Senior Director, Global Program Leader (GPL)

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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.

OBJECTIVES: 

The Global Program Leader is a seasoned leader fully dedicated, responsible and accountable for overarching Global Program(s). The GPL defines the asset strategy and leads all development and LCM projects associated with an asset from discovery to the marketplace.  The guiding frame is defined by Takeda values of Patient-Trust-Reputation-Business.

• GPLs must be experienced, versatile and strong enterprise leaders
• Committed to simultaneously driving regulatory approval as well as launch and global patient access
• Ability to partner with all functions to drive, deliver and maximize asset value
• Effective in communicating, decision making and committing to areas of joint decision making

This is best achieved by a unique fit for purpose combination of skills reflected in these critical skill categories.  Additional information in the Knowledge and Skills section. 

• Inspirational Leadership
• Strategic Vision
• Strong Analytical Credibility
• Execution Skills
• Stakeholder Relationship

• This specific role is for a GPL within the zasocitinib franchise team and would be responsible for a specific indication under the guidance of the franchise asset Program lead. For a given indication, responsible for an overarching strategy and execution. The GPL leads all research, development, commercial and LCM activities associated with an indication from discovery to the marketplace with full accountability.
• Leads the Indication sub team and develops the indication specific asset strategy together with the commercial leader in the context of unmet medical need, competitive landscape, and key TPP attributes required to bring the product to market and to ensure global access for patients in context of Takeda’s values: Patient-Trust-Reputation-Business. This must take into consideration all development and commercial requirements as well as potential local/regional key requirements
• For a given indication, the GPL is the single leader of a cross functional team. The GPL ensures through the functional sub-teams leaders and their teams all project deliverables achieve defined project scope & objectives, budget and timelines with full functional support, keeping in mind value maximization and strong sense of the time/quality balance. 
• Provides matrix management, strategic and tactical leadership to team members who are responsible for leading the key deliverables of the functional sub-teams for a given asset. Team members are directly accountable to the GPL on the sub-team objectives.
• Accountable with the responsible Global Program Manager for activities operating budgets within the indication specific global program to the franchise Program Team; leads budget setting in collaboration with functions and manages v