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Senior Medical Director, Clinical Science, Gastrointestinal and Inflammation Therapeutic Area- Rheum

Senior Medical Director, Clinical Science, Gastrointestinal and Inflammation Therapeutic Area- Rheum

Takeda PharmaceuticalCambridge, MA, US
10 hours ago
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  • Full-time
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Job Description

Are you looking for a patient-focused company that will inspire you and support your career? If so, be empowered to take charge of your future at Takeda. Join us as a Senior Medical Director- GI & Inflammation- Rheumatology, in our Cambridge, MA office to join a growing team on a high priority molecule.

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 :

  • The Senior Medical Director leads and drives strategy for the overall global (US / EU / Japan) clinical development taking into consideration the medical, scientific, regulatory and commercial issues for assigned Takeda pipeline compounds.
  • Leads a multi-disciplinary, multi-regional, matrix team through highly complex decisions. This individual has the ultimate responsibility for development decisions assessing and integrating the input from various disciplines to create, maintain, and execute a global clinical development plan that will result in the regulatory approval of the assigned compound in multiple regions.
  • Applies clinical / medical decision making to clinical development issues. This individual interacts with and influences TGRD and TPC senior leadership decision-making for the projects by setting strategic direction. Success or failure directly translates to the ability of TGRD to meet its corporate goals and for Takeda to have future commercial products.

ACCOUNTABILITIES :

Clinical Development team participation and leadership

  • Leads Global (US / EU / Japan) Development Team managing both the US / EU Development Team and the Japan Development Team for a given product. May lead the US / EU Development Teams and represents Clinical Science on the Global (US / EU / Japan) Development Team to ensure that activities are aligned with the global strategy.
  • Establishes and drives Development Team strategy and deliverables producing the Development Strategy, Clinical Development Plan and Clinical Protocols. Recommends scope, complexity and size, and influence the budget of all aspects of a program. Provides continual critical evaluation of the development strategy to maintain a state-of-the-art development plan that is competitive and consistent with the latest regulatory requirements, proactive identification of challenges, and development of contingency plans to meet them.
  • Responsible for high impact global decisions : monitoring and interpreting data from ongoing internal and external studies, assessing the medical and scientific implications, and making recommendations that impact regional and global development such as "go / no go" decisions or modification of development plans or study designs that may have a significant impact on timelines or product labeling. A significant error in judgment may result in loss of approvability and commercial viability of a product.
  • Synopsis / Protocol Development, Study Execution, & Study Interpretation

  • Drives clinical science activities relating to the preparation / approval of synopses, protocols and the conduct of clinical studies. Serves as an advisor to other clinical scientists involved in these activities, and is accountable for the successful design and interpretation of clinical studies. Presents study conclusions to Management and determine how individual study results impact the overall compound strategy.
  • Interprets data from an overall scientific standpoint as well as within the context of the medical significance to individual patients.
  • Trial Medical Monitoring

  • Responsible for medical monitoring activities, assessing issues related to protocol conduct and / or individual subject safety. Assesses overall safety information for studies and compound in conjunction with Pharmacovigilance. Oversees non-medical clinical scientists with respect to assessment of these issues.
  • Makes final decisions regarding study conduct related to scientific integrity.
  • External Interactions

  • Directs activities involved in interactions with regulatory authorities / agencies and clinical development activities undertaken to establish and maintain strong relationships with key opinion leaders relevant to assigned compounds and therapeutic areas. These responsibilities include leadership roles in meetings with the regulatory organizations or key opinion leaders, establishment of strategy for assigned compounds, and the direction of clinical scientists involved in developing documents required to outline the Company positions on research programs or regulatory applications (e.g. briefing reports), materials used for meeting presentations, and formal responses to communications received from the regulatory organizations or opinion leaders. Lead roles will also be taken on the incorporation of advice / recommendations received into the design of clinical studies / programs as appropriate; accountable to senior leadership for the successful completion of related objectives.
  • Due Diligence, Business Development and Alliance Projects

  • Responsible for identification and evaluation of potential business development opportunities, conduct due diligence evaluations, and development and negotiation of clinical development plans for potential alliances and or in-licensing opportunities. Assesses scientific, medical, and development feasibility, evaluating strategic fit with overall portfolio, evaluating complete or ongoing clinical trials, assessing regulatory interactions and future development plans, interacting with upper management of potential partner / acquisition companies during DD visits and alliance negotiations, and representing clinical science on internal assessment teams in conjunction with TPNA / TPEU / TPC.
  • Serves as clinical contact point for ongoing alliance projects and interface with partner to achieve Takeda's strategic goals while striving to maintain good working relationship between Takeda and partner.
  • Leadership, Task Force Participation, Upper Management Accountability

  • Interacts directly with research division based on pertinent clinical and development expertise and with TPNA / TPEU to provide knowledge / understanding of market environment in line with status as TGRD scientific content matter expert for assigned compounds. May represent clinical science on multidisciplinary task forces across divisions (e.g. TGRD and TPNA / TPEU / TPC).Lead TGRD internal teams and may lead global cross-functional teams, as appropriate.
  • Hires, manages, mentors, motivates, empowers, develops and retains staff to support assigned activities. Conducts performance reviews and drive goal setting and development planning.
  • EDUCATION, BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES AND

    SKILLS :

  • MD or internationally recognized equivalent plus 7 years of clinical research experience within the pharmaceutical industry, CRO health-related consulting company, or biomedical / clinical experience within academia (or a combination of afore mentioned).
  • Previous experience successfully leading a clinical development team / matrix team with responsibility for studies in multiple regions.
  • NDA / MAA / Submission experience preferred.
  • Management experience
  • Board-certified in rheumatology preferred
  • Skills

  • Superior communication, strategic, interpersonal and negotiating skills
  • Ability to proactively predict issues and solve problems
  • Ability to drive decision-making within a multi-disciplinary, multi-regional, matrix teams
  • Diplomacy and positive influencing abilities
  • Knowledge

  • Therapeutic area knowledge relevant to mechanism of action
  • Regional / global Regulatory requirements
  • Emerging research in designated therapeutic area
  • TRAVEL

    REQUIREMENTS :

  • Ability to drive to or fly to various meetings or client sites, including overnight trips. Some international travel may be required.
  • Requires approximately 15 - 25%
  • travel.

    This position is currently classified as "hybrid" in accordance with Takeda's Hybrid and Remote Work policy.

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    We understand compensation is

    an important factor

    as you consider the next step in your career. We are committed to

    equitable

    pay for all employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices.

    For Location : USA - MA - Cambridge

    U.S. Base Salary Range :

    $257,600.00 - $404,800.00

    The estimated salary range reflects

    an anticipated

    range for this position. The actual base salary offered may depend on a variety of factors, including the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education

    attained

    , certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and / or from which they will be performing the job.

    The actual base salary offered will be

    in accordance with

    state or local minimum wage requirements for the job location.

    U.S. based

    mployee

    may be eligible for

    hort

    erm and /

    or

    ong-

    erm

    incentive

    U.S.

    based employees

    may be

    eligible to

    participate

    in medical, dental, vision insurance, a 401(k) plan and company match, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, a tuition reimbursement program, paid volunteer time off, company holidays, and

    well-being

    benefits, among others. U.S.

    based employees are also eligible to receive, per calendar year, up to

    80 hours

    of sick time, and new hires are eligible to

    accrue

    up to

    120 hours of paid vacation.

    EEO Statement

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    USA - MA - Cambridge

    Worker Type

    Employee

    Worker Sub-Type

    Regular

    Time Type

    Full time

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