Takeda · 16 hours ago
Manager, Site Start Up
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid, Senior Level
$112K/yr - $176K/yr
4+ years expTakeda is a patient-focused, innovation-driven company transforming the pharmaceutical industry. The Manager, Site Start Up will develop and deliver the global site start up plan, oversee clinical trial data analysis, and drive accurate study start up forecasts.
BiotechnologyHealth CareManufacturingMedicalPharmaceutical
Responsibilities
Establish, develop, and deliver the Global Site Start Up Plan
Partner with Clinical Operations teams, and TAU partners to improve overall site start up metrics and implement processes
Provide guidance, oversight, and training to the Site Start Up team, delivering activities to support Clinical Programs, including data and methodologies for protocol study start up, country and site selection, study start up planning, and modeling
Ensure standards are applied to the study start up process across project portfolios and support continuous improvement activities while developing TA-aligned strategies
Guide the collection and analysis of all data to influence site start up timelines
Leverage leading industry tools and data sources to provide data on start up timelines and performance (data quality, start up cycle time) to assist project teams with site initiation timeline forecasting
Agree to deliverables on a site-level basis with the SSU team and monitor adherence to these. Promptly recognize and improve potential delays, and escalate non-performance
Lead the site start up team, using the appropriate team members to help implement the Site Start Up Plan
Drive delivery of all Takeda and CRO supported sites that are "Ready To Enroll"
Resolve escalated issues identified by the site start up team in partnership with the Study Manager
Qualification
Required
BS degree or international equivalent in a life science
4 or more years of experience in Clinical Operations, Project Management, study start up, and trial optimization with evidence of increasing responsibility within a pharmaceutical company, CRO or relevant industry vendor
2 or more years of direct responsibility in site activation and managing the study start up processes of clinical research studies at a sponsor or CRO
Proficiency with software models and database structures
Ability to explain data, facilitate decision making processes to be data driven
Expertise in principles driving country/site start up and study start up strategies
Preferred
Global SSU experience preferred
Benefits
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
Well-being benefits
Up to 80 hours of sick time
Up to 120 hours of paid vacation
Company
Takeda
Takeda is a biopharmaceutical company that researches and develops pharmaceutical drugs.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.46B2025-06-27Post Ipo Debt· $2.4B
2016-09-01Grant· $19.8M
2016-05-08Grant· $38M
Leadership Team
Christophe Weber
President and CEO
Schuyler Fairfield
Senior Vice President, Global Head of Supply Chain
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