Associate Director, Pipeline & Portfolio Market Planning
Corcept Therapeutics
July 01, 2026
Remote friendly (Redwood City, CA)
United States
Marketing
Responsibilities:
- Lead program-level strategy initiatives to define product vision, optimize lifecycle value, and drive business impact
- Provide integrated physician, patient, and payer perspective in clinical strategy and new product planning
- Design, implement, and continuously refine competitive intelligence and market analysis frameworks to inform program, investment, and governance decisions
- Support cross-functional teams (Commercial, Medical, Development, Research) to ensure alignment across the product lifecycle
- Develop, maintain, and communicate long-range revenue forecasts and valuation models for program planning and resource allocation
- Synthesize market research, competitive intelligence, and secondary data into actionable insights for cross-functional and leadership decision-making
- Lead asset assessments and contribute to due diligence for business development opportunities
- Manage ad hoc strategic projects, including global expansion initiatives
Preferred Skills, Qualifications and Technical Proficiencies:
- Ability to lead strategic planning integrating scientific, clinical, commercial, and regulatory perspectives
- Deep understanding of drug development from early through late-stage; experience translating clinical insights into commercial strategy
- Strong market research and analytical skills; executive-ready recommendations
- Effective in a dynamic matrix environment; influence stakeholders across R&D, Commercial, Medical, Finance, and Executive functions
- Ability to rapidly synthesize information from multiple internal/external sources
- Occasional travel
Preferred Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred (MBA, MSc, PhD, PharmD)
- 8+ years in new product planning; relevant roles in market planning, business development, corporate strategy, investment banking, or healthcare strategy consulting considered
- Oncology industry experience required
- Prior experience working as part of or leading cross-functional drug development teams preferred
Application instructions:
- Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
- Lead program-level strategy initiatives to define product vision, optimize lifecycle value, and drive business impact
- Provide integrated physician, patient, and payer perspective in clinical strategy and new product planning
- Design, implement, and continuously refine competitive intelligence and market analysis frameworks to inform program, investment, and governance decisions
- Support cross-functional teams (Commercial, Medical, Development, Research) to ensure alignment across the product lifecycle
- Develop, maintain, and communicate long-range revenue forecasts and valuation models for program planning and resource allocation
- Synthesize market research, competitive intelligence, and secondary data into actionable insights for cross-functional and leadership decision-making
- Lead asset assessments and contribute to due diligence for business development opportunities
- Manage ad hoc strategic projects, including global expansion initiatives
Preferred Skills, Qualifications and Technical Proficiencies:
- Ability to lead strategic planning integrating scientific, clinical, commercial, and regulatory perspectives
- Deep understanding of drug development from early through late-stage; experience translating clinical insights into commercial strategy
- Strong market research and analytical skills; executive-ready recommendations
- Effective in a dynamic matrix environment; influence stakeholders across R&D, Commercial, Medical, Finance, and Executive functions
- Ability to rapidly synthesize information from multiple internal/external sources
- Occasional travel
Preferred Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred (MBA, MSc, PhD, PharmD)
- 8+ years in new product planning; relevant roles in market planning, business development, corporate strategy, investment banking, or healthcare strategy consulting considered
- Oncology industry experience required
- Prior experience working as part of or leading cross-functional drug development teams preferred
Application instructions:
- Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.