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Job Description

About the role:

Join Takeda as a Senior Medical Director, Pharmacovigilance in Gastrointestinal and Inflammation (GI²). You will oversee medical safety activities and processes for assigned products, ensuring continuous assessment of safety profiles and benefit-risk of investigational and marketed compounds.

You will provide strategic, patient-focused leadership for medical safety, support asset strategies, and strengthen medical and scientific innovation. Timely escalation of safety issues to the Takeda Safety Board Chair is required. You will define and implement a vision for Patient Safety, enhance medical safety capabilities, and be a core member of company-wide Committees and Governance.

As part of the Patient Safety and Pharmacovigilance (PSPV) team, you will report to the Vice President, Therapeutic Area Head of Gastrointestinal and Inflammation PSPV. You may manage/oversee physicians and Health Care Professionals (HCPs) serving as Global Safety Leaders (GSL) and PV Scientists for a compound that is both in clinical development and marketed in the designated therapeutic area.

How you will contribute:

May directly manage a group of GSLs and PV Scientists responsible for overseeing the medical safety profile for assigned products.

Interacts with and influences colleagues from other functions to ensure the successful development, design and implementation of comprehensive safety and benefit-risk assessment strategies for products.

Oversees signal detection and risk management activities for assigned products and ensures that development plans include comprehensive safety assessment plans.

Flexible to support compounds/initiatives outside of primary therapeutic area(s) as directed by business and departmental needs

Leads PSPV Safety Team (GST) and Safety Management Team (SMT) for assigned GI compounds and products.

Represents the cross-functional program team as a product safety profile and risk mitigation expert for internal (e.g., Takeda Safety Board) and external (e.g., Independent Data Monitoring Committee) stakeholders.

Manages cross-functional assessment of benefit-risk profile and communication of safety information for assigned compounds and products.

Leads the interpretation of safety data from internal and external sources, assessment of ensuing scientific and medical implications, and communication of the impact of same both in terms of “go/no go” decisions or modification of development plan or study design, including potential impact on timeline or product labeling, ensuring the primacy of patient safety.

Mentors GSLs and PV Scientists with respect to compounds in development and marketed drugs, safety monitoring and risk management assessment and analysis. 

Supports cross-functional team evaluations in preparation for presentations to the Takeda Safety Board and similar forums. The Senior Medical Director will be a key player in the preparation and presentation of materials to the Takeda Safety Board and similar forums.

Manages the reactive response to emerging safety signals.

May perform the medical safety evaluation of projects for new business development opportunities (e.g., due diligence evaluations).

Ensures high quality analyses of safety information, in support of safety update regulatory submissions, investigational and new drug applications and interactions with regulatory authorities worldwide.

Assists the Global Medical Safety GI Therapeutic Area Head in assessing the implications of emerging regulatory intelligence and developing strategies for adapting processes and procedures.

Oversees risk management plans for compounds in development and marketed drugs.

Ensures that GSLs are proactively identifying safety concerns and developing contingency strategies that address these challenges.

Maintains professional knowledge and accreditation by active participation in continuing medical education activities and fosters a community of continual learning.

Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:

Medical Degree (MD) required or internationally recognized equivalent ideally combined with Advanced Degree.

8 years+ of experience gained in Pharmacovigilance, Clinical Research, or Clinical Development within the Pharmaceutical industry and/or academia and/or CRO including significant experience in operating in a global pharmacovigilance organization.

Minimum of 3 years of experience in people management.

Demonstrated knowledge of regulatory agency requirements regarding drug safety and an understanding of general drug safety methodologies.

Ability to comprehend and synthesize complex data and should have experience in the identification, analysis, and implementation of programs and procedures required to achieve corporate objectives.

Experience operating in a multi-disciplinary drug development environment including international experience and exposure to a variety of therapeutic areas.

Identifies opportunities and anticipates changes in the medical safety. landscape through an understanding and ongoing assessment of the environment affecting the Patient.

Must have demonstrable experience in people management at a leadership level and well-developed skills in team building, motivating, empowering, and developing people.

Work productively in a fast-moving and pressured environment.

Good analytical/judgment capabilities to understand, analyze/synthesize and communicate successfully and concisely

Well-developed time management skillset to assist in prioritization of multiple issues

Computer literate, including safety database acumen

Self-resourced, with the confidence to take the initiative and act autonomously

Both facilitate and efficiently lead meetings, both in person and in other media

Excellent communication skillset, orally and presentational 

Proven ability to work globally and cross-functionally, with strong interpersonal skills /appropriately assertive /team-minded and mentoring.

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.

This position is currently classified as "remote" in accordance with Takeda's Hybrid and Remote Work policy.

Takeda Compensation and Benefits Summary

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. We are committed to equitable pay for all employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices. 

For Location:

Massachusetts - Virtual

U.S. Base Salary Range:

256,200.00 - 402,600.00

The estimated salary range reflects an anticipated range for this position. The actual base salary offered may depend on a variety of factors, including the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job. The actual base salary offered will be in accordance with state or local minimum wage requirements for the job location. 

U.S. based employees may be eligible for short-term and/ or long-term incentives. U.S. based employees may be eligible to participate in medical, dental, vision insurance, a 401(k) plan and company match, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, a tuition reimbursement program, paid volunteer time off, company holidays, and well-being benefits, among others. U.S. based employees are also eligible to receive, per calendar year, up to 80 hours of sick time, and new hires are eligible to accrue up to 120 hours of paid vacation. 

EEO Statement

Takeda is proud in its commitment to creating a diverse workforce and providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, parental status, national origin, age, disability, citizenship status, genetic information or characteristics, marital status, status as a Vietnam era veteran, special disabled veteran, or other protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws, and any other characteristic protected by law.

LocationsMassachusetts - Virtual

Worker TypeEmployee

Worker Sub-TypeRegular

Time TypeFull time

Job Exempt

Yes