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Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Associate Director, Patient Advocacy

Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, Inc., San Diego, California, United States, 92189


Associate Director, Patient Advocacy

Crinetics is a pharmaceutical company based in San Diego, California, developing much-needed therapies for people with endocrine diseases and endocrine-related tumors. 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.Position Summary:The Associate Director, Patient Advocacy will be part of a growing patient advocacy organization working across several diseases to communicate the potential of Crinetics Pharmaceuticals' ongoing clinical programs and its discovery and drug development platform. This position develops productive partnerships and facilitates dialogue with patient advocacy organizations to further mutual interests and transform the care of patients.Essential Job Functions and Responsibilities:Understand the mission and vision of each advocacy organization to develop and recognize how to work most effectively with these partners.Serve as the primary point of contact to build and maintain collaborative, long-term partnerships with key global advocacy organizations.Leverage relationship building and communications skillset to incorporate the patient voice across our corporate objectives.Contribute to innovative engagement strategies with patient and disease advocacy groups, the communities they serve, and internal stakeholders.Lead and implement programs to inform and serve patients, such as patient leadership councils, disease awareness initiatives, advisory boards, patient speaker engagements, clinical trial planning, and policy.Communicate and partner with internal stakeholders and cross-functional teams, including medical affairs, clinical science, clinical operations, regulatory, commercial, and corporate communications.Assist with the coordination of Regulatory, Legal and Medical review of advocacy communications.Define and standardize best practices in advocacy relations; clearly understand the patient experience, design and create processes, systems, solutions, and tools that will contribute to the effectiveness and success of the patient advocacy plans.Stay abreast of new developments in regulatory, legal, policy, and social media arenas that impact the function.Generate appropriate budgets and monitor expenditures, revising spending as needed.Provide periodic reports and analyses to team members as needed.Education and Experience:Required:Bachelor’s degree with 12 years’ experience in the biotech/life-science, pharmaceutical or related industry (an equivalent combination of experience and education may be considered).Strong communication and interpersonal skills; ability to build and maintain relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.Strong verbal, written, and presentation communication skills and an ability to summarize complex medical and scientific information using terms and concepts that are most relevant and appropriate for patient and advocate audiences across multiple channels.Understanding of patient advocacy landscape and regulatory bodies that impact communications.Ability to champion the voice of patients and families.Ability to identify a path forward in ambiguous situations as well as to gain consensus amongst stakeholders with differing perspectives.Highest ethical standards and integrity.Demonstrated ability to work independently, prioritize tasks, and successfully manage multiple projects.Strong business acumen.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.Travel:

You may be required to travel for up to 30% of your time.The Anticipated Base Salary Range: $144,000- $177,000In 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.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:Crinetics requires that all employees and contractors be fully vaccinated and have received the COVID-19 vaccines as a condition of employment.

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