Associate Director, Statistical Programming

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.

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* in collaboration with Abb Vie) At Neurocrine, strong leadership drives both business results and team success. We look for leaders who think strategically, anticipate what’s ahead and set clear direction, while building and empowering high-performing teams. Successful leaders foster an environment where people are motivated to do their best work and deliver meaningful, measurable impact through sound decision-making and accountability.

Serves as the Program Lead Statistical Programmer on one or more clinical programs and provides statistical programming leadership and strategic input to plans and objectives for the area of responsibility. Brings strong technical expertise across clinical development, with an emphasis on building efficient, fit-for-purpose approaches for early-phase studies where precedent may be limited and study designs or data may require tailored solutions.

Provides expert guidance on analysis, reporting, regulatory submission deliverables, programming processes, tools, standards, and procedures. Partners cross-functionally to strengthen programming practices, support effective progression of programs from early development into later-stage studies, and ensure high-quality, scalable delivery. May have direct reports.

• Provides strategic and technical leadership for statistical programming across one or more clinical programs, helping establish effective ways of working, clear expectations, and scalable practices that support the broader organization.
• Serves as the clinical program lead statistical programmer on one or more clinical programs and supports studies across the development lifecycle, including early-phase and proof-of-concept work.
• Develops and implements efficient, fit-for-purpose approaches for analysis, reporting, and regulatory submission deliverables, including annotated CRFs, dataset transport files, define documents, and regulatory reviewer guides that appropriately address study-specific considerations.
• Creates clear frameworks for programming strategy, resourcing, analysis, and delivery, and identifies opportunities to improve processes and technology to enable consistent, scalable execution across the portfolio.
• Builds and shares expertise in specialized clinical data and study considerations, which may include PK/PD, biomarkers, local and specialty laboratories, healthy volunteers, patients, age groups, and other special populations.
• Provides strong technical statistical programming leadership to the Statistical Programming function within Biometrics and acts as a technical resource and thought partner for statistical programmers and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Plays a lead role in the development and implementation of programming standards and conventions and contributes to building statistical programming infrastructure that supports quality, consistency, and efficient delivery.
• Continually assesses statistical programming workload and project requirements to ensure appropriate programming…