Head, Global Process & Standards Excellence

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Head, Global Process & Standards Excellence

Client: Astellas

Location: United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Reference: f895257f7296

Job Views: 7

Posted: 20.02.2025

Expiry Date: 06.04.2025

Job Description:

Description: As the Head of Global Process & Standards Excellence, you will ensure operational excellence by developing, executing, and overseeing business change initiatives. You will bring industry insights to influence Medical Affairs (MA) strategies and activities across Astellas, driving the establishment of standards for MA activities to ensure global consistency and compliance.

Your role will involve managing risk and promoting process efficiency through the direction, oversight, and evaluation of processes owned by MA senior leaders. You will collaborate with leaders in MA Operations, Regional MA Operations, Country MA Operations, Core Medical Teams (CMT), Ethics & Compliance, Legal, and Development to implement change initiatives and maintain MA standards.

This role reports to the Executive Director, Medical Affairs Operations.

Responsibilities:

1. Demonstrating a strong understanding of global Medical Affairs standards, processes, and procedures, ensuring cross-functional connections and operational processes are appropriately and effectively developed and communicated across the organization.
2. Establishing cross-functional standards in alignment with regulations, codes, and industry standards, especially impacting and influencing multiple departments and levels of management.
3. Bringing extensive experience in people management, with significant exposure to leading matrix teams. Will take accountability for the direct oversight and management of a team. Leading with a demonstrated ability to influence and gain alignment in cross-functional, multiregional, and matrix teams.
4. Collaborating with functional Operational Excellence leads and closely partner with Process Owners for various activities that drive establishment and maintenance of MA standards (e.g. Medical Information; Project Management; TA Leads) and other functions (PV, Development, etc.).
5. Partnering with various members of the Medical Affairs Leadership team, to define or execute agreed strategic direction for procedures and risk management.

Essential Knowledge & Experience:

1. Extensive experience within the pharmaceutical industry including within Medical Affairs regulated/code driven environment, or in drug development under GxP.
2. Qualified in Change Management or significant experience in successfully implementing and embedding organization-wide process changes.
3. Solid project management experience, preferable in a highly matrixed, multicultural global setting.
4. Demonstrable ability to see and communicate a vision, formulate an associated strategy, and align tactics to that strategy, for successful execution of the vision.
5. Experienced in translating solutions into viable action plans that are effectively disseminated and implemented through cooperation of stakeholders, on a global scale.

Education/Qualifications:

1. Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent.

Preferred Experience / Qualifications:

1. Advanced degree such as MBA, PhD or MD.
2. Six Sigma, Kaizen or comparable process improvement methodology certification.
3. Prosci or comparable change management certification.

Additional Information:

1. This is a permanent full-time position.
2. May require up to 15% international travel.
3. Primarily based in the UK or EU4 major markets.
4. This position follows our hybrid working model. Role requires a blend of home and a minimum of 1 day per quarter in our local office. Flexibility may be required in line with business needs. Candidates must be located within a commutable distance of the office.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.