Head of Regulatory Legal
Takeda
13 days ago
Remote friendly (Boston, MA)
United States
$320,000 - $440,000 USD yearly
Corporate Functions
Responsibilities:
- Develop and lead global legal strategy supporting Global Quality (GSQ), Research & Development (R&D), Regulatory Affairs, and Plasma Derived Therapies (PDT).
- Provide end-to-end high-quality legal support to global teams across GSQ, R&D, Regulatory Affairs, and PDT.
- Advise senior leadership on regulatory, manufacturing, and quality matters to ensure compliance and mitigate risk.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to senior/executive leadership; collaborate on strategic initiatives.
- Oversee and develop legal professionals; lead legal teams handling complex legal/regulatory issues and cross-functional project teams.
- Identify and mitigate legal and regulatory risks; advise on best practices.
- Oversee company compliance with applicable laws/regulations by designing and implementing effective global regulatory strategies.
- Drive legal innovation and continual improvement; foster collaboration across the legal function and business units.
Preferred Qualifications:
- JD degree and active law license in relevant jurisdiction.
- Advanced training in pharmaceutical law.
- 15+ years’ post-qualification experience advising on complex regulatory issues (regulatory affairs, clinical trials, manufacturing, quality, supply chain) in pharma/biotech.
- Significant in-house pharma/biotech experience with increasing responsibility.
- Demonstrated experience managing attorneys/legal professionals.
Compensation & Benefits (if applicable):
- Base salary range: $320,000–$440,000 (Boston, MA).
- Eligible for incentives; medical/dental/vision, 401(k) match, disability, life insurance, tuition reimbursement, paid volunteer time off, holidays, well-being benefits, sick time (up to 80 hours/year), and paid vacation (up to 120 hours for new hires).
- Develop and lead global legal strategy supporting Global Quality (GSQ), Research & Development (R&D), Regulatory Affairs, and Plasma Derived Therapies (PDT).
- Provide end-to-end high-quality legal support to global teams across GSQ, R&D, Regulatory Affairs, and PDT.
- Advise senior leadership on regulatory, manufacturing, and quality matters to ensure compliance and mitigate risk.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to senior/executive leadership; collaborate on strategic initiatives.
- Oversee and develop legal professionals; lead legal teams handling complex legal/regulatory issues and cross-functional project teams.
- Identify and mitigate legal and regulatory risks; advise on best practices.
- Oversee company compliance with applicable laws/regulations by designing and implementing effective global regulatory strategies.
- Drive legal innovation and continual improvement; foster collaboration across the legal function and business units.
Preferred Qualifications:
- JD degree and active law license in relevant jurisdiction.
- Advanced training in pharmaceutical law.
- 15+ years’ post-qualification experience advising on complex regulatory issues (regulatory affairs, clinical trials, manufacturing, quality, supply chain) in pharma/biotech.
- Significant in-house pharma/biotech experience with increasing responsibility.
- Demonstrated experience managing attorneys/legal professionals.
Compensation & Benefits (if applicable):
- Base salary range: $320,000–$440,000 (Boston, MA).
- Eligible for incentives; medical/dental/vision, 401(k) match, disability, life insurance, tuition reimbursement, paid volunteer time off, holidays, well-being benefits, sick time (up to 80 hours/year), and paid vacation (up to 120 hours for new hires).