Associate Director, Global Regulatory Project Management and Strategic Planning

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Job Description

About the role:

At Takeda, we are a forward-looking, world-class R&D organization that unlocks innovation and delivers transformative therapies to patients. By focusing R&D efforts on three therapeutic areas and other targeted investments, we push the boundaries of what is possible in order to bring life-changing therapies to patients worldwide.

Are you looking for a patient-focused, innovation-driven company that will inspire you and empower you to shine? Join us as an Associate Director, Global Regulatory Project Management and Strategic Planning - Oncology TAU within our Global Regulatory Affairs organization, based remotely.

  • Partners with the Global Regulatory Lead (GRL) on Global Regulatory Teams (GRTs) to ensure global regulatory project plans for programs / products are established and maintained, and plans & directs the seamless execution of the GRT goals.
  • Leads cross functional project submission working groups (SWG) to deliver successful submissions/filings and outcomes with Health Authorities (HA) for early to late phase programs by providing effective Project Management leadership, oversight, direction and planning.
  • Directly supports program GRL by ensuring project management and regulatory operational support for the asset is effective, seamless and delivering to expectations. Performs regulatory operational activities and directly oversees vendors providing operational support for assigned programs.

How you will contribute:

  • Partnering with the program Global Regulatory Lead (GRL), co-lead and facilitate product-specific Global Regulatory Team (GRT) meetings and cross-functional submission working groups (SWG) meetings , to oversee, plan and deliver GRT goals and regulatory submissions in accordance with regulatory strategy for complex programs.
  • Partner with the GRL to ensure Global Product Team (GPT) regulatory goals are cascaded and that the Global Regulatory Strategy Plan is operationalized and executed upon. Ensure seamless alignment of operational plans with Global Project Management (GPM) team and Therapeutic Area Units (TAUs)/Business Units (BUs) asset strategies.
  • Proactively drive GRT and SWG project teams, establish appropriate level of urgency, and maintain focus on deliverables. Proactively lead teams to identify and recommend solutions to problems and pathways to overcome timeline concerns and barriers for strategy execution. Develop and maintain integrated regulatory project plans and integrated SWG plans.
  • Provide and oversee regulatory operational support activities for assigned programs within the TAU. Ensure out-sourced regulatory operational deliverables by third parties and vendors meet all program timelines and company standards. Liaise and proactively engage with third party stakeholders to ensure smooth, effective and timely work flows. Operational support may include, but not limited to drafting and preparation of forms and cover letters, providing logistical support for health authority meetings, coordinating briefing book roundtables, drafting regulatory notifications, coordinating and managing regulatory document workflows, inputting information into regulatory information management systems, preparing, checking and tracking regulatory data and lists etc.)
  • Prepare and deliver reports and metrics on major regulatory milestone status, potential critical issues, constraints, bottlenecks, regulatory risks, mitigation management (and proposed solutions to support decision-making) for assigned programs. Collaborate with the GRL in presenting operational strategies and plan statuses to key stakeholders (e.g. GPT members, Regulatory Leadership. TAUs & BUs) as appropriate, through both scheduled and ad-hoc updates.
  • Drive decision making processes and escalate issues, as needed, ensuring proactive planning is taking place to enable delivery of all regulatory milestones for assigned programs.
  • Elevate high impact business critical issues and potential critical issues together with proposed plan of action, as appropriate, in a timely manner to GRL and management.
  • Drive continuous improvement by recommending, planning and implementing process changes through proactive engagements with cross functional team members, Global Regulatory Affairs TAU colleagues and Global Regulatory Project Management and Strategic Planning (RPM&SP) head. Identify and propose solutions for addressing potential system
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