Senior Medical Director, Clinical Science, Gastrointestinal and Inflammation Therapeutic Area- Rheumatology

Role Summary

Senior Medical Director, Clinical Science, Gastrointestinal and Inflammation Therapeutic Area- Rheumatology

Responsibilities

• The Senior Medical Director leads and drives strategy for the overall global (US/EU/Japan) clinical development taking into consideration the medical, scientific, regulatory and commercial issues for assigned Takeda pipeline compounds.
• Leads a multi-disciplinary, multi-regional, matrix team through highly complex decisions. This individual has the ultimate responsibility for development decisions assessing and integrating the input from various disciplines to create, maintain, and execute a global clinical development plan that will result in the regulatory approval of the assigned compound in multiple regions.
• Applies clinical/medical decision making to clinical development issues. This individual interacts with and influences TGRD and TPC senior leadership decision-making for the projects by setting strategic direction. Success or failure directly translates to the ability of TGRD to meet its corporate goals and for Takeda to have future commercial products.

Qualifications

• MD or internationally recognized equivalent plus 7 years of clinical research experience within the pharmaceutical industry, CRO health-related consulting company, or biomedical/clinical experience within academia (or a combination of afore mentioned).
• Previous experience successfully leading a clinical development team/matrix team with responsibility for studies in multiple regions.
• NDA/MAA/Submission experience preferred.
• Management experience
• Board-certified in rheumatology preferred

Skills

• Superior communication, strategic, interpersonal and negotiating skills
• Ability to proactively predict issues and solve problems
• Ability to drive decision-making within a multi-disciplinary, multi-regional, matrix teams
• Diplomacy and positive influencing abilities

Education

• Knowledge: Therapeutic area knowledge relevant to mechanism of action
• Regional/global Regulatory requirements
• Emerging research in designated therapeutic area

Additional Requirements

• Travel to or fly to various meetings or client sites, including overnight trips. Some international travel may be required.
• Requires approximately 15 - 25% travel.