Senior Director, Global Program Management

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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 Senior Director, Global Program Management 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.

OBJECTIVES:

• Provides global program management and matrixed leadership at the highest level to global, cross-functional, cross-divisional teams and franchises to drive development and deliver results in early to late-phase pipeline or marketed (life-cycle assets).
• Demonstrates strong strategic leadership skills and may function as Global Program Leader on select assets as needed.
• Leads program management across a portfolio of assets, working closely with the Global Program Leader (GPL), Global Program Managers as well as other R&D and Commercial functions to ensure that the scientific and commercial strategies are incorporated into portfolio/ asset development plans.
• Independently leads a matrixed team of cross-functional experts as needed to set product strategies, goals, priorities, and long-term plans that are consistent with the portfolio strategy as established by the GPL.
• Provides strategic direction, translating the cross-divisional, integrated portfolio/ Global Product Team (GPT) strategy into an efficiently executable plan. Ensures that cross-functional resources are available to execute portfolio/ asset plans, prioritized across the portfolio, and develops options for agile response to data that impact prioritization.
• Plays a key GPT leadership role in championing an AI forward mindset, and leveraging data driven and AI enabled tools to enhance productivity, streamline workflows, improve decision-making, and optimize team collaboration.
• Drives transparency both within the GPT and across R&D with regard to program status, risks and opportunities.
• Exhibits strong strategic and change management abilities.
• Maintains strong team cohesiveness and decision making even through controversial topics.
• Mentors junior GPMs and functional members to enhance their knowledge and effectiveness.
• Contributes to leadership of enterprise wide initiatives and business/alliance opportunities.

ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Has the highest level of expertise, recognized by colleagues, to draw upon a deep knowledge of functional activities and plans. Directly assesses cross-functional connectivity & risks based upon own expertise and experience.
• Considered drug development expert by colleagues. Participates as an equal in functional dialogue in addition to guiding the discussion with the intent of resolution. 
•  Works in franchise areas when responsibilities and impact are cross-program in addition to program specific responsibilities.  Acts as GPL delegate to represent and implement strategic direction on key programs in the portfolio at the team, franchise and governance levels.
• Anticipates the need and timing for key program changes and alerts the program leader as to the appropriate timing and stakeholders required to drive decision making
• Provides mentorship, oversight and influence over key functions that are represented on the GPT.
• Demonstrates the ability to bring project teams to consensus,  acknowledging both risks and benefits, while cultivating a culture of collaboration and constructive conflict. 
• Takes a leadership role in broad indicatives across R&D.  Functions as a leader to recognize the need , initiate, design and activate new strategies, processes & corporate initiatives that impact the broader R&