Global Launch Excellence Lead, Immunology
About The Position
Takeda is preparing to launch innovative medicines globally and seeks a collaborative, results-oriented leader to support a product launch and champion its Global Launch Excellence community. The Global Launch Excellence Lead works with the Product Strategy Lead and Global Commercial or Brand Leads to develop and monitor an integrated global launch plan aligned with asset and brand strategies. The role facilitates cross-functional engagement across Clinical Development, Global Regulatory Affairs, Global Manufacturing Sciences, Global Communications, Global Medical Affairs, and US and International Business Unit launch leads to support an on-time, quality launch. The position oversees launch planning, timelines, risk management, cross-functional integration, reporting, financial oversight, and team ways of working. It also supports continuous learning from launches, champions the Global Launch Excellence community, improves launch processes and tools, and leverages technology to strengthen collaboration and launch readiness. The role is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and is classified as hybrid.
Requirements
- BA/BS degree required.
- At least 12 years of experience in pharma/biotech drug development or commercial roles supporting launch readiness.
- Proficiency with MS Office Suite, Teams, and project management software.
- Understanding of pharmaceutical development, regulatory requirements, and commercial launch excellence.
- Understanding of essential global launch activities across key functions in a cross-functional program team.
- Exceptional planning and organizational abilities to manage competing priorities.
- Self-motivated and adaptable, able to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment with minimal oversight.
- Ability to proactively identify risks, propose solutions, and deliver mitigation plans.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to provide context, articulate views, drive clarity, and address barriers.
- Excellent facilitation skills.
- Ability to drive value-based decisions in a cross-functional, cross-cultural, global team structure.
Nice To Haves
- Master's degree or PMP certification.
- At least 5 years of project/program management experience.
- Proven success leading cross-functional teams and managing stakeholder relationships.
- Ability to inspire and influence in a matrix environment to maximize launch success and address barriers.
- Experience implementing digital collaboration tools, project management tools, and using AI.
- Multilingual capabilities.
- Experience with global launches.
Responsibilities
- Support Global Launch Activation Workshops to define the integrated global launch plan.
- Oversee Launch Team Meetings and the Commercial Sub-Team to track progress.
- Organize Launch Summits to prepare regions.
- Guide the asset’s annual integrated Commercial Sub-Team goal-setting process.
- Manage global launch timelines in line with asset and brand strategies, focusing on critical-path tactics.
- Collaborate with the Global Program Manager and regional launch leads to align timelines and tactics.
- Track detailed SPD functional tactics.
- Guide risk identification and mitigation, scenario planning, decision criteria, and milestone stage gates.
- Identify, communicate, and escalate program-wide interdependencies, issues, and key decisions to senior leadership and governance.
- Integrate SPD functions and Commercial Sub-Teams, clarify priorities, and remove barriers to launch execution.
- Establish and track Launch KPIs and manage scheduled and ad-hoc program status reporting.
- Coordinate presentations for strategic planning and decision-making and prepare launch status updates for governance committees.
- Partner with Finance and SPD functions to oversee the brand budget, monitor potential variances, and propose budget tradeoffs.
- Foster a positive team culture through meeting facilitation, team health checks, collaborative values-based decision-making, clear ways of working, and team engagement.
- Support onboarding of new launch team members as needed.
- Facilitate After Action Reviews and share launch best practices and opportunities.
- Champion the Global Launch Excellence community and develop processes, tools, and standards for future launch readiness.
- Drive continuous process improvement, integrating GPT and regional ways of working and best practices.
- Build and maintain tools to plan and track launch progress and improve team collaboration and agility.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
