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Manager, Regulatory Lead

Boston, Massachusetts
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As a trusted global leader and industry partner who is reimagining plasma and exploring its untapped potential, Takeda’s Plasma-Derived Therapies (PDT) Business Unit is dedicated to transforming the lives of patients worldwide who rely on these lifesaving and life-sustaining therapies.

With an 80-year legacy of developing treatments for rare and complex chronic diseases, we thrive on innovation, offering a broad, differentiated portfolio of more than 20 plasma medicines with integrated care solutions to patients in more than 80 countries.

Powered by ~ 17,000 Takeda employees, our ~230 high-quality BioLife donation centers, a dedicated R&D team, and eight world-class plasma manufacturing facilities, we are unleashing data, digital and technology to transform our end-to-end operations and set new industry standards.

This enables us to innovatively and sustainably meet the growing and changing needs of patients, our people, and our planet, today and in the future.

Job ID R0137891 Date posted 11/06/2024 Location Boston, Massachusetts

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Job Description

About the role:

The Plasma-Derived Therapies (PDT) R&D Organization is dedicated to bringing forward new plasma-derived therapies for patients with immunologic, hematologic, and other complex diseases. As Manager Regulatory Lead you will be accountable for recommending and implementing regulatory strategy and coordinating life cycle activities across the portfolio of PDT products.

How you will contribute:

  • Serves as the regulatory lead for one or more projects and coordinates the Global Regulatory Team (GRT) meetings composed of core regulatory support functions.

  • Provides strategic and tactical advice to teams to achieve timely and efficient development and maintenance of plasma derived therapies, while ensuring compliance with applicable regulatory requirements.

  • Liaises with the US FDA on submissions within their responsibilities.

  • Serves as the lead interface between PDT global regulatory affairs, global subject matter experts, international LOCs, EU & Canada strategy, Japan and China, to facilitate the collection of regulatory documentation for new registrations and license maintenance.

  • Assists in  the creation and execution of global regulatory strategies for assigned programs and ensures the global regulatory strategies for assigned programs are up-to-date.

  • Collaborates with EU & Canada, Japan, China and/or other regional counterparts in compiling global regulatory strategies and works cross-functionally with RA and R&D program team members to ensure critical deliverables to countries/regions outside the US are achieved and timely execution of the strategy is met.

  • Supports global regulatory subteam (GRT) and, cross-functional subteams and working group to execute regulatory submissions. Assists in the creation and submission of high quality, compliant regulatory documents (e.g., BLAs, INDs, CTAs, MAAs, Variations/Supplements and other relevant regulatory filings such as PIPs/PSPs, ODDs, meeting requests and briefing packages) for assigned programs within defined timelines as per R&D and business objectives.

  • Responsible for regulatory submissions for assigned programs. Works cross-functionally with RA and R&D program team members to ensure critical deliverables to countries/regions outside the US are achieved and timely execution of the strategy is met.

  • Assists with FDA health authority interactions/meetings related to assigned programs and supports regional and local regulatory affairs teams with health authority interactions.

  • Identifies and notifies management of any resource gaps for project responsibility. Demonstrates ability to anticipate risks and responsible for developing solutions to identified risks and discussing with the assigned team and management; understands probabilities of technical success for the solutions.

  • Ensures accurate, up-to-date reporting of program status and milestones globally through the InterACT system and regulatory dashboard and leverages the Dragonfly visualization tool to highlight any major discrepancies for assigned programs.

  • Collaborates with LOCs to identify the documents required for submissions, identifies responsible PDT subject matter experts and facilities alignment on deliverables and timelines.

Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:

  • BSc degree preferred and advanced degree a plus. BA accepted

  • Minimum of 2 years of pharmaceutical industry experience, with a minimum of 1 years of within a regulatory strategy role

  • Plasma or biologics experience preferred

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

  • Knowledge of global regulatory requirements and prior FDA interactions/submissions experience

  • Ability to use precedent and previous experience to develop innovative/flexible approaches to achieve commercial goals

  • Strong oral and written communications, managing and adhering to timelines, negotiation skills, integrity and adaptability.

  • Demonstrate skills and ability to work well in a matrixed environment to deliver on tactics.

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.

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:

108,500.00 - 170,500.00

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-termincentives. 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

Takeda 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.

Locations

Boston, MA

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time

Job Exempt

Yes
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Success profile

What makes a successful team member within PDT at Takeda?

  • Bold thinker
  • Systematic
  • Innovative
  • Collaborator
  • Agile
  • Tenacious
At the iHUB, we focus on disruptive innovation within our patient ecosystem that not only focuses on the patients of today, but creates the pathway to meet the patients of tomorrow.

Nat Arlander - Head of the Plasma Innovation Hub in PDT

Our dedicated and specialized PDT R&D organization is uniquely positioned to support the entire patient experience. By challenging decades of established thinking and driving patient-centric innovations, we have the opportunity to have a tremendous impact on those who rely on plasma-derived therapies today and those who can benefit from them in the future.

Kristina Allikmets - Head of PDT, R&D

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