Associate Director / Senior Manager Global Program Management
Company: Takeda Pharmaceutical
Location: Cherry Hill
Posted on: May 7, 2022
Job Description:
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to the best of my knowledge.Job DescriptionAre you looking for a
patient-focused, innovation-driven company that will inspire you
and empower you to shine? Join us as an Senior Manager / Associate
Director, Global Program Management in our Cambridge office.At
Takeda, we are transforming the pharmaceutical industry through our
R&D-driven market leadership and being a values-led company. To
do this, we empower our people to realize their potential through
life-changing work. Certified as a Global Top Employer, we offer
stimulating careers, encourage innovation, and strive for
excellence in everything we do. We foster an inclusive,
collaborative workplace, in which our global teams are united by an
unwavering commitment to deliver Better Health and a Brighter
Future to people around the world.Here, you will be a vital
contributor to our inspiring, bold mission.Objectives
- Provides global program management to global, cross-functional,
cross-divisional teams to drive development and deliver results in
early to late-phase pipeline or marketed assets.
- Remit includes providing strategic direction and translating
the cross-divisional, integrated Global Product Team (GPT) strategy
into an efficiently executable plan; predicting and planning
solutions to achieve program goals and objectives; driving clarity
and removing barriers to ensure team success; interfacing with
management and influencing decision-making, proactive management
and mitigation of development risks, and ensuring appropriate
communication and interface with internal governance.
- Works closely with the Global Program Leader (GPL), as well as
other Chief Medical Scientific Office (CMSO) and Commercial
functions to ensure that the scientific and commercial strategies
are incorporated into the asset strategy and integrated development
plan.
- May lead key initiatives that have cross-functional or
cross-divisional impact that are critical to the objectives of the
Therapeutic Area Unit (TAU), CMSO and/or global business
objectives.Strategic Direction
- Partners with GPL to lead GPT or joint Program Team (for
partnered Alliance programs) to develop and maintain the asset
strategy and integrated development plan in conjunction with TAU
and commercial strategy, life-cycle management requirements, and
evidence generation/publication needs.
- Proactively identifies resource requirements necessary to
progress asset development in alignment with TAU or enterprise
business objectives.
- Drives clarity with GPT and other relevant stakeholders to
communicate asset strategic imperatives to ensure appropriate
prioritization.Program Execution
- Identifies ways to optimize program execution without
compromise to patients or compliance.
- Accountable to maintain the integrated program level plan,
ensuring delivery of critical path activities to progress asset
development.
- Program Operational Excellence
- Ensures asset strategy and integrated development plan have a
patient-centric focus,
- incorporates innovative approaches that are meaningful to
patients, HCPs, regulators & payers, and adhere to the highest
standards of operational excellence in drug development and life
cycle management.
- Manages the strategic GPT forum to ensure progress of asset
development. This includes establishing meeting agendas,
facilitating team discussions, and driving to clear and timely team
actions and decisions.
- Partners with the GPL to provide financial oversight of the
program including global, cross-divisional budgets. Includes
consolidation, vetting and prioritization of GPT spending to
deliver critical path activities.Risk Management
- Proactively addresses and removes barriers to program progress,
keeping leadership informed of critical considerations (e.g.,
resources, performance).
- Proactively identify potential issues or obstacles and achieves
resolution or plans contingencies. Follow issues through to
resolution ensuring that all key stakeholders are informed of
outcomes and program implications.
- Provides clarity and direction in urgent or unexpected
situations. Independently resolves complex issues and competing
priorities that may impact achievement of goals, creates mitigation
plans and drives to resolution.Communication and Reporting
- Manages scheduled and ad-hoc program status reporting, citing
progress to program goals/KPIs, proactively identifying risk with
planned mitigation(s), and providing rationale for timeline and
budget variances.
- Participate in annual portfolio analyses to communicate program
development progress, opportunities, and risks to Senior &
Executive Management.
- Responsible for leading preparation efforts for governance
engagement to support and drive asset objectives and
deliverables.
- Facilitates relevant communications to appropriate
cross-regional, cross-functional, cross-divisional and Alliance
partners
Education
- Bachelor's Degree science or business-related field
- Advanced degree in science or business is preferred
Experience
- Significant pharmaceutical industry experience and drug
development in all phases of development with significant
experience within related functions (e.g. Clinical Science,
Clinical Operations, Research, Regulatory, CMC, Marketing)
- Relevant project management experience in drug development
related field
- Demonstrated ability to positively influence outcomes, key
project decisions, and strategic problem-solving
- Proven ability to communicate clearly and present key
information objectively to all levels of the organization
Knowledge and Skills
- Ability to influence and negotiate in a matrix environment to
optimize development and address barriers
- Proactive risk management with ability to propose solutions and
deliver appropriate mitigation plan
- Ability to communicate with impact to provide appropriate
context, articulate views, drive clarity, and address barriers to
progress program development
- Ability to drive decision-making within a cross-functional and
cross-cultural, global team structure
- Flexibility, tolerance and diplomacy to best manage change and
differing opinions
- Ability to work in a virtual setting/across time-zones, i.e.,
making effective use of communication tools (WebEx, TelePresence,
telephone and video conferencing, etc.)
- Ability to inspire and motivate in a matrix and global,
cross-geographical team
- Ability to work in a highly complex, multi-cultural,
environment
- Excellent organizational skills
TravelMay travel to the US, EU and Japan offices and other
international locations.
Approximately 10% travelWHAT TAKEDA CAN OFFER YOU:
- 401(k) with company match and Annual Retirement Contribution
Plan
- Tuition reimbursement
- Company match of charitable contributions
- Health & Wellness programs including onsite flu shots and
health screenings
- Generous time off for vacation and the option to purchase
additional vacation days
- Community Outreach ProgramsEmpowering Our People to ShineTakeda
is an EEO employer of minorities, women, disabled, protected
veterans, and considers qualified applicants with criminal
histories in accordance with applicable laws. For more information,
visithttp://www.takeda.us/careers/EEO_Policy_Statement.aspxLearn
more at takedajobs.com.This job posting excludes CO applicantsNo
Phone Calls or Recruiters Please.#LI-DA1Effective November 1, 2021,
absent an approved religious or medical reason, all US office-based
and lab-based Takeda employees who work fully on-site or in a
hybrid model (as determined by Takeda) must be fully vaccinated to
work at a Takeda site or to engage with Takeda colleagues or anyone
else on behalf of Takeda. As of the same date, absent an approved
religious or medical reason, US field-based employees, employees
must be fully vaccinated in order to continue in their current
roles. US employees who work at a Takeda manufacturing facility,
and those who work at a BioLife center or BioLife lab, may be
subject to different guidelines. Candidates are encouraged to speak
with their recruiter to seek further information on the applicable
guidelines for the Business Unit/Function for which they have
applied.EEO StatementTakeda is proud in its commitment to creating
a diverse workforce and providing equal employment opportunities to
all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race,
color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender
expression, parental status, national origin, age, disability,
citizenship status, genetic information or characteristics, marital
status, status as a Vietnam era veteran, special disabled veteran,
or other protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal,
state and local laws, and any other characteristic protected by
law.LocationsBoston, MAWorker TypeEmployeeWorker
Sub-TypeRegularTime TypeFull time
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