Jobs at Astellas Pharma

Leads the U.S. commercial strategy, growth, forecasting, budget, P&L, marketing, lifecycle management, and value creation for IZERVAY. The role co-leads the brand with medical leadership, directs local and U.S. marketing teams, establishes KPIs, develops talent, drives organizational transformation, ensures compliance, and coordinates with global and cross-functional stakeholders to maximize patient access and brand performance.

Leads the U.S. ophthalmology MSL organization, setting field medical strategy, priorities, budgets, deployment, performance standards, and operational processes. Partners with Medical, Marketing, Sales, Market Access, Compliance, and brand teams to translate scientific insights into brand strategies and business opportunities. Coaches regional MSL leaders, strengthens succession planning, develops team capabilities, ensures scientific and regulatory excellence, and represents field medical in senior leadership forums.

Supports clinical trial Study Start Up activities, including site activation, essential document preparation, regulatory submissions, ICF negotiations, IMP release packages, timeline projections, and clinical system data maintenance. Coordinates with study teams, site staff, global stakeholders, and contract staff while ensuring compliance with ICH/GCP guidelines and applicable regulations. The role also provides administrative, project tracking, financial reporting, issue escalation, and process standardization support.

Leads global clinical site monitoring and management operations, including resource planning, recruitment, training, performance oversight, mentoring, and retention of up to 12 staff. Ensures monitoring quality, compliance, timelines, and adherence to ICH/GCP standards across clinical trials. Supports clinical operations leadership, regulatory submissions, KOL interactions, process improvements, risk-based monitoring strategies, and cross-regional collaboration across multiple therapeutic areas and development phases.

Lead US brand communications for priority pharmaceutical brands, developing external and internal campaigns for patients, healthcare professionals, regulatory milestones, data announcements, and scientific congresses. Manage media engagement, influencer partnerships, spokesperson training, issues and crisis communications, and stakeholder alignment. Establish campaign metrics, provide strategic counsel to brand teams, and collaborate with Corporate, R&D Communications, Medical Affairs, and Investor Relations.

Manages national GPO and key account relationships for oncology and retina products. Responsibilities include negotiating and implementing contracts, driving account pull-through and sales performance, developing executive partnerships, creating account business plans, coordinating cross-functional initiatives, monitoring budgets and contract requirements, analyzing competitive trends, and presenting clinical and commercial information. This field-based role requires extensive travel and collaboration with market access, sales, marketing, medical, health systems, vendors, and external healthcare stakeholders.

Leads access marketing for IZERVAY by identifying operational barriers in ophthalmology and retina practices, developing workflow tools and treatment-operation playbooks, and creating customer-facing education and promotional resources. Partners with account leads, agencies, and cross-functional teams to execute speaker programs, rebate communications, and non-personal promotion. Oversees insights, KPIs, budgets, timelines, compliance reviews, and customer engagement strategies to improve practice adoption and patient treatment access.

Leads integrated CMC strategy and execution for strategic pharmaceutical assets from development through registration, launch, and lifecycle transition. Oversees product development, manufacturing, supply, quality, regulatory, commercialization, budgets, risk management, site selection, governance, and external partnerships. Translates complex technical and business considerations into strategic recommendations and executable plans while ensuring scientifically robust submissions, regulatory compliance, launch readiness, supply resilience, and value optimization. Mentors cross-functional teams and influences senior leaders, governance bodies, partners, and health authorities.

Lead gross-to-net (GTN) revenue accounting and forecasting for US Commercial, partnering with Contracts & Pricing and cross-functional teams. Own monthly close, accruals, audits (J-SOX/IFRS), variance analysis, and reporting to senior management while driving process improvements and ensuring GTN forecast alignment. Serve as revenue recognition (IFRS 15) subject-matter-expert and support $6B+ gross sales accounting.

Lead and execute Astellas' global media relations strategy to elevate corporate and scientific reputation. Serve as strategic advisor to senior leaders, manage proactive/reactive media engagement, crisis communications, agency partners, and integrated digital channels. Translate complex scientific and business topics into clear narratives, prepare executives for media, track KPIs and media impact, and coordinate cross-region stakeholder communications to drive thought leadership and visibility.

Lead product ownership and strategy for the Model N ecosystem supporting pricing, contracting, rebates, government pricing, and GTN. Manage upgrades, configuration, release and incident/change management, compliance with CMS/Medicaid/340B, ETL and data integrations, reporting, and cross-functional stakeholder alignment to optimize revenue management and audit readiness.

Lead US enterprise governance and portfolio management for Medical Affairs and Commercial. Design decision frameworks, run leadership forums, prioritize portfolio trade-offs, align US with global strategy, advise senior leaders, and ensure medical compliance and follow-through on decisions.

The Chapter Lead for Brand Insights at Astellas leads a team to enhance insights for decision-making, fosters talent development, manages resources, and collaborates across functions to drive strategic initiatives and continuous improvement in methodologies.

Provide statistical leadership for oncology clinical, observational, PK/PD and biomarker analyses. Plan, execute, and report studies; author and review SAPs, TLFs, and study reports; advise on design and endpoints; collaborate with cross-functional teams and statistical programmers; support regulatory, HTA, and publication activities; mentor and contribute to methodological standards and improvements.

Lead U.S. commercial launch strategy and readiness for setidegrasib in NSCLC. Develop integrated launch plans, stakeholder engagement, brand positioning, cross-functional readiness, market access and diagnostics strategies, launch metrics and governance while ensuring compliance with industry regulations and coordinating with medical, legal, sales, analytics, and global partners.