Head, Medical Safety Sciences, Patient Safety & Pharmacovigilance (Pspv) (Vice President)

Job Description OBJECTIVES/PURPOSE: Responsible for optimizing the timely detection of safety signals and assessment of the benefit-risk profile for products in clinical development and marketed from the Takeda portfolio through the application of robust expertise, standards and processes and innovative solutions in Signal Management, Risk Management & Benefit Risk, Medical Review and Aggregate Safety Reports in compliance with Pharmacovigilance regulatory requirements worldwide.
Provides a robust, patient-centered, science-based and data-driven subject matter expertise leveraging the use of digital and automated tools and systems.
Shares best practices, ensures adherence to health authority's regulations and inspection readiness at all times.
Supports and advocates the vision and mission of the PSPV as a member of the PSPV Leadership Team.
ACCOUNTABILITIES: Leads and ensures managerial oversight of PSPV functions that are accountable for the establishment and maintenance of standards for the timely detection of safety signals and assessment of the benefit-risk profile for products in clinical development and marketed from the Takeda portfolio through the application of robust expertise and innovative solutions in Medical Review, Signal Management, Risk Management & Benefit Risk, and Aggregate Safety Reports in compliance with Pharmacovigilance regulatory requirements worldwide.
Supports and advocates the vision and mission of Global Patient Safety & Pharmacovigilance (PSPV) as a member of the Global PSPV Leadership Team.
Establishes cross-functional and trusted collaborations across PSPV, R&D and at enterprise level.
Risk Management & Benefit Risk Center of Excellence: Oversees the PV Risk Management Center of Excellence, ensuring its continuous operational execution and excellence applying best practices in accordance with regulatory requirements and guidelines worldwide and in alignment with the PSPV governance and operating model.
Provides leadership in benefit-risk assessments, risk management plans, risk minimization (including REMS) and risk communications.
Develops comprehensive benefit-risk analyses, with the use of qualitative and quantitative methodologies, to ensure that benefits outweigh the risks.
Conducts qualitative and quantitative benefit risk assessments (including BRACT and BRAD deliverables).
Develops risk management and risk minimization strategies.
Leads the developments of risk management plans, risk minimization measures and REMS programs.
Leads patient engagement activities such as aRMMs comprehension and usability testing.
OISI Coordinator to characterize/escalate potential Safety Signals to identify risks.
Manages the Orbit risk management tracking tool.
Ensures compliance and inspections/audit procedures/processes reflect alignment with various regulatory authorities' regulations.
Signal Management & PV Safety Analytics: Establishes a robust Signal Management process and elevates the role of Signal Management (from signal identification through to evaluation of risk) as an integral part of the drug development and marketing continuum.
Acts as an integral leader to advance the use of digitalization/AI/ML/Hyper-automation.
Identifies all available data sources, internal and external to Takeda, and associated safety analytics tools to develop a state-of-the-art approach to Safety Analytics.
Supports innovation/tool development with both PSPV and R&D Training Teams.
Ensures compliance and inspections/audit procedures/processes reflect alignment with various regulatory authorities' regulations.
Medical Review: Ensures that adverse events are evaluated accurately and comprehensively.
Ensures clinical assessment to determine factors like the seriousness, causality, and expectedness of the adverse event in relation to the drug.
Ensures compliance and inspections/audit procedures/processes reflect alignment with various regulatory authorities' regulations.
Aggregate Safety Reports: Consolidates all data and findings into comprehensive safety reports.
Responsible for creating safety reports required by regulatory authorities to monitor and assess the safety profile of a drug.
Communicates the benefit-risk profile to all pertinent stakeholders and regulatory authorities.
Ensures compliance and inspections/audit procedures/processes reflect alignment with various regulatory authorities' regulations.
Education & Competencies (Technical and Behavioral): Bachelors required. Post-graduate degree or equivalent with advanced degree preferred, MD, PhD, or PharmD.
Minimum 15 years in pharmaceutical experience.
Advanced knowledge of PV and global PV regulations.
Experience working in a multi-disciplinary environment (e.g., QA, Clinical, Regulatory), including working in an international setting.
Experience working within a complex and matrix organization with demonstrated ability to work across functions and regions at all levels.
Ability to collaborate and effectively influence various functional areas, partners, regions, and cultures. Direct experience in the pharmaceutical industry or related field required.
