Sr. Manager, Promotional Review Management

Sr. Manager Promotional Review Team

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.

· 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

Team Management – 40%

· 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 work streams 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.

Process – 20%

· 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).

· Regularly 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…