Associate Director Project Management: Oncology Franchise

Kyowa Kirin is a fast-growing global specialty pharmaceutical company that applies state-of-the-art biotechnologies to discover and deliver novel medicines in four disease areas: bone and mineral; intractable hematologic; hematology oncology; and rare disease.  A Japan-based company, our goal is to make people smile by delivering breakthroughs where no adequate treatments currently exist, working from drug discovery to product development and commercialization. In North America, we are headquartered in Princeton, NJ, with offices in California, Massachusetts, and Ontario.

Job Purpose:

To support the North American Oncology Regional Franchise head in the management and transition of all key programs, projects, and deliverables by championing cross-functional collaboration and accomplishment of key objectives on time and budget.  Efficient delivery of all aspects of business operations including but not limited to Commercial Operations, Patient Services, Clinical Development, Sales & Marketing, Market Access, Corporate Communications/Patient Advocacy, Sales Training, Commercial Digital Analytics, Medical Affairs, Regulatory Affairs, Sales Ops, Supply Chain, Drug Safety and Finance, Legal and Quality Assurance. Extensive partnership with potential alliant companies for the smooth transition. The role requires Pharmaceutical business expertise and knowledge across operating functions at both global and regional levels. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Work in close collaboration with the Oncology NA Franchise Lead to support the strategy and to track and monitor key processes, meetings, and activities, including ongoing cross-functional programs, KPIs, budget planning and transition activities
• Proactively champion communication, identify opportunities and risks and ensure team accountability with the implementation of the associated strategies

Transition & Operational Excellence

• Applies program management expertise, methodologies, and department standards to assist in building an outstanding Rare Disease business function
• Ensures successful Oncology business operations within specified timelines. Highlights opportunities and risks to franchise head.
• Ensures alignment of product value proposition, program scope, and strategic business objectives
• Develops and executes continuous improvements; tracks OKRs (objectives and key results) and metrics; and implements best practices in support of the advancement of a broad portfolio of drug candidates
• Drives program planning process ensuring requirements are clear and driven by customer need and experience
• Defines, delegates, and evaluates the roles, responsibilities, goals, and deliverables for core and extended team members. Facilitates and coordinates group/team meetings, ensuring results-oriented meetings and positive team dynamics
• Develops innovative solutions, through functional collaboration, to complex business or technical problems that require the regular use of ingenuity and creativity 
  • Independently determines and pursues courses of action necessary to obtain desired results in line with franchise strategies
  • Communicates effectively with team members, senior leaders, key stakeholders, and board members on assigned program's progress, issues, risks, needs, and opportunities
  • Develops, maintains, tracks, and manages high quality, integrated project plan, including clearly identified critical paths and key risks as needed
  • Participates in the development and improvement of key business processes, tools, and templates related to program management, best practices, and cross-functional pharmaceutical product development
  • Partner closely with Finance department with developing, maintaining, tracking, and managing the budget and by identifying budgetary impacts of strategic and critical issues

  Champion of Key Franchise Processes & Meetings

  • Coordinate between the franchise and global to ensure delivery of all the cross-functional activities
  • Track and communicate all key timelines for deliverables (e.g. brand plan, LE quarterly reviews, annual budget planning process)
  • Work with team to develop and champion appropriate governance, charters, and meeting cadence
  • Project manage the Rare Disease Regional Franchise team meeting and workstreams, quarterly business review meetings workstreams, and governance associated follow-up actions and reporting
  • Maintain Project tracking and documentation e.g. functional activity status, critical high-risk activities, remediation plans, status updates for the Executive team
  • Motivate cross-functional teams to ensure full execution on time and budget and measurement of key opportunities and risks.

  Tracking and Reporting of Key Accomplishments

  • Track, monitor, and communicate on agreed multi-functional KPIs, timelines, project activities, milestones, deviations, critical risk areas, and recommended remediation
  • Quarterly business review meetings, and governance associated follow-up actions and reporting
  • Ensure transparent communication processes to ensure accurate, timely, and appropriate project-related information is updated and shared internally to stakeholders and the broader project team and management
  • Work closely with the team to ensure compliance with appropriate guidelines and procedures

    Position Requirements:

    • 3+ years of pharmaceutical business experience. Understanding of pharmaceutical commercialization with respect to cross-functional responsibilities including but not limited to, Marketing, Analytics, Medical Affairs, Sales, Tech Ops, Quality, Safety, Regulatory and Commercial
    • Experience in project managing cross-functional project teams
    • Project Management qualification (in development plans)
    • Educated to degree level or equivalent

    Physical Requirements:

    • Regional & International Travel as required up to 25% of time
    • Flexibility in working hours to accommodate travel and meetings
    • Sitting at a workstation

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