Senior Director, Global Program Team Lead

Senior Director, Global Program Team Lead

The Global Program Team Lead (GPTL) drives one or more drug development programs and is fully accountable to the Therapeutic Area head, and governance bodies (Global Medicine Team and Development and Commercial Steering Committee DCSC) for maximizing the value of program within his/her area of responsibility. This value maximization is to be implemented within the target and resource framework as determined by senior management governance bodies. Key interfaces for the GPTL will be: Global Program Team, R&D and Vision Senior Leadership Team, and governance bodies (e.g. Scientific Review Committee), functional stakeholders including business development, international and US commercial, Global Ops and other partners.

The Senior Director, GPTL is responsible for providing strategic direction and leading the global drug development for 1 Global Program Team with a simple Phase III clinical development program or more than 1 Global Program Teams with clinical development programs in Phase I / II.  Typically, a GPT Lead would conduct their GPT work as part of a GMT and under the supervision of a GMT Lead (except for medicines with only one indication).

What You Will Do

• Program ownership with final accountability for clear definitions of program goals, plans, decisions, and deliverables to meet those goals

• Provides strategic direction and leadership of global development programs from Post-PoC to BLA/NDA/MAA for assigned projects in accordance with the global R&D strategy. Provides global development strategy and leadership for assigned projects to ensure clear goal setting and robust development plans for effective and efficient development. (This will entail working closely with core team members, functional leads, and other colleagues to collaborate and ensure their buy-in and knowledge-sharing in establishing and implement the global development strategy for assigned projects.)

• Ensures that the GPT implements its plans and adheres to key development milestones for assigned projects

• Accountable for aspects of pre-clinical, CMC, clinical plans and programs across from Post-PoC through commercial approval for assigned projects

• Leads the global project team and reviews development plans for assigned projects and thorough product lifecycle management for assigned projects

• Contributes to objective setting and appraisal of core team members for program related activities

• Keeps senior management informed

• Is accountable for the program budget

• Ensures high performance team effectiveness

As the accountable program(s) owner/CEO, the Global Program Team Lead (GPTL), leads and chairs the Global Program Team (GPT), leading the creation of an integrated development plan, maintaining a strategic focus and ensuring the GPT’s commitments are met.

The GPTLs role is one of leadership, being proactive and interactive, and emphasizing partnership with all GPT members and other stakeholders and consultants both within and outside R&D. The GPTL should stimulate creative and productive discussion, motivate, ownership and urgency (when necessary) as well as robust discussions of risk identification and mitigation opportunities, and ensure clarity of purpose and responsibilities with the GPT. The GPTL has negotiation and persuasion skills necessary to ensure success of the program and sets goals for the GPT and specific program-related goals for the Core Team members.

GPTLs are the “voice” of the GPT up the line (GMT Leadership, R&D and VISion Leadership, Development and Commercial Steering Committee and Executive Committee), and the principal liaison and partner to other groups.

Who You Are

• Science or medical degree (e.g. MD, PhD, PharmD), with specialist training or significant experience in either Haematology or Nephrology.

• Total leadership experience including line/project management, multidisciplinary program management experience, which includes leadership in more than one IND/IMPS, BLA/NDA/MAA, Advisory Committee or other PMDA/EMA/FDA meetings is desirable

• Minimum of ten (10) years of experience in drug development in pharmaceuticals, biopharmaceuticals, biotechnology or equivalent cross-functional leadership experience

• Demonstrated experience leading the development of at least one development candidate with adherence to quality, excellence and efficiency

• Demonstrated experience leading drug development projects and activities in a matrixed, global organization

• A broad understanding of how to communicate and work well with team members and relevant people as well as scientists and external decision-makers worldwide

• A thorough understand