Executive Director, Pharmaceutical Development

About the role

The role involves recommending a vision and leading the strategic direction of the pharmaceutical development function at Neurocrine Biosciences. This includes overseeing formulation, drug product development, manufacturing readiness, and CMC innovation across the portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Establish and execute the long-term vision, strategy, and operating model for Pharmaceutical Development, ensuring alignment with portfolio objectives and corporate strategy.
• Provide strategic leadership for formulation development, drug product process development, technology transfer, process validation, manufacturing readiness, and lifecycle management across development programs.
• Drive innovation through evaluation and implementation of emerging formulation technologies, advanced manufacturing approaches, digital tools, and external scientific partnerships.
• Lead organization-wide initiatives to enhance Pharmaceutical Development capabilities, operational excellence, scalability, and regulatory readiness.
• Partner with leaders across Clinical, Regulatory, Operations, Quality, Safety, and Commercial to ensure CMC strategies, risks, and mitigation plans are communicated in support of global filings and approvals.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Biological, Chemical, or Pharmaceutical sciences/engineering or related field AND 16+ years of applicable experience
• Master’s degree in Biological, Chemical, or Pharmaceutical sciences/engineering or related field AND 14+ years of applicable experience
• Ph.D. degree in Biological, Chemical, or Pharmaceutical sciences/engineering or related field AND 12+ years of applicable experience
• Recognized internally and externally as a leader in pharmaceutical development, formulation sciences, and drug product development
• Recognized ability to anticipate future business and industry trends and translate them into actionable strategic plans
• Exceptional communication, negotiation, and influencing skills, including interactions with executive leadership, regulatory agencies, external partners, and scientific organizations
• Demonstrated success leading large, complex, cross-functional organizations and developing high-performing leaders and teams
• Deep understanding of global regulatory expectations, quality systems, cGMP requirements, and evolving industry trends
• Proven ability to influence executive leadership and shape decisions affecting portfolio strategy, resource allocation, and organizational priorities
• Extensive expertise in formulation development, process development, technology transfer, process validation, manufacturing sciences, regulatory strategy, and commercialization readiness

Skills

Not specified

Benefits

Annual base salary range: $231,500.00 - $316,000.00
Annual bonus target: 35% of earned base salary
Eligibility for equity-based long-term incentive program

Pay

$231,500.00 - $316,000.00 annually

Schedule

Full-time