Senior Manager/Associate Director Global Regulatory Strategy

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About the role:

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 Manager/Associate Director Regulatory Strategy.

Here, everyone matters and you will be a vital contributor to our inspiring, bold mission. As a Senior Manager/Associate Director Regulatory Strategy working on the Neuroscience Global Regulatory Affairs team, you will be responsible for complex or highly complex or multiple projects and lead the Global Regulatory Teams (GRTs) , and a typical day will include:

OBJECTIVES:

• Oversees as well as executes all regulatory activities of multiple projects in development
• Provides a regulatory strategic focus on non-clinical and clinical aspects of drug development and associated regulations.
• May serve as global regulatory lead (GRL) on the global project team (GPT) for individual project(s) of responsibility
• Collaborates with all Takeda regions to ensure a global regulatory strategy is created and executed upon for all projects within area of responsibility.
• May be primary FDA contact for projects of responsibility.

Join Takeda as a Senior Manager/Associate Director Regulatory Strategy working on the Neuroscience Global Regulatory Affairs team, based in Cambridge, MA.

How you will contribute:

ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Responsible for achieving submission of INDs, CTAs, NDA/BLA/MAA, briefing packages, responses, and other submissions..
• Accountable for ensuring all other regulatory submissions within the non-US “Americas” territories are submitted on schedule by local Takeda affiliates or development partners and CROs .
• May develop/author or assist Global Regulatory Lead with development of global regulatory strategy.
• For the project(s) of responsibility, collaborates with EU and/or other regional counterparts in the authoring of global regulatory strategies and ensures critical deliverables to territories outside the US to ensure regional execution of the strategy as agreed within the global regulatory strategy
• Executes day-to-day activities for projects
• Identifies regulatory requirements and provides regulatory guidance, and expertise to global development team on the assigned project(s) of responsibility.
• Proactively anticipates risks and responsible for developing solutions to identified risks and discussing with team and management; understands probabilities of technical success for the solutions.
• Assists and attends/.leads (when applicable) FDA and other agency meetings.
• Leads regulatory reviews for licensing opportunities.
• Participates in departmental and cross-functional task-forces and initiatives.
• Identifies and notifies management of any resource gaps for project responsibility.
• Provides oversight to ensure regulatory compliance.
• Present to senior management as requested.

Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:

• BSc Degree preferred.
• A minimum of 4 years of pharmaceutical industry experience. This is inclusive of 3 years of regulatory experience or combination of 4 years regulatory and/or related experience.

• Preferred experience in reviewing, authoring, or managing components of regulatory submissions.
• Working knowledge of drug development process and regulatory requirements.
• Understands and interprets scientific data as it relates to regulatory requirements and strategy for assigned projects.
• Demonstrates acceptable skills in oral and written communications, managing and adhering to timelines, negotiation skills, integrity and adaptability.
• Demonstrates 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.

What Takeda can offer you:

• Comprehensive Healthcare: Medical, Dental, and Vision
• Financial Planning & Stability: 401(k) with company match and Annual Retirement Contribution Plan
• 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 Programs and company match of charitable contributions
• Family Planning Support
• Flexible Work Paths
• Tuition reimbursement

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.

LOCATION:

• The role can be hybrid or at our Cambridge, MA office

In accordance with the CO Equal Pay Act, Colorado Applicants Are Not Permitted to Apply.

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