Takeda Pharmaceutical Company-posted 9 months ago
$86,500 - $135,960/Yr
Full-time • Mid Level
Remote • Cambridge, MA
Chemical Manufacturing

Join Takeda as a Program Manager, Oncology located in Cambridge, MA. As the Program Manager, Oncology, you will report to Head of USMAO Medical Affairs Operations and Field Excellence. The Program Manager for US Medical Affairs Oncology (USMAO) will play a critical role in supporting multiple brand medical strategies in ensuring cross-functional team effectiveness and managing complex, business critical projects that impact the US Oncology Business Unit (USOBU). This person will apply an understanding of program strategies and tactics in order to manage priorities, track key projects, build relationships with key stakeholders, and identify gaps and synergies. This individual will work closely with USMAO leadership across both in-house and field medical to ensure clarity of strategy/priorities, perform change and risk management, and facilitate communication across all parties. In addition, this role will contribute to the development of project management standards and best practices across therapeutic areas by collaborating with other program management functions.

  • Apply advanced project management skills and experience and serve as a point for team members, manage program efforts of USMAO therapeutic areas.
  • Support the medical leads of the oncology programs to provide support for budget planning and process management guidance.
  • Review and oversee overall project progress, ensure prioritization, and monitor goals/key performance indicators (KPIs).
  • Provide strategic feedback and proactive updates to the individual members and/or USMAO Oncology Leadership Team (OLT) when necessary.
  • Anticipate program issues that require action, alignment, escalation, and/or discussions regarding dependencies, risks, and information-sharing.
  • Ensure compliance to appropriate SOPs and guidelines.
  • Collect and analyze data to be used in the strategic medical planning process, including development of annual brand strategy and tactical plans.
  • Assist in planning key activities, roles/responsibilities, milestones, timelines, dependencies, potential risks, and budgets.
  • Collaborate with cross-organizational stakeholders to ensure alignment in the process and approach.
  • Identify opportunities to improve, accelerate, or expand projects and project execution while maintaining high quality standards.
  • Facilitate meeting management to enable key discussions and decisions within the team.
  • Manage overall program communications and SharePoint/Microsoft teams sites.
  • Proactively engage the broader Takeda organization and liaise with Project Management counterparts to drive the rigor with which USMAO manage programs.
  • Bachelor's degree and 4 years of project management experience on cross-functional projects in a healthcare environment or High School Diploma/GED and 8 years of project management experience on cross-functional projects in a healthcare environment.
  • Ability to travel to various meetings, including overnight trips, with US travel requirements up to 15%.
  • Oncology experience.
  • Finance experience/background.
  • Project Management Professional certification.
  • Medical, dental, vision insurance.
  • 401(k) plan and company match.
  • Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
  • Basic life insurance.
  • Tuition reimbursement program.
  • Paid volunteer time off.
  • Company holidays.
  • Well-being benefits.
  • Up to 80 hours of sick time per calendar year.
  • Accrual of up to 120 hours of paid vacation for new hires.
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