Previous experience leading a medium to large organization and influencing senior-level management and key stakeholders is a plus.
Proven track record of leading and driving business process transformation and organizational culture change as well as delivering on programs with complex business deliverables.
Track record of successful leadership, management, and development of large, multi-disciplinary globally dispersed teams. Strong judge of talent with the ability to make tough talent decisions.
Health care business acumen with a comprehensive understanding of the pharmaceutical industry.
Technical/Functional (Line) Expertise: Comprehensive understanding of the pharmaceutical industry and PV Compliance.
Management of People skills to apply Takeda Leadership Behaviors.
Leadership: Demonstrated ability to work across functions, regions, and cultures.
Functional level leadership with the ability to inspire, motivate, and drive results.
Excellent communicator, able to persuasively convey both ideas and data, verbally and in writing.
Provides vision and leadership guidance of teams and projects with engagement of cross-functional stakeholders and external experts.
Proven skills as an effective team player who can engender credibility and confidence within and outside the company.
Ability to distil complex issues and ideas down to simple comprehensible terms.
Demonstrates leadership presence and confidence.
Embraces and demonstrates a diversity and inclusion mindset and role models these behaviors for the organization.
Invests time in helping others to enhance their skills and perform at a higher level.
Job Description Decision-making and Autonomy: Provides input to highly complex decisions that impact the functional area. Accountable for decision making for designated function.
Ability to seek diverse input from multiple constituents and stakeholders to drive innovative solutions.
Ability to incorporate feedback and ensure decisions are implemented swiftly to yield flawless execution.
Accountable for providing input to and implementing vision and strategy for designated scope.
Interaction: Effectively navigates the changing external and internal environment and leads others through change by creating and inspiring an engaging workplace.
Cultivates a broad network of relationships throughout Takeda, with affiliates and external partners, in the industry and area of expertise.
Effectively represents function in negotiations with the ability to resolve conflict in a constructive manner.
Ability to build strong relationships and collaborate effectively with other interfacing Takeda functions.
Externally engaged as a representative from Takeda to create partnerships with academia, sponsoring fellowship programs within the universities and schools while working together to integrate opportunities for students to learn about pharmacovigilance.
Internally interacts with leaders cross-functionally at TET-1 & 2 level and below to influence and ensure the benefit-risk assessments of products during life cycle to lead and contribute to the success of clinical development, filings and support of marketing authorizations of Takeda products worldwide.
Innovation: Forward thinking with the ability to recommend, influence and implement organizational change and continuous innovation.
Comfortable challenging the status quo and bringing forward innovative solutions.
Ability to take risks implementing innovative solutions, accelerating time to market.
Identifies opportunities and anticipates changes in the business landscape through an understanding and ongoing assessment of the environment affecting the business.
Role models respect and inclusion, creating a culture that fosters innovation.
Complexity: Ability to work in a global ecosystem (internal and external) with a high degree of complexity.
Deep expertise required.
Ability to see and understand broader, enterprise level perspective.
Operates in a highly matrix environment with rapidly evolving medical scientific approaches and regulatory requirements worldwide.
Leads and operates with Patient, Trust, Reputation and Business (PTRB) values.
Competencies and Skills: Integrity.
Ability to relate well to people and to motivate and empower others.
Insights required to work productively in a global company and across multiple functions.
Communication with clarity and brevity.
Capacity to take initiative and work productively in a high-pressure environment.
Strong knowledge of business area and understanding of the proactive interactions necessary to achieve business goals and objectives.
Ability to lead meetings and teleconferences, both internally in Takeda as well as externally to technical and lay groups and public meetings.
TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS: Local and international travel across Takeda sites will be required.
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: Boston, MA

U.S. Base Salary Range: 252,000.00 - 396,000.00

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. Locations Boston, MA

Worker Type Employee

Worker Sub-Type Regular

Time Type Full time

Job Exempt: Yes

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