Senior Manager, GRA A&P International Commercial Review Management

Takeda Pharmaceutical; Zürich; On-site; CHF 141,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. in Zurich, Switzerland, seeks a Senior Manager for the Commercial Material Review Process (CMRP). Lead CMRP operations, drive platform improvements, and coordinate training across global teams to ensure efficient, compliant reviews.

Role requires 3+ years in business or pharma with strong project management, cross-functional collaboration, and facilitation skills within a global regulatory context. Full-time on-site role with competitive base salary.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent with 3+ years general business experience.
• 2+ years direct experience coordinating advertising and promotional processes.
• Experience in the pharmaceutical industry.
• Experience working with cross-functional groups to achieve goals.
• Project management experience and MS Office proficiency.
• Facilitation skills to align cross-functional stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead CMRP operations and coordinate review processes.
• Partner with GRA A&P Excellence to optimize PromoMats capabilities and user experience.
• Drive continuous improvement to simplify ways of working and increase efficiency.
• Develop and communicate CMRP performance insights and trends.
• Ensure training and change activities align with evolving processes and systems.
• Build cross-functional partnerships across stakeholders to advance excellence.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Microsoft Office

Facilitation skills

Pharmaceutical industry experience

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

High School Diploma

Job description

Job Description

High-level Overview:

The Senior Manager, Commercial Material Review Process (CMRP) is responsible for the day-to-day operational management, coordination, and continuous improvement of the International Commercial Material Review Process within Global Regulatory Affairs Advertising & Promotion (GRA A&P).

This role provides direct leadership to the CMRP Coordinator and Global Librarian teams and serves as a key operational liaison across GRA A&P, review teams, DD&T, and training partners. The Senior Manager ensures that CMRP processes and supporting systems operate effectively, consistently, and in alignment with evolving business needs.

The role will also support the continued evolution of International PromoMats by providing business and process expertise for platform enhancements, coordinating testing and implementation activities, monitoring operational performance, and identifying opportunities to improve the reviewer and user experience.

Role Responsibilities:

• Team Leadership & CMRP Operations: Lead CMRP operational teams and oversee consistent, efficient delivery of review coordination, library services, prioritization, and issue resolution.
• Platform & Process Management: Provide CMRP operational expertise and partner with GRA A&P Excellence to optimize International PromoMats capabilities, processes, system enhancements, and user experience.
• Continuous Improvement: support ongoing CMRP process and operational improvements to simplify ways of working, increase efficiency, strengthen consistency, and enhance service delivery.
• Performance Insights & Reporting: Develop and communicate CMRP performance insights, trends, and opportunities to inform priorities, operational decisions, and continuous improvement.
• Training & Change Enablement: Ensure CMRP training, communications, and change activities remain aligned with evolving processes, systems, and ways of working to support effective adoption.
• Cross-Functional Partnership: Build strong partnerships across GRA A&P, Medical, Commercial, DD&T, Training, and CMRP stakeholders to align priorities and advance operational excellence.

EDUCATION, BEHAVIORAL COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS:

• Bachelor’s Degree plus 3+ years of related general business experience or High School Diploma plus 3+ years of related general business experience
• Minimum of 2 years with direct experience managing or coordinating an advertising and promotional process
• Experience working in the pharmaceutical industry
• Experience working with cross-functional groups and teams to achieve common goals
• Project management experience
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
• Demonstrates effective facilitation skills to enable alignment across cross-functional stakeholders and ability to influence without authority.

Locations

Zurich, Switzerland

Base Salary Range:

CHF141,100.00 - CHF194,040.00

The estimated salary range reflects an anticipated range for this position. The actual base salary offered may depend on a variety of factors, including the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job.

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Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time