but are not limited to:
- Identify key opinion leaders in acromegaly and carcinoid syndrome.
- Develop and execute engagement strategies to drive education and gather critical insights.
- Facilitate educational opportunities, including speaker programs, roundtable discussions, and advisory boards, to promote awareness and understanding of Paltusotine.
- Collaborate with internal teams, including marketing, medical affairs, and clinical development, to ensure KOL insights are integrated into strategic planning.
- Gather and analyze feedback from KOL interactions to inform product development, marketing strategies, and clinical initiatives.
- Manage the unbranded and branded speaker bureau, working with sales operations to organize the events.
- Manage the logistics of KOL meetings, ad boards, and conferences, ensuring effective communication and collaboration.
- Collaborate with the international team on key KOL-related initiatives.
- Lead regional marketers in the East and the West to ensure participation in key regional events, congresses, and engagement with the field.
- Participate in regional business reviews.
- Facilitate introductions and support a strong ongoing relationship with the community.
- Work collaboratively with commercial operations team to gather key market insights from HCPs and patients.
- Work collaboratively with sales operations to manage logistics of speaker bureau.
- Oversee training of speakers.
- Manage reporting in a compliant way.
- Manage and coach direct reports and provide career development opportunities in support of their individual development plans.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Bachelor's degree in a business-rated, marketing and/or life sciences field required.
- A minimum of 15 years of pharmaceutical marketing experience across multiple disease areas, and a minimum of 5 10 years in a supervisory role.
- Strong track record with product launch planning, as well as creating KOL engagement plans.
- Experience managing speaker programs.
- Demonstrated ability to leverage innovation and creative thinking to drive results.
- Experience in launching products in rare diseases or oncology is preferrable.
- Strong collaboration skills, both within commercial teams and cross functional teams including Medical, Sales Finance, Legal, and Regulatory.
- Proven communication and presentation skills evidenced by successful executive-level presentations.
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 35% of your time.
The Anticipated Base Salary Range: $266,000 - $283,000
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.
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Salary : $266,000 - $283,000
