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Do you want to be part of an inclusive team that works to develop innovative therapies for patients? Every day, we are driven to develop and deliver innovative and effective new medicines to patients and physicians. If you want to be part of this exciting work, you belong at Astellas!

Astellas Pharma Inc. is a pharmaceutical company conducting business in more than 70 countries around the world. We are committed to turning innovative science into medical solutions that bring value and hope to patients and their families. Keeping our focus on addressing unmet medical needs and conducting our business with ethics and integrity enables us to improve the health of people throughout the world. For more information on Astellas, please visit our website at www.astellas.com .

Purpose and Scope:

This position is accountable for the direct management of assigned monitoring/site management related clinical trial staff across all clinical trial types, which may include pre/post-POC interventional drug trials, Clinical Pharmacology normal healthy volunteer clinical trials, pre-approval access and post-marketing regulatory commitment trials (interventional and non-interventional).

Essential Job Responsibilities:

Accountable for the identification, onboarding, training and development of monitoring clinical trial talent to support the planning, initiation, execution and close-out of clinical trials with operational excellence. Individuals in this role will also provide leadership/mentorship, in a matrix setting, for activities that support clinical trial teams.

This position is accountable to the Head, Clinical Site Management Early Development, and will provide input into departmental budget and resourcing strategies, including development and implementation of global processes and procedures, non-drug product initiatives, and coaching of monitoring staff during execution of development trials.

+ Responsible for resource planning, recruitment, mentoring, development and retention of site monitoring & management staff

+ Manage and allocate monitoring resources to trials and monitor performance on assigned trials for monitoring staff (up to 12 direct reports)

+ May manage and allocate monitoring resources in more than one region globally

+ Provides direction, leadership and learning opportunities to enhance individual development of direct reports in support of providing best-in-class site monitoring across the portfolio

+ Provide oversight and guidance in completing monitoring and site management related activities according to agreed timelines and quality standards, including identifying areas for additional training and development

+ Oversee adherence to timelines, standards, processes for work assigned to their staff

+ Serves as a point of escalation for clinical monitoring/site management related topics or issues from their staff

+ Oversee and provide guidance to Clinical Operations Leads and/or Clinical Trial Leads in regional Key Opinion Leader (KOL) interactions, communications; and submissions to Health Authorities within their region/country of responsibility, aligned to the overall asset strategy.

+ Responsible for compliance of direct reports with training and identification and support for any training needs

+ Facilitate and support global trial monitoring operational standards and tools

+ Anticipates, recognizes and facilitates problem solving to support site monitoring & management staff and rapidly addresses and mitigates potential performance issues

+ Collaborates effectively with Portfolio Operations Leads, Clinical Operations Leads and SORD leadership to ensure site monitoring & management staff are delivering as expected and to ensure common framework and standards across clinical programs and trials

+ Ability to collaborate with peers in Clinical Operations across Early and Late-Stage Clinical Operations, cross-functionally and regionally, including relevant counterparts globally, to align on best practices for clinical monitoring staff

+ May lead process improvements relevant to clinical trial monitoring and site management

+ Contribute to development and implementation of best-in-class monitoring/site management standards and processes

Qualifications

Required:

+ BA/BS degree with at least 10 years of executing global drug development programs and trials

+ Minimum of 4 years’ site monitoring and direct people management experience

+ Demonstrated leadership skills and ability to effectively collaborate with colleagues in Clinical Operations and cross-functionally to deliver on portfolio deliverables and objectives

+ Must have extensive expertise in risk-based monitoring strategies and strong knowledge of ICH/ GCP guidelines and multinational clinical trial regulations

+ Must have experience working across multiple phases of development and in multiple therapeutic areas

+ Demonstrated ability to successfully identify and lead global processes or system improvement initiatives

+ Must have a strong knowledge of clinical development processes and conducting global clinical programs

+ Must have proven leadership skills and effective written and verbal communication skills

+ Fluent in English. Depending on hiring region, may also be required to be fluent in local language.

+ Moderate (up to 30%) travel required

Preferred

+ Advanced Degree

Working Environment:

+ At Astellas we recognize the importance of work/life balance, and we are proud to offer a hybrid working solution allowing time to connect with colleagues at the office with the flexibility to also work from home. We believe this will optimize the most productive work environment for all employees to succeed and deliver. Hybrid work from certain locations may be permitted in accordance with Astellas’ Responsible Flexibility Guidelines.

**Salary Range:** $141,400 - $222,200 (Final compensation will be determined based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to skills, experience, and organizational equity considerations).

Benefits:

+ Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance

+ Generous Paid Time Off options, including Vacation and Sick time, plus national holidays including year-end shut down

+ 401(k) match and annual company contribution

+ Company paid life insurance

+ Annual Corporate Bonus and Quarterly Sales Incentive for eligible positions

+ Long Term Incentive Plan for eligible positions

+ Company-paid fleet vehicle for eligible positions

+ Referral bonus program

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Category Early Development Clinical Operations

Astellas is committed to equality of opportunity in all aspects of employment.

EOE including Disability/Protected Veterans