Senior Vice President, Head of Global Innovative Medicines

Who we are

Teva is a global pharmaceutical leader and the world's largest generic medicines producer, committed to improving health and increasing access to quality health solutions worldwide. Our employees are at the core of our success, with colleagues in over 80 countries delivering the world's largest medicine cabinet to 200 million people every day. We offer a uniquely diverse portfolio of products and solutions for patients, and we've built a promising pipeline centered around our core therapeutic areas which include neuroscience, immunology, and immuno-oncology. We are continually developing patient-centric solutions and significantly growing both our generic, biosimilar, and innovative medicines business through investment in research and development, marketing, business development and innovation. This is how we improve health and enable people to live better, healthier lives. Join us on our journey of growth!

The opportunity

As one of the key leadership roles at Teva, the Senior Vice President, Head of Global Innovative Medicines will lead a matrixed team responsible for innovative medicines. The position will be responsible for the innovative medicine strategy which drives the development of the most important near- and long-term growth drivers for Teva. As head of innovative medicines, the Senior Vice President will be directly accountable for all evidence-generating activities both interventional and observational. The position will also have a strong voice in shaping the approach to market position, regulatory interactions, and access and reimbursement. The Senior Vice President’s pipeline responsibilities involve advancing the pipeline, growing in-market products, and defending Teva’s late life cycle products.

The Senior Vice President will function as the company's senior innovative medicines expert. He or she will be responsible for building strong collaborative relationships across the senior R&D, commercial and manufacturing leadership. The Senior Vice President will also serve as a key interface with the external research communities and regulatory authorities worldwide. The Senior Vice President will drive the evolution of processes and governance to support robust, cross-functional decision making, prioritization and program visibility within Teva.

This position is based at our West Chester, PA site, with potential flexibility to be based at our Parsippany, NJ site or a remote arrangement for the preferred candidate.

Key Responsibilities

• Setting the overarching R&D Innovative Medicines vision and strategy across Immunology & Neuroscience.
• Managing and continuing to evolve the key decision-making forum – Integrated Development Committee (IDC) and associated tools and processes to support robust portfolio decision making.
• Interface internally and collaborate with senior leadership team members across the R&D organization and across Teva.
• Drive the expansion of Teva's portfolios through leadership in partnership with the busines development teams.
• Interface externally with global key opinion leaders around scientific and clinical developments as they relate to drug development.
• Communicate effectively with regulators; guide presentations to Advisory Committees and response to regulatory queries on products submitted for approval including milestone development meetings.
• Develop and articulate Teva’s mission to diverse constituencies such as those at scientific meetings,in targeted peer reviewed publications and other important forums for the Company.
• Coming up with creative ideas around clinical designs to improve timelines and decrease cost.
• Generate the development strategy for compounds manage the execution of the development plan.
• Optimize clinical trials against safety, cost, therapeutic efficacy and endpoint and accelerate the forward movement of pipeline compounds.
• Ensure that all processes related to patient safety in the conduct of clinical trials are strictly adhered to; identify early signals for targeted events/outcomes and propose appropriate responses to such signals.
• Managing matrixed teams, empowering the teams, guiding and giving direction to the teams. In short, the SVP should optimize their way of working.
• Building a best-in-class innovative development organization by identifying, attracting, developing and retaining talent at Teva.

Experience and Key Competencies

• MD or MD/PhD in a relevant biomedical or life sciences discipline is required.
• Minimum of 15 years of experience in pharmaceutical or biotechnology R&D, with a strong track record in leading innovation-driven initiatives.
• Proven leadership capabilities in managing high-performing, cross-functional teams in a global matrix environment.
• Exceptional strategic thinking, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.

• A “Doer” with a results orientation. Establishes clear expectations and priorities; drives key initiatives to completion. Sets goals and consistently delivers the plan. Monitors progress and proactively addresses issues and obstacles. Flexible and creative problem-solving skills. Highly decisive and action­ oriented. A strong personal work ethic.
• An enterprising leader and builder. Proven ability to lead key initiatives; motivates teams to work collaboratively to achieve objectives. Achieves organizational focus on key priorities. Provides clear direction, delegates, actively communicates. Superior project and people management skills.
• A nimble strategist. Able to lead/contribute to strategic planning, based on a thorough understanding of industry trends and opportunities. Demonstrated creativity and effectiveness in addressing strategic challenges. Possesses an entrepreneurial mindset; capable of thinking out of the box and taking measured risks.
• A deeply credible scientific reputation. Possesses a solid scientific understanding of products. Understands the importance of strong intellectual property. Able to apply scientific and market knowledge to assess a product’s strategic fit and commercial opportunity. Uses experts effectively.
• Global orientation with strong collaboration skills. A world class team player. Works effectively in a team-based organization, collaborates cross-functionally, exercises influence at senior levels, and builds alignment around goals and objectives. Readily builds consensus and achieves agreement on key initiatives and priorities. Is energized by and effective in working across cultures and time zones.
• Communicator who cultivates followership. Able to inspire team, with strong personal charisma and presence. Ability to simplify and convey complex concepts and strategies, orally and in writing. Effectively conducts/facilitates meetings. Strong presentation skills. Excellent listener; seeks broad input and feedback; frequent and effective follow-up.
• A reputation for unassailable integrity. Possesses unquestioned integrity and strong business ethics. Demonstrates a firm commitment to the company's culture and values. Has the industry reputation and record of achievement to establish trust and credibility with peers, subordinates, collaboration partners, and external constituents.

Enjoy a more rewarding choice

We offer a competitive benefits package, including:

• Comprehensive Health Insurance: Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription coverage starting on the first day of employment, providing the employee enrolls.
• Retirement Savings: 401(k) with employer match, up to 6% and an annual 3.75% Defined Contribution to the 401k plan.
• Time Off: Paid Time Off including vacation, sick/safe time, caretaker time and holidays.
• Life and Disability Protection: Company paid Life and Disability insurance.

• Additional benefits include, but are not limited to, Employee Assistance Program, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Tuition Assistance, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Account, Life Style Spending Account, Volunteer Time Off, Paid Parental Leave, if eligible , Family Building Benefits, Virtual Physical Therapy, Accident, Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity Insurances, Identity Theft Protection, Legal Plan, Voluntary Life Insurance and Long Term Disability and more. 

Reports To

Executive Vice President, Global R&D & CMO

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