Director, Patient Engagement & Recruitment - Remote

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited; Adams (MA); Remote; USD 177,000 - 278,000; Full time

Job summary

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited in Massachusetts (Virtual) is seeking a Director of Patient Engagement, Experience and Recruitment. This remote role reports to the Head of Patient Engagement, Experience and Recruitment and guides global patient recruitment strategies to support oncology, rare disease, gastroenterology and other programs.

The ideal candidate brings 10+ years in patient recruitment and trial optimization within pharma or CRO settings, with strong leadership, vendor

Qualifications

• BS degree required; advanced degree preferred.
• 10+ years' experience in patient recruitment, engagement and trial optimization within a pharmaceutical company, CRO or relevant vendor.
• Expertise with leading edge trial optimization vendors, techniques and methods.
• Proficiency with software models and database structures.
• Experience driving recruitment and retention strategies and country/site identification and/or generation of materials and trial metrics.

Responsibilities

• Lead study specific patient recruitment and retention strategies.
• Guide outsourced model using strategic partnerships, real-world data, new technologies with a specific focus on oncology, rare disease, gastroenterology, neuroscience and plasma-derived therapies.
• Provide guidance to Patient Recruitment and Retention team, creating activities to support clinical programs, including decision support data and methodologies for enrollment cycle time planning, protocol feasibility, site identification and selection, and recruitment planning and modeling, and selection of management of central recruitment support vendors.
• Systematically evaluate and communicate financial impacts of specialist vendors (recruitment and retention) and recruitment strategies to important partners.
• Grow a wide industry network to support the efforts of Takeda's clinical operations to reach enrollment goals.
• Educate clinical operations staff regarding trial optimization principles to ensure application and broader expertise.
• Empower and support members of team to achieve project specific solutions, perform continuous improvement and remove barriers to success.
• Work with important partners to develop and support collaborative activities that deliver patient engagement and enrollment within our clinical research studies.

Education

BS degree

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited in Massachusetts (Virtual) is seeking a Director of Patient Engagement, Experience and Recruitment. This remote role reports to the Head of Patient Engagement, Experience and Recruitment and guides global patient recruitment strategies to support oncology, rare disease, gastroenterology and other programs.

The ideal candidate brings 10+ years in patient recruitment and trial optimization within pharma or CRO settings, with strong leadership, vendor