Associate Director, US Medical Ad​/Promo Regulatory Review; REMOTE

About the role:

Join Takeda as an Associate Director, US Medical Ad/Promo Regulatory Review where you will serve as an internal expert on FDA regulations, guidance, and enforcement trends governing the promotion of prescription drug and biologic products. You will also provide regulatory strategic oversight for at least one complex product or therapeutic area/multiple products to help ensure regulatory compliance of promotional materials generated for assigned US products and compounds.

You will report to the Director, US Medical Ad/Promo Regulatory. This is a remote role.

• Understand and interpret complex issues in relation to regulatory requirements and promotional strategy.
• Mentor and help develop staff. Supervises, trains and provides technical and regulatory guidance to staff.
• Serve as the chair of promotional review meetings and assist Commercial with the planning and prioritization of proposed promotional and disease state materials.
• Serve as primary liaison with OPDP and/or APLB reviewers in the request and negotiation of advisory comments and any other interactions regarding use of promotional claims for assigned products.
• Present to senior management, and present regulatory topics to cross-functional teams.
• Ensure consistent review standards within the electronic approval system (EAS) are upheld, and business needs are assessed and addressed.
• Support metrics to measure and track the effectiveness and efficiency of the promotional review process and provide recommendations for process improvements to address potential issues.

• Collaborate with Regulatory Affairs, Medical, Legal, Commercial, and Compliance, executes and approves key Commercial campaigns. Provides expert guidance to help evaluate and mitigate potential risk.
• Serve as an internal expert on FDA regulations, guidance, and enforcement trends governing the promotion of prescription drug and biologic products. The role is responsible for thoroughly reviewing and assessing proposed promotional items to evaluate their completeness, accuracy, and compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Understand broad concepts within Regulatory Affairs and potential implications across the organization. Proactively identifies regulatory issues. Offers creative solutions and strategies, including risk mitigation strategies.
• Provide product development and label development strategies, as needed, to ensure promotional claims can be supported.
• May provide direct supervision of individuals including mentoring, performance management, and staffing decisions. Identifies and proposes solutions to management for any resource gaps for brand responsibilities.
• Present to senior management and cross-functional teams regarding shared learnings from FDA advisory comments, recent enforcement actions, and/or guidance documents.
• Serve as primary liaison with OPDP and/or APLB reviewers in the request and negotiation of advisory comments and any other interactions regarding the use of claims for assigned business unit/therapeutic areas.
• Lead internal Ad/Promo project work streams (e.g., best practice documents) and active participant at team staff meetings (e.g., present FDA guidances/enforcement letters).
• Collaborate with the International Regulatory Ad/Promo review teams for materials that are intended for global audiences (e.g., global press releases, new global campaigns).
• Other duties as assigned.

• Degree in life science or equivalent. Advanced degree (PharmD, PhD, MS, MBA, JD) preferred.
• Ideal candidate has a minimum of 5 years’ experience in drug, biologic and/or device Regulatory Affairs or related field, including a minimum of 3 years’ experience specific to…