Otsuka Pharmaceutical Companies (U.S.) · 18 hours ago
Senior Director, Early Development Team Lead _Immunology
United States
Full-time
Remote
Director/Executive
$231K/yr - $345K/yr
10+ years expOtsuka Pharmaceutical Companies (U.S.) is seeking a Senior Director, Early Development Team Lead in Immunology, who will play a critical role in delivering the company's pipeline and bringing differentiated medicines to patients. The leader will manage multi-disciplinary teams from pre-clinical through clinical proof of concept, ensuring strategic alignment and effective execution of development plans.
Health CareMedical
Responsibilities
Leads Early Development teams to deliver early phase assets through clinical PoC, that supports go/no-go decisions for further development
Engages EDT members and cross company stakeholders to devise and implement an agreed development strategy for early phase portfolio assets through clinical PoC, aligned with late phase Development and Commercial
Effectively engages with and utilizes governance and advisory bodies to agree, revise and progress asset development plans proposed by the EDTs
Continually analyzes, progresses, and engages EDT members and stakeholders to solve problems and deliver data-driven decisions
Ensures that the EDT delivers to Full Development assets that meet robust Target Reimbursable Product Profiles that can achieve pricing, reimbursement, access and puts forward recommendations when these criteria cannot be met
Ensures the process and output of the team meets set milestones, within timelines & budget while remaining cognizant of opportunities to streamline development without compromising quality
Engages senior leaders and functional area stakeholders to ensure alignment of program strategy and operational plans with functional area capabilities
Works with EDT to set goals and objectives for asset development; ensures aligned functional and individual objectives (for self and team members) across the matrix to accomplish the asset development plan
Oversees relevant sub-teams and ensures clear goals and objectives are in place, provides feedback and coaching, and holds sub-team leaders accountable for key deliverables
Facilitates objective and effective decision making among team members
Builds productive relationships with functional heads of all groups that interact with the EDT, and partners with them to advance the EDT goals and secure resources
Communicates key program information, risks, and milestones, and ensures information flow across key stakeholders, governance teams, functional leaders, team members, etc
Qualification
Required
MD, PhD, DVM, PharmD, MBA, or equivalent advanced biology degree
Experienced drug developer with 10+ years experience in the drug development process, preferably with experience in early phase development covering both biologics and small molecule
Experience in managing and leading high performance, cross-functional teams (Matrix) or complex organizations
Objective matrix team leader with demonstrated ability to frame issues, ask the right clarifying questions, and rationalize decisions in a cost disciplined manner, with an enterprise view
Strong understanding of relevant regulatory health authority expectations and regulations for drug development
Working knowledge of all functional areas of exploratory development, including, CMC (small molecules and biologics), biology, toxicology, clinical pharmacology, ADME/DMPK, early clinical development, etc
Ability to create a clear purpose, global vision, strategies and key priorities for competing successfully in the evolving pharmaceutical and health care industry
Ability to multitask across multiple exploratory development assets
Demonstrated ability to successfully and effectively cooperate, collaborate and work across functional boundaries
Ability to review and interpret scientific data and incorporate emerging information, feedback and scientific progress (internal and external) into development actions
Benefits
Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage
Company provided basic life
Accidental death & dismemberment
Short-term and long-term disability insurance
Tuition reimbursement
Student loan assistance
A generous 401(k) match
Flexible time off
Paid holidays
Paid leave programs
Other company provided benefits
Company
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Companies (U.S.)
There are two Otsuka pharmaceutical industry companies in the U.S.: Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.
1001-5000 employees
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