Franchise Lead (Director, Global Regulatory Affairs CMC)

3316 Takeda Development Center Americas•Boston, MA

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

This role is within the Global Regulatory Affairs (GRA) Chemistry Manufacturing & Controls (CMC) and Devices organization. The Franchise Lead will be the GRA CMC Franchise Lead for TAK-079. This individual will independently develop the regulatory CMC strategy and lead the execution of regulatory CMC investigational, registration and post-approval strategies for their assigned product(s) as the GRA CMC Product Lead. Prior experience in leading or playing a major role in preparing the CMC aspects of global registrational submissions of a complex drug product or suite of products is preferred. The role involves representing and contributing to Regulatory, Pharmaceutical Development, and Commercial project teams throughout clinical development and the commercial lifecycle. The individual must demonstrate a high level of leadership and expert understanding of GRA CMC regulations and guidelines, applying this understanding to projects to enhance the probability of regulatory success and compliance. The ability to draw from prior experience, precedents, and other regulatory intelligence beyond regulations is crucial. A strong analytical or process understanding is needed to enable the development of robust and accurate submissions. The role also involves developing constructive relationships and proactively communicating issues to key internal and external colleagues, including Alliance Partners, and successfully communicating and negotiating with Health Authorities. The Franchise Lead will coach and develop people and teams, support a culture of high performance and trust, assure the required level of knowledge and skills are available, and identify competency gaps, establishing and implementing effective development plans.

Requirements

BS/BA Degree in a Scientific Discipline, Advanced Degree (M.S., Ph.D., etc.) required.
10+ years of overall biopharmaceutical/device industry experience.
8+ years pharmaceutical Regulatory CMC and/or devices experience, while leading major submissions during LCM, development – including preparation of NDA/BLA/MAA.
Equivalent industry experience in Pharmaceutical Development, Analytical Development, Production, Quality Assurance can be considered.
Strong understanding of scientific principles and regulatory CMC requirements relevant to global drug development and post-market support.
Proven ability to understand and communicate regulatory strategy to drug development, registration, and post-market support teams.
Analyze issues with attention to detail.
Ability to assess alternative approaches.
Base regulatory strategy recommendations on precedents and other regulatory intelligence as well as regulations and guidelines.
Able to deal with issues of critical importance with minimal oversight.
Exercises good judgment in elevating and communicating actual or potential issues to line management.
Applies direction taken by the company.
Demonstrates emerging leadership, problem-solving ability, flexibility and values teamwork.
Intentionally promotes an inclusive culture.
Applies given prioritization framework with limited support.
Excellent written and oral communication skills required.

Nice To Haves

Prior experience in leading or playing a major role in preparing the CMC aspects of global registrational submissions of a complex drug product or suite of products is preferred.

Responsibilities

Develops, executes and oversees the preparation of major global registrational submissions.
Guides the team to define and drive strategy for CMC regulatory dossier content and reviews this content for conformance with established requirements.
Represents Takeda GRA CMC in Health Authority meetings and drives preparation activities for meetings with Health Authorities on CMC related matters.
Provides guidance to the teams on administrative procedural topics while interacting with International Health Authorities.
Fosters constructive working relationships when interacting with internal and/or external colleagues.
Provides strategic input into change control evaluation.
Ensures and/or enhances regulatory compliance as a GRA CMC member.
Ensures project team colleagues, line management, and key stakeholders are apprised of developments that may impact regulatory success, exercising sound judgment and communicating in a professional and timely manner.
Reviews, provides regulatory CMC input and approves technical protocols, reports, etc. to ensure alignment with global regulatory requirements and standards.
Prepares and maintains relevant regulatory documentation (e.g., technical regulatory strategy documents, storyboards, risk assessments, etc.) and provides tactical regulatory guidance to product teams in line with global regulatory strategies.
Accountable for development and/or commercial products approvals and meeting targets for projects/products within respective modalities.
Proactively identifies regulatory CMC risks, ensuring timely communication with line management.
Leads assigned global regulatory submissions (e.g., Core Dossiers, INDs, CTAs, BLAs, MAAs, Variations, etc.) through product lifecycle.
Provides global regulatory input and support on product-compliance related activities including change controls, deviations, and investigations.
Works effectively across a complex matrix environment in GRA with GRLs, CMC RA project leads and other GRA sub-functions to ensure effective strategies are implemented and project execution is on target.
Supports development of strategies, tools, and trainings to further the GRA CMC roadmap.
Proactively communicates CMC regulatory strategies, key issues and risks through assigned programs/products development activities and LCM in an adequate and timely manner to cross-functional programs/products teams and management level within GRA CMC, GRA, and technical/CMC line functions.