Executive Director, QA Compliance

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.

Provides strategic leadership and oversight for the Quality Compliance function and is responsible for establishing and maintaining programs that promote sustained regulatory compliance and inspection readiness across Neurocrine’s GxP activities. Provides leadership for external and internal audit and compliance programs, inspection readiness, management review, quality risk management, GMP laboratory compliance, recall management, and related compliance initiatives.

Serves as a trusted Quality advisor to senior leadership, providing strategic direction on complex compliance matters, emerging regulatory expectations, quality risks, and opportunities for continuous improvement. Partners across Quality and with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure compliance programs are risk-based, effective, scalable, and aligned with Neurocrine's business and development objectives.

Leads and develops the Quality Compliance organization, establishes strategic priorities and operating plans, and promotes a strong culture of quality, accountability, continuous improvement, and inspection readiness across the organization.

Provides strategic leadership and direction for the Quality Compliance function, establishing multi-year strategies, priorities, operating plans, and objectives aligned with broader Quality and company goals Leads external audit program and establishes a risk-based audit strategy encompassing GxP vendors and service providers Own the supplier/vendor quality management system and associated policies (e.g., aligned to ISO 9001, ISO 13485, GxP, or industry-specific standards) Define quality requirements, acceptance criteria, and KPIs for vendor onboarding and ongoing performance Establish and maintain vendor quality agreements (VQAs) / quality technical agreements Lead supplier qualification, requalification, and risk-based audit programs Segment and score vendors by quality/compliance risk criticality Maintain business continuity and contingency plans for high-risk/critical suppliers Partner with Procurement on risk-informed vendor selection and contract terms Conduct or oversee on-site and remote audits (quality systems,…