Senior Manager, Global Program Management Oncology

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Job Description

Are you looking for a patient-focused, innovation-driven company that will inspire you and empower you to shine? Join us as a (Title) in our Cambridge office.

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.

SUMMARY OF ROLE:

This position provides excellent project management support of drug development teams.  GPMs drive development and deliver results in early to late phase development and/or lifecycle management programs to meet Takeda strategic objectives.

• Responsibilities include supporting the strategic direction and translating the cross-divisional, integrated Global Product Team (GPT) strategy into an efficiently executable plan working closely with a senior  GPM; predicting and planning solutions to achieve program goals and objectives; driving clarity and removing barriers to ensure team success; interfacing with management and influencing decision-making, proactive management and mitigation of development risks, and ensuring appropriate communication and interface with internal governance.
• Partners with the Global Program Leader (GPL), as well as other R&D and Commercial functions to ensure the scientific and commercial strategies are incorporated into the asset strategy and integrated development plan.
• Play a key role in supporting team effectiveness, partnering with GPL and CoOP to administer team health checks to generate insights, plan & execute appropriate follow-up actions.
• Contributes to innovative process improvements with organizational impact and manages, as needed, non-project responsibilities, which can include processes and system optimizations.
• Works closely with GPM Head to produce portfolio-level reports to inform senior management.                                  

ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Strategic Direction

• Maintains GPT documentation, timelines and budgets, working closely with a more senior GPM to support program strategy.
• Works closely with the Global Program Leader (GPL) and other cross-functional teams to ensuring scientific & commercial strategies, lifecycle management (LCM) requirements, and evidence generation/publication needs are incorporated into the product strategy and project plan
• Works closely with the GPL and with Global Product Team (GPT) and other relevant stakeholders to communicate product strategic imperatives to ensure appropriate prioritization

Program Execution

• Accountable to maintain the project plan, ensuring delivery of critical path activities to progress product development
• Helps identify and capture resource requirements necessary to progress product development in alignment with business objectives
• Plays a key role in ensuring team effectiveness, partnering with GPL and Center of Operational Performance (CoOP) to administer team health checks to generate insights, plan & execute appropriate follow-up actions
• Partners with the GPL and more senior level GPM to provide financial oversight of the progr