Sr. Manager, Promotional Review Management

3312 Takeda Pharmaceuticals America•Lexington, MA

7d•Onsite

About The Position

Join Takeda as a Sr. Manager of our Promotional Review Team where you'll be responsible for leading a team of 8 Analysts serving as a strategic business liaison across functional stakeholders (e.g. Commercial, Medical, Legal and Regulatory) to efficiently and effectively facilitate Takeda's advertising and promotional material review process (PRT) and drive PRT alignment with commercial strategies and priorities.

Requirements

6+ years in pharma industry
Bachelor's Degree
People management experience
Project management and organizational skills
Direct experience working in regulated pharma environments specifically in a role pertinent to promotional review or regulatory
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree
Experience working with advertising and promotional process
Marketing experience preferred
Experience working in regulated operations environment preferred
Experience working with cross-functional groups and teams to achieve common goals preferred
Veeva Vault experience

Responsibilities

Manage and coach a team of PRT Ops Analysts, providing guidance, direction, and constructive feedback while removing barriers to success
Work closely with senior leadership to ensure PRT operations integrate seamlessly with Agile Marketing Delivery
Coordinate and facilitate effective and efficient PRT review meetings and other activities to support a review track as needed, managing the needs of cross-functional stakeholders.
Support the planning and execution of effective quarterly business reviews to showcase scope of outputs completed during the review cycle, identify opportunities for improvement, and celebrating successes
Manage review track assignments as well as manage adjustments to PRT hours, ensuring the commitments of the team match the evolving priorities of the business
Work with assigned Takeda brand teams to understand commercial strategies, identify important upcoming projects/events, and anticipate resulting business needs and priorities for advertising and promotional material development, review and approval.
Establish and maintain strategic trusting relationships with cross-functional stakeholders, guiding and influencing collaborative activities and mutual decision-making.
Proactively identify and implement opportunities for PRT process improvement.
Exhibit a solid foundation in Leadership abilities – strategic thinking, innovation, collaboration, and focus.
Foster a culture of trust, transparency, and collaboration among the team
Understanding of commercial strategy, business needs and upcoming key initiatives/ events across the enterprise.
Anticipate challenges and offer recommendations and solutions to franchise brand project owners.
Work with PRT Ops Analysts to plan and deliver quarterly business reviews
Handle the administrative workstreams needed to ensure smooth team functioning (e.g. providing access to new hires, maintaining quality control on process documentation, etc.)
Manage and track high priority items and coordinate with the production team to ensure items are approved in a timely manner.
Communicate timely and accurate information about project progress across teams in order to prioritize and meet timeline and quality standards.
Actively participate in internal Marketing Services team meetings.
Develop and maintain subject matter expertise on the advertising and promotional materials review and approval process (PRT) and support Veeva Vault system (e.g. routing, approval and production of marketing tools).
Maintain working knowledge of and adherence to relevant internal Takeda policies, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and guidelines (e.g. corporate branding, corporate and commercial operations compliance, promotional material development guidelines).
Reguarly assess existing SOPs and submission standards to keep up to date while identifying areas that require updating to enable greater efficiencies without sacrificing quality
Identify and share best practices and lessons learned to enhance overall functional and business successes.
Prioritize and multi-task to enhance productivity and manage workload in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment.
Deliver training with internal and external PRT stakeholders as needed and serve as a "go to resource" for PRT needs.
Share PRT process metrics with assigned franchise brand(s) and coordinate with Marketing Services Manager to provide insights and discuss improvement opportunities with relevant brand teams.
Continuously identify and recommend process innovations with a focus on optimizing the effectiveness and efficiency of the support provided to the franchise brand teams (e.g. yield improved customer satisfaction, reduce review cycle time).
Coordinate with assigned Takeda brand teams to understand commercial strategies, identify important upcoming projects/events, and anticipate resulting business needs and priorities for advertising and promotional material development, review and approval.
Provide active support and drive understanding of cross functional review team – Commercial, Medical, Legal, and Regulatory – guiding review meeting activities and helping to create solutions to address business needs.
Establish common ground between team members with divergent views and goals.
Strengthen partnerships with franchise brand teams and reviewers through excellent customer service, promoting the vision and value of the Marketing Services team.
Encourage accountability and responsibility that enables others to act with integrity.
Provide training of all partners on PRT process and expectations.
Escalate issues to senior leadership as necessary to help break down barriers