What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lead Counsel, Commercial Brand, Gastrointestinal position at BioSpace?
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Job Description
About the role:
The Lead Counsel, Commercial Brand, Gastrointestinal (Senior Director) provides strategic and operational legal leadership for Takeda’s GI portfolio, serving as the primary legal business partner to the U.S. Business Unit (USBU) GI franchise and cross-functional product teams while also acting as the global legal lead. The role is responsible for delivering high-quality, coordinated legal support across global functions, including stewardship of the legal strategy for key GI products. This position advises franchise, product, and lifecycle teams to help shape and execute business strategies that align with both U.S. and global objectives, while ensuring compliance and proactive risk management. The Lead Counsel offers authoritative legal guidance to identify and address enterprise risks and opportunities, driving appropriate mitigation, escalation, and resolution to support both short- and long-term business goals.
How You Will Contribute
At Takeda, we are transforming patient care through the development of novel specialty pharmaceuticals and best in class patient support programs. Takeda is a patient-focused company that will inspire and empower you to grow through life-changing work.
Certified as a Global Top Employer, Takeda offers stimulating careers, encourages innovation, and strives for excellence in everything we do. We foster an inclusive, collaborative workplace, in which our teams are united by an unwavering commitment to deliver Better Health and a Brighter Future to people around the world.
This position is currently classified as "hybrid" in accordance with Takeda's Hybrid and Remote Work policy.
Takeda Compensation And Benefits Summary
We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. We are committed to equitable pay for all employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices.
For Location:
Lexington, MA
U.S. Base Salary Range
$229,600.00 - $360,800.00
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. The actual base salary offered will be in accordance with state or local minimum wage requirements for the job location.
U.S. based employees may be eligible for short-term and/ or long-term incentives. U.S. based employees may be eligible to participate in medical, dental, vision insurance, a 401(k) plan and company match, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, a tuition reimbursement program, paid volunteer time off, company holidays, and well-being benefits, among others. U.S. based employees are also eligible to receive, per calendar year, up to 80 hours of sick time, and new hires are eligible to accrue up to 120 hours of paid vacation.
EEO Statement
Takeda is proud in its commitment to creating a diverse workforce and providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, parental status, national origin, age, disability, citizenship status, genetic information or characteristics, marital status, status as a Vietnam era veteran, special disabled veteran, or other protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws, and any other characteristic protected by law.
LocationsLexington, MA
Worker TypeEmployee
Worker Sub-TypeRegular
Time TypeFull time
Job Exempt
Yes
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
Job Description
About the role:
The Lead Counsel, Commercial Brand, Gastrointestinal (Senior Director) provides strategic and operational legal leadership for Takeda’s GI portfolio, serving as the primary legal business partner to the U.S. Business Unit (USBU) GI franchise and cross-functional product teams while also acting as the global legal lead. The role is responsible for delivering high-quality, coordinated legal support across global functions, including stewardship of the legal strategy for key GI products. This position advises franchise, product, and lifecycle teams to help shape and execute business strategies that align with both U.S. and global objectives, while ensuring compliance and proactive risk management. The Lead Counsel offers authoritative legal guidance to identify and address enterprise risks and opportunities, driving appropriate mitigation, escalation, and resolution to support both short- and long-term business goals.
How You Will Contribute
- Responsible for providing and leading high quality legal support for GI within USBU.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for Legal for GI across Company and coordinate, as necessary, with other relevant Global Legal functions and subject matter experts.
- Provide legal support to sales, marketing, medical, R&D and other personnel including home office and field based personnel.
- Supports relevant lifecycle management strategies and is accountable for legal advice relating to the asset strategy.
- Sets legal strategy for the relevant functions.
- Helps drive cross-functional, cross product strategy development and ensures the strategy is consistent with the legal strategy.
- Conducts and ensures comprehensive legal analysis on complex and high-risk issues for the Company and BU/Functions.
- Provides legal support across GI2 Therapy Area, brands assets and functions, as necessary
- Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited law school and bar membership in at least one jurisdiction.
- Professional training in corporate/commercial law or pharmaceutical/compliance law, gained at a highly regarded law firm
- Minimum 10 years of experience working in a law firm and as in-house counsel in the pharmaceutical or biotech industry; in-depth knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry and US legal affairs
- 5 years of experience of law practice (e.g., in a law firm, solo law practice, Government or Regulatory Agency) preferred.
- Deep understanding of the legal and regulatory landscape in which pharmaceutical companies operate
- Profound knowledge of regulations related to drug development, clinical studies, medical affairs, patient access and patient services
- In-depth knowledge of commercial, compliance and regulatory matters related to the launch, marketing, access, pricing and reimbursement and the commercialization of branded pharmaceutical products and ability to support global functions.
- Experience identifying and addressing strategic, compliance and enforcement risks
- Understands the complexity of the respective business matters and prioritizes tasks within his/her area of expertise
At Takeda, we are transforming patient care through the development of novel specialty pharmaceuticals and best in class patient support programs. Takeda is a patient-focused company that will inspire and empower you to grow through life-changing work.
Certified as a Global Top Employer, Takeda offers stimulating careers, encourages innovation, and strives for excellence in everything we do. We foster an inclusive, collaborative workplace, in which our teams are united by an unwavering commitment to deliver Better Health and a Brighter Future to people around the world.
This position is currently classified as "hybrid" in accordance with Takeda's Hybrid and Remote Work policy.
Takeda Compensation And Benefits Summary
We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. We are committed to equitable pay for all employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices.
For Location:
Lexington, MA
U.S. Base Salary Range
$229,600.00 - $360,800.00
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. The actual base salary offered will be in accordance with state or local minimum wage requirements for the job location.
U.S. based employees may be eligible for short-term and/ or long-term incentives. U.S. based employees may be eligible to participate in medical, dental, vision insurance, a 401(k) plan and company match, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, a tuition reimbursement program, paid volunteer time off, company holidays, and well-being benefits, among others. U.S. based employees are also eligible to receive, per calendar year, up to 80 hours of sick time, and new hires are eligible to accrue up to 120 hours of paid vacation.
EEO Statement
Takeda is proud in its commitment to creating a diverse workforce and providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, parental status, national origin, age, disability, citizenship status, genetic information or characteristics, marital status, status as a Vietnam era veteran, special disabled veteran, or other protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws, and any other characteristic protected by law.
LocationsLexington, MA
Worker TypeEmployee
Worker Sub-TypeRegular
Time TypeFull time
Job Exempt
Yes
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
Salary : $229,600 - $360,800