Associate Director, Pipeline & Portfolio Market Planning
Corcept Therapeutics
August 13, 2026
On-site
Redwood City, CA
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
- Own the design, implementation, and continuous refinement of competitive intelligence and market analysis frameworks that 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 potential business development opportunities
- Manage ad hoc strategic projects, including global expansion initiatives with the Emerging Markets team
Preferred Skills, Qualifications and Technical Proficiencies:
- Ability to lead and influence strategic planning integrating scientific, clinical, commercial, and regulatory perspectives
- Deep understanding of the drug development process (early to late-stage) and translating clinical insights into commercial strategy
- Strong market research and analytical acumen; executive-ready strategic recommendations
- Experience in a matrixed environment influencing R&D, Commercial, Medical, Finance, and Executive stakeholders
- 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 (market planning, business development, corporate strategy, investment banking, and/or healthcare strategy consulting considered)
- Oncology industry experience required
- Prior experience leading cross-functional drug development teams preferred
- 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
- Own the design, implementation, and continuous refinement of competitive intelligence and market analysis frameworks that 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 potential business development opportunities
- Manage ad hoc strategic projects, including global expansion initiatives with the Emerging Markets team
Preferred Skills, Qualifications and Technical Proficiencies:
- Ability to lead and influence strategic planning integrating scientific, clinical, commercial, and regulatory perspectives
- Deep understanding of the drug development process (early to late-stage) and translating clinical insights into commercial strategy
- Strong market research and analytical acumen; executive-ready strategic recommendations
- Experience in a matrixed environment influencing R&D, Commercial, Medical, Finance, and Executive stakeholders
- 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 (market planning, business development, corporate strategy, investment banking, and/or healthcare strategy consulting considered)
- Oncology industry experience required
- Prior experience leading cross-functional drug development teams preferred