Associate Director, Clinical Operations Program Lead (COPL)

Role Summary

Role: Associate Director, Clinical Operations Program Lead (COPL). Develop and lead the program-level operational strategy and planning for assigned clinical programs in close collaboration with strategic partners and vendors. Represent Clinical Operations at the Global Program Team and lead the Clinical Sub Team accountable for the development and execution of the CDP. Provide program-level sponsor oversight of strategic partners and vendors to ensure clinical studies are conducted on time, with high quality, and within budget. Location: Massachusetts - Virtual.

Responsibilities

• Accountable to the GPT for the translation of the CDP into an optimal operational strategy and plan. Ensures assessment of various scenarios operational for optimal execution of the CDP. Maintain close communication with the Global Program Leader and Global Clinical Lead to ensure expectations and activities are aligned.
• On assigned clinical programs, develop and lead the clinical program operational strategy in close collaboration with the Clinical Operations Managers (COMs), strategic partners, CROs, and other vendors.
• Serve as the point of escalation for the COMs for issues that can’t be resolved at the study level. Collaborate with COMs and cross-functional counterparts to oversee the performance of activities assigned to our strategic partners, CROs, and other vendors.
• Responsible for budget planning and accountable for external spend related to clinical program execution. Works closely with COMs, Global Program Manager (GPM), and Finance to ensure on a regular basis that budgets, enrolment, and gaiting are accurate.
• Responsible for participating in strategic cross-functional initiatives for process and/or business improvements.
• Communicates program status and issues to ensure timely decision-making by senior management.
• May participate in Business Development/in-licensing/alliances evaluations by providing operational due diligence.
• Review and provide expert clinical operations input into clinical documents related to the drug development process and into preparation for key regulatory meetings as appropriate.
• Leads Clinical Operations aspects of inspection readiness activities and acts as subject matter expert during regulatory inspections.
• Lead or participate in cross-functional strategic initiatives and process improvement.
• Actively seek new ways of working more efficiently to meet the needs of clinical development.
• Demonstrate advanced Takeda Leadership Behaviors and act as a role model for Takeda´s values.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree or international equivalent; Life Sciences preferred. Advanced degree highly desirable.
• Experience: 10+ years in pharmaceutical industry and/or clinical research organization, including 7+ years clinical study/project management; experience must include early phase clinical studies/Phase 2 studies or later phase global programs; experience in more than one therapeutic area highly desired; expertise in global regulatory and compliance requirements for clinical research (US CFR, EU CTD, ICH GCP); awareness of local country requirements.
• Skills: Demonstrated excellence in program management, including scenario assessment, risk assessment and contingency planning.
• Skills: Demonstrated excellent matrix leadership and communication skills.
• Skills: Able to influence without authority.
• Skills: Excellent teamwork, communication, organizational, interpersonal, conflict resolution and problem-solving skills.
• Skills: Entrepreneurial and innovative; takes measured risks; thinks outside the box; challenge the status quo.
• Skills: Pragmatic and willing to drive and support change.
• Skills: Is comfortable with ambiguity.
• Skills: Embody a culture of continual improvement and innovation; promote knowledge sharing.
• Skills: Fluent business English (oral and written).

Additional Requirements

• Travel: Requires up to 10% travel, including overnight and international travel to other Takeda sites, strategic partners, and therapeutic area required travel.