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Job Description
About the role:
At Takeda, we are a forward-looking, world-class R&D organization that unlocks innovation and delivers transformative therapies to patients. By focusing R&D efforts on three therapeutic areas and other targeted investments, we push the boundaries of what is possible in order to bring life-changing therapies to patients worldwide.
Join us as a Senior Manager, Programming in our Data and Quantitative Sciences (DQS) team.
How you will contribute:
Leads statistical programming activities across multiple studies (or across a compound) and related oversight activities ensuring quality and timeliness.
Contributes to asset level strategies.
Independently completes tasks and prioritization.
Engages cross functionally to progress tasks with proven influencing skills.
Contributes to and/or leads process improvement initiatives
Exhibits existing internal and external presence on topics of interest.
Effectively drives and influences project teams towards objectives while enabling and making decisions.
Combines strong general knowledge of technical and programming methods with applied experience to complete tasks and mentor more junior staff.
Leads non-project initiatives across statistical programming
Demonstrates advanced knowledge of CDISC standards, medical terminology, clinical trial methodologies, and FDA/ICH regulations.
Leads and organizes programming activities for assigned clinical studies and projects.
DIMENSIONS AND ASPECTS:
Technical/Functional (Line) Expertise
- Comprehensive understanding of the pharmaceutical industry and statistical programming (e.g., clinical development, the prescription drug distribution process, etc.)
- Excellent analytical, technical, and computer skills
- Expert level SAS programming ability and experience with other analytical tools, e.g. R, Python.
- Advanced knowledge of CDISC standards, medical terminology, clinical trial methodologies, and FDA/ICH regulations
Leadership
- Demonstrated ability to work and influence across functions, regions and cultures
- Excellent communicator, able to convey both complex ideas and data, verbally and in writing
- Proven skills as an effective team player who can engender credibility and confidence within the company
- Ability to distill complex technical programming ideas in simple comprehensible terms in order to influence decisions and outcomes
- Embraces and demonstrates a diversity and inclusion mindset
- Leads projects directly or indirectly related to GPTs or other functions
- Independently works and prioritizes projects
- Effectively drives and influences project teams towards objectives while enabling and making decisions
- Contributes to asset level strategies
- Has internal and external presence on topics of interest
Decision-making and Autonomy
- Recommends strategic decisions that impact the statistical programming function
- Accountable for statistical programming decision making within study level
- Participates in initiatives that seek diverse input from multiple constituents and stakeholders to drive innovative solutions
Interaction
- Effectively understands the changing external and internal environment
- Able to effectively implement R&D’s partnership strategy as it applies to statistical programming
- Builds strong relationships and collaborates effectively with other interfacing Takeda functions, including but not limited to statistics, data management, clinical operations, medical directors
Innovation
- Comfortable challenging the status quo and proposing forward thinking innovative solutions
- Implements new ways of working utilizing a wide variety of software (e.g. SAS, R, Python)
- Proposes and embeds ideas around innovative solutions, and leverages new ways to accelerate existing milestones
Complexity
- Able to work in a global ecosystem (internal and external) with a high degree of complexity
- Possesses requisite deep expertise of statistical programming and computing environments
- Able to see and understand broader, enterprise level perspective and impact to statistical programming
- Exhibits awareness and relevance of best practices related to data sharing
- Provides input regarding standardization and programming of novel data types (including real world evidence, personalized medicine, and wearable devices) as part of a larger digital strategy
Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:
MS with ~6+ years of industry related experience.
BS with ~8+ years of industry related experience.
Experience leading business process transformations and organizational culture change as well as contributing to programming expertise on programs with complex business deliverables
Operational experience in pharmaceutical drug development with significant direct exposure to clinical development
Health care business acumen with a comprehensive understanding of the pharmaceutical industry.
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 - VirtualU.S. Base Salary Range:
$137,000.00 - $215,270.00The 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-termincentives. 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
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