Manager, Pipeline and Portfolio Market Planning

Role Summary

The Manager, Pipeline & Portfolio Market Planning is responsible for driving key planning and analytical activities, including competitive landscape assessments, business case development, and financial forecasting, to support Corcept’s clinical-stage programs and portfolio decision-making. The role partners cross-functionally to coordinate integrated planning workstreams across development, commercial, and financial perspectives, and contributes to international expansion planning.

Responsibilities

• Co-lead and contribute to program-level strategy projects that optimize portfolio value, enhance program positioning, and inform critical business decisions
• Manage and enhance competitive intelligence tools and reporting to monitor market dynamics and proactively inform program decisions
• Partner cross-functionally to coordinate integrated planning workstreams, ensuring alignment of development, commercial, and financial perspectives
• Maintain and update long-range revenue forecasts and portfolio valuations
• Analyze market trends, clinical developments, and competitive landscape to identify opportunities, risks, and implications for Corcept’s pipeline strategy
• Design and execute analytical projects to evaluate new development opportunities, including internal pipeline assets and external partnerships
• Oversee agreements and budget management processes in partnership with Finance and Legal, ensuring alignment with corporate policies and strategic priorities
• Lead and execute ad hoc strategic initiatives, providing analytical support and structured recommendations to enable informed decision-making
• Contribute to international expansion planning by analyzing commercial, clinical and regulatory insights across key geographies
• Uphold Corcept’s key principles of collaboration, embracing possibilities, following the data, and leading by doing

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience driving or supporting strategic planning within the biopharmaceutical or drug development industry
• Strong project management and organizational capabilities with the ability to manage multiple priorities and timelines effectively
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with the ability to proactively engage and influence cross-functional partners and leadership
• Demonstrated analytical skills and experience with financial modeling
• Ability to integrate complex data and insights from diverse sources into clear, actionable business narratives and recommendations
• Previous market research experience preferred
• Demonstrated success operating in a matrixed environment, collaborating across functions such as Clinical, Commercial, Finance, and Medical Affairs
• Occasional travel required for corporate and industry events

Education

• Bachelor's degree required. Advanced degree preferred (MBA, MSc, PhD, PharmD)
• 3-5 years of relevant professional experience in product planning / commercialization, market research, corporate strategy, investment banking and/or healthcare strategy consulting considered
• Prior experience within endocrinology, metabolism, oncology, and/or neurology preferred