Launch Program and Marketing Operations Lead, US Oncology

About the position

As a member of Takeda Oncology, as a Director, your work will contribute to our bold, inspiring vision: We aspire to cure cancer. Here, you'll build a career grounded in purpose and be empowered to deliver your best. As part of the U.S. Oncology Strategy & Business Operations Team, you will report to the Senior Director General Product Marketing & Management.

Responsibilities

• Lead large cross-functional teams to design and execute launch implementation plans for key organizational/brand programs of high strategic importance to the US OBU and OBU.
• Ensure optimal program design, provide efficient program leadership, and ensure effective issue and risk resolution and resource management to realize program strategic objectives on schedule and within budget.
• Collaborate closely with the Leadership Team and commercial cross-functional teams to implement programs and their governance across functions in a highly matrixed environment while sharing best practices and lessons learned from other launches.
• Lead Marketing Operations team, including Event Operations and Promotional Review and Asset Management team, to help deliver education, promotional assets and resources that provide value to customers.
• Responsible for overseeing and continuously improving operation systems, platforms and workflows to support Event Operations, PRAM and USRC.
• Strategize, implement, and maintain program initiatives that adhere to USOBU organizational objectives.
• Design, develop and implement use of launch/project management processes, systems and governance to be deployed across the US OBU organization.
• Develop launch excellence best practices in collaboration with Global OBU.
• Create and manage project deliverables including presentations, process flows, spreadsheets, and other written documentation required to memorialize project progress.
• Help define and clarify roles and responsibilities of the core launch team members and mobilize/oversee large cross functional project teams to achieve objectives.
• Develop and manage stakeholder launch and communication plans, keeping the Head of Strategy & Business Operations informed of issues, risks, and resource needs.
• Facilitate project team meetings and interact cross-functionally on a day-to-day basis with key internal/external stakeholders.
• Inspire and lead teams to analyze, evaluate, overcome risks and be accountable to delivering on commitments.
• Develop US OBU Launch Excellence playbook as a framework for future teams to assess risks, opportunities, timelines, critical decisions points, interdependencies and milestones.
• Design and facilitate planning and scenario workshops, including 'mock launches' to identify potential challenges.
• Oversee and manage Marketing Operations including agency management, platforms, document integrations/coordination, event operations, promotional review and asset management processes.
• Play a key role in transforming operations into a more digital function leveraging AI, enabling modular content and enhancing the life-cycle management of personalized content.
• Ensure program compliance and industry standards are withheld throughout the numerous marketing operations process.
• Identify innovative solutions and streamline processes to generate excellence in the eyes of our internal and external stakeholders and patients.
• Build and lead a high performing team by embedding a performance driven and open 360 feedback supported culture.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required, MBA strongly desired.
• 12+ years of proven experience managing complex cross-functional initiatives in advanced program or project management.
• Preferred 5+ years specifically within a commercialization environment in life sciences.
• Expertise in designing, monitoring, and controlling programs.
• Expertise in Launch Excellence, Agile, Six Sigma, Lean or similar operational excellence approaches strongly desired.
• Outstanding working knowledge of change management principles and performance evaluation processes.
• Able to thrive in a highly dynamic, fast paced, continuously changing global environment with minimal oversight/direction.
• Ability to synthesize data and derive core insights that inform strategy and processes.
• Excellent communicator, both oral and written, with strong presentation skills and able to influence without authority.
• Able to work collaboratively in a team environment across Commercial departments and all levels of the organization.
• Proficient in Veeva, CRM platforms, tracking, and reporting.
• Skills in Microsoft suite (Project, PowerPoint, Word, Excel, & Outlook), CRM and Veeva systems.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience as consultants to the pharmaceutical and medical devices sectors.
• Experience working directly for a commercial pharmaceutical organization participating in the delivery of complex projects and delivering impactful results.

Benefits

• 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.