Sr. Manager, Promotional Review Management

Join Takeda as a strategic business liaison leading a team of 8 Analysts. You will partner with Commercial, Medical, Legal, and Regulatory stakeholders to streamline Takeda’s advertising and promotional material review process (PRT) and align it with commercial strategies and priorities.

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 integrate PRT operations with Agile Marketing Delivery.
• Coordinate and facilitate PRT review meetings and other activities to support review tracks, managing cross-functional stakeholder needs.
• Support planning and execution of quarterly business reviews to showcase outputs, identify improvement opportunities, and celebrate successes.
• Manage review track assignments and adjust PRT hours to align team commitments with evolving business priorities.
• Collaborate with Takeda brand teams to understand commercial strategies, anticipate business needs, and prioritize advertising and promotional material development, review, and approval.
• Establish and maintain strategic, trusting relationships with cross-functional stakeholders, guiding collaborative activities and mutual decision-making.
• Proactively identify and implement PRT process improvements.
• Foster a culture of trust, transparency, and collaboration within the team.
• Develop and maintain expertise in the advertising and promotional materials review and approval process (PRT) and support the Veeva Vault system (e.g., routing, approval, and production of marketing tools).
• Maintain working knowledge of and adherence to Takeda policies, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and guidelines (e.g., corporate branding, compliance, promotional material development).
• Regularly assess SOPs and submission standards to identify areas for updating to improve efficiency without sacrificing quality.
• Identify and share best practices and lessons learned to enhance functional and business success.
• Prioritize and multi-task in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment to enhance productivity.
• Deliver training to internal and external PRT stakeholders as needed and serve as a "go-to resource" for PRT needs.
• Share PRT process metrics with assigned franchise brands and coordinate with the Marketing Services Manager to provide insights and discuss improvement opportunities.
• Continuously recommend process innovations to optimize effectiveness and efficiency for franchise brand teams (e.g., improving customer satisfaction, reducing review cycle time).
• Coordinate with Takeda brand teams to understand commercial strategies, identify upcoming projects/events, and anticipate business needs for material development, review, and approval.
• Provide active support and drive understanding across cross-functional review teams (Commercial, Medical, Legal, Regulatory), guiding review meeting activities and creating solutions to address business needs.
• Establish common ground among 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 to enable others to act with integrity.
• Provide training to all partners on PRT process and expectations.
• Escalate issues to senior leadership to help break down barriers.

Requirements

• 6+ years in the pharma industry.
• Bachelor’s Degree.
• People management experience.
• Project management and organizational skills.
• Direct experience working in regulated pharma environments, specifically in promotional review or regulatory roles.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree.
• Experience working with advertising and promotional processes.
• Marketing experience.
• Experience working in regulated operations environments.
• Experience working with cross-functional groups and teams to achieve common goals.
• Veeva Vault experience.

Skills

• Exhibits Takeda’s leadership behaviors: strategic thinking, elevating capabilities, inspiring others, and delivering priorities.
• Demonstrates creative thinking, problem-solving skills, and the ability to produce clear, concise written and verbal communications.
• Effective facilitation skills to ensure understanding across cross-functional stakeholders and ability to influence without authority.
• Market-specific knowledge (e.g., Takeda products, competitors, disease state, customer types) and knowledge of existing and latest technologies within functional areas.
• Ability to prioritize and multi-task in a fast-paced environment, manage multiple projects simultaneously, meet deadlines, and communicate potential conflicts to leadership.
• Understanding and experience with implementing and ensuring compliance with procedural requirements for government reporting (e.g., Sunshine Act for Healthcare professionals).
• High degree of customer service and relationship-building abilities, both cross-functionally and externally.
• Results-oriented focus on creating measurable value for brand teams and the patients they support.

Complexity and Problem Solving

• Make complex decisions involving multiple constituencies using fact-based analysis.
• Prioritize based on agreed business needs and related budgets.
• Quickly assess important situations and identify issue resolution.
• Define processes and guidelines that can be applied across all franchise teams.

Pay

U.S. Base Salary Range: $137,000.00 - $215,270.00. The estimated salary range reflects an anticipated range for this position. The actual base salary offered may depend on qualifications, experience, skills, education, location, and other factors.

Benefits

• Eligibility for short-term and/or long-term incentives.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) plan with 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.
• New hires eligible to accrue up to 120 hours of paid vacation per year.

Schedule

Full time, exempt position.

Location: Lexington, MA.