Head of Digital Health Research
Otsuka Pharmaceutical

Princeton, New Jersey

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Job Summary

Otsuka endeavors to harness leading-edge evidence-based digital technologies, solutions, and data to improve outcomes and personalize patient care for better mental and behavioral health worldwide. This includes the establishment of a new Digital Hub organization, including digital therapeutics, digital biomarkers, measures and related digital solutions along with drug regimen support tools.

Reporting to the Chief Medical Officer, the Head of Digital Health Research, will have a pivotal responsibility in defining the digital health research and development strategy to generate evident to optimize new and existing digital products. S/He will sit on the Global Medical leadership team and bring creative, out of the box ideas to digital health R&D. This leader will partner closely with colleagues across the company, including the Chief Digital Health Business Officer, and the Digital Health leaders in Commercial to build treatments beyond traditional therapeutics for patients.

Job Description

Key Accountabilities:

* In collaboration with others, build a digital innovation strategy to establish value creation and growth that will shape the roadmap across the Digital Therapeutics, medicine and other innovation areas for the next 5+ years

* Design the digital health research and development process, creating a smooth pathway to conduct usability/feasibility studies in target patient populations

* Shape evidence generation strategies for digital products, including with existing and future partners that can be used for regulatory or commercial purposes

* Lead research alliances and collaborations with external partners, ensuring governance and quality

* Advise on the digital health regulatory strategy for the future

* Build and mentor a team to operationalize the digital health scientific agenda, building new capabilities and strengthen existing ones e.g., RWE, clinical trial design

* Co-lead the digital steering committee of senior leaders under North America CEO

* Serve as an ambassador for Otsuka within the scientific community focused on evidence generation for digital therapeutics

Team

* The team will include 2 direct reports focused on clinical development and data generation. He or she will partner through the matrix with teams focused on clinical digital, regulatory digital, manufacturing/semiconductor, pharmacovigilance digital and commercial digital.

Location

* The location for this role is ideally based on the east coast. With the main Otsuka office in Princeton, NJ, candidates located elsewhere on the east coast will be expected to travel 1-2 times a month.

Competencies

Consistently demonstrates competencies at the Executive Leader level: Strategic Orientation, Collaboration and Influencing, Team Leadership and Leading Innovation

Qualifications

Required:


  • Bachelor's degree with 10+ years' of relevant experience developing strategies to validate products, including evidence generation, that can be used for regulatory of commercial purposes

  • 2-5 years experience optimizing existing and developing new digital therapeutics/digital medical devices/digital health software

  • Experience establishing a sustainable development process through clinical trial design

  • Leadership across matrixed, global organization driving results through influence in addition to direct authority

  • Experience building high performing teams

  • Leadership experience in healthcare software or medical technology

  • Advanced degree in related areas preferred

  • Entrepreneurial approach to business problems and resolutions


Highly preferred:

  • Experience engaging with the FDA (ex. through filing and taking a product through the regulatory submissions process)

  • Experience developing real world products focused on wellness or prevention

  • Experience managing research partnerships

  • Pharmaceutical industry experience

  • Clinical trials for digital health products experience

  • Experience in the mental/behavioral health sector

  • Advanced scientific degree


Come discover more about Otsuka and our benefit offerings; https://www.otsuka-us.com/careers-join-otsuka.

Disclaimer: This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by the people assigned to this position. It is not intended to include every job duty and responsibility specific to the position. Otsuka reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet business and organizational needs as necessary.Otsuka is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to their protected veteran or disabled status, or any protected status.

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