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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 four therapeutic areas and other targeted investments, we push the boundaries of what is possible in order to bring life-changing therapies to patients worldwide.

Takeda is committed to creating better health for people and a brighter future for the world. Guided by our OneOncology vision, we are advancing a rapidly growing oncology portfolio with potentially first-in-class and best-in-class therapies, including ADCs, complex biologics and small molecules. Our goal is to accelerate access to transformative medicines and make a lasting impact on patients worldwide.

Join Takeda as a Senior Manager, Global Regulatory Lead Oncology where you will be part of the global regulatory team to develop strategies to maximize regulatory success towards achievement of program objectives. In this role, you will provide strategic and tactical advice to teams to achieve timely and efficient development and maintenance of programs, while ensuring compliance with applicable regulatory requirements.

How you will contribute:

• Manage one or more projects with less complexity.

• May support the GRL on more complex programs.

• May lead working groups and represent Global Regulatory Team (GRT) at project team meetings.

• Provide strategic and tactical guidance to teams, including regulatory review of clinical trial documents and collaborates cross-functionally to ensure the global regulatory strategy is updated and executed, ensuring global regulatory compliance.

• May communicate with FDA as required.

• Ensure project team colleagues, line management, and key stakeholders are apprised of developments that may impact regulatory success, exercising sound judgement and communicating in a professional and timely manner.

• Contribute to US FDA submissions and approvals for project(s) within scope. The Manager may lead less complex multi-function submissions, such as original INDs or support GRLs for more complex submissions, including major global marketing applications.

• Assist in preparation for and may attend FDA and other agency meetings.

• Accountable for working with regulatory regional leads, other functions and vendors to ensure global regulatory submissions are provided to local Takeda affiliates in compliance with local regulations and to maintain compliance for products.

• Attend study team meetings and provide regulatory guidance.

• May participate on departmental task-forces or initiatives.

• Partner with functions responsible for ensuring market access and regional GRA leads to understand market access topics and strategize opportunities to strengthen product development plan(s) and build into global integrated regulatory strategy.

Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree required, scientific discipline strongly preferred, advanced degree in a scientific discipline preferred.

• A minimum of 4 years of pharmaceutical industry experience.  This is inclusive of 4 year of regulatory experience or combination of 2 years regulatory and/or related experience. 

• Preferred experience in reviewing, authoring, or managing components of regulatory submissions. 

• Basic working knowledge of drug development process and regulatory requirements.

• Understand and interpret scientific data as it relates to regulatory requirements and strategy for assigned projects.

• Demonstrate acceptable skills in oral and written communications, managing and adhering to timelines, negotiation skills, integrity and adaptability.

• Demonstrate acceptable skills with increasing independence in the area of regulatory strategy such as understanding broad concepts within regulatory affairs and implications across the organization and globally; proactively identifies regulatory issues; offers creative solutions and strategies, including risk mitigation strategies.

• Must work well with others and within global teams. 

• Able to bring working teams together for common objectives.

• Acceptable and independent skills in the area of regulatory strategy such as understanding broad concepts within regulatory affairs and implications across the organization and globally; proactively identifies regulatory issues; offers creative solutions and strategies, including risk mitigation strategies.

More about us:

At Takeda, we are transforming patient care through the development of novel specialty pharmaceuticals and best in class patient support programs. Takeda is a patient-focused company that will inspire and empower you to grow through life-changing work.

Certified as a Global Top Employer, Takeda offers stimulating careers, encourages innovation, and strives for excellence in everything we do. We foster an inclusive, collaborative workplace, in which our teams are united by an unwavering commitment to deliver Better Health and a Brighter Future to people around the world.

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

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Takeda Compensation and Benefits Summary

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:

Boston, MA

U.S. Base Salary Range:

$137,000.00 - $215,270.00

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 employees may be eligible for short-term and/ or long-term incentives. 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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Locations

Boston, MA

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time

Job Exempt

Yes

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