Teva Pharmaceuticals

Global Program Associate Director (GPAD), Innovative Medicines Global Program leadership

Teva Pharmaceuticals$135K — $160K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Advanced degree (MSC or MBA) with 8+ years in the pharmaceutical industry
  • Expert project management skills
  • Strong organizational and communication skills
  • Ability to bridge diverse, cross-functional, and geographically diverse teams
  • Advanced knowledge in drug product development
  • PMP certification is preferred
  • Experience managing large-scale, complex international development projects

Responsibilities

  • Partner with cross-functional teams to create actionable global integrated asset plans
  • Maintain and track detailed project plans, milestones, and budgets
  • Identify and manage risks while developing mitigation strategies
  • Facilitate effective communication and governance across R&D, Commercial, and TGO
  • Organize meeting logistics and prepare agendas and minutes for GPT meetings
  • Support the execution of project updates and presentations for executives
  • Cultivate a high-performing team culture and drive process improvement initiatives

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription) from day one
  • 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match and defined contribution
  • Generous paid time off (vacation, sick, caretaker time, holidays)
  • Life and disability protection provided by the company
  • Additional perks include volunteer time off, tuition assistance, and wellness initiatives
Full Job Description
Our Team, Your Impact

As a Global Program Associate Director (GPAD) within the Global Program Leadership (GPL) organization in Teva R&D, you will act as the operational "engine" of cross-functional drug development team(s), ensuring alignment, timeline integrity, risk management, and execution across R&D, commercial and TGO functions. You will represent the best interests of the program and as such will be a key point contact within the business.

You will drive the program operations, build and maintain detailed project plans, track milestones, risks, and budgets. Tasked with tactical execution, you will be responsible for the use and adherence to program tools & templates, preparing dashboards and reports for governance, supporting meeting logistics and documentation.

How You'll Spend Your Day

Strategic partnering:
• Partner with the Global Program Team Director (GPTD) and Global Program Team (GPT) members to translate program strategy into actionable global integrated Asset plans (IAPs).
• Coordinate preparation and compilation of strategic documents and preparations for program stage gates (endorsement for moving through the development phases) in collaboration with the GPT and GPTD.

Program Execution:
• Manage cross-functional alignment and ensure program goals, timelines, KPIs, and milestones are met.
• Develop & maintain accurate project plans and forecasts in enterprise planning systems (e.g., PLM). Challenge assumptions and interdependencies to ensure clarity on the true critical path, ensuring plans reflect both strategy and operational realities.
• Risk & Issue Management: Identify risks, drive mitigation strategies, and ensure contingencies are in place.
• Partner with GPTD to develop Integrated Asset Plans.

Communication & Governance:
• Manage GPT meeting logistics and prepare high quality GPT agendas and draft minutes in a timely manner. Record action items / decisions and liaise with GPT members on follow-up activities and deliverables.
• Facilitate communication, drive alignment, lead program meetings, and ensure operational excellence across R&D, Commercial and TGO
• Support timely executive communication of project status as required by the organization (e.g., EM updates, IDC presentations, QBRs, monthly updates, etc)

Team & Culture:
• Cultivate a high-performing, collaborative team culture grounded in Teva's leadership principle
• Contribute to the evolution of program management best practices and support process improvement initiatives.
• Partner with the Global Program Head (GPH) and GPTD to leverage the expertise of team members and drive shared accountability for results leveraging Teva's GPT operating model

Your Skills and Experience
• Advanced degree (MSC or MBA) with 8+ years in pharmaceutical industry
• Expert project management skills
• Strong organisational and communication skills, with the ability to bridge diverse, cross-functional and geographically diverse teams
• Advanced knowledge in drug product development

Preferred Qualifications:
• PMP certification Experience in Project Management
• Experience in project management of large scale, complex, international development projects

How We'll Take Care of You

We offer a competitive benefits package, including:
• Comprehensive Health Insurance: Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription coverage starting on the first day of employment, providing the employee enrolls.
• Retirement Savings: 401(k) with employer match, up to 6% and an annual 3.75% Defined Contribution to the 401k plan.
• Time Off: Paid Time Off including vacation, sick/safe time, caretaker time, and holiday.
• Life and Disability Protection: Company paid Life and Disability insurance.
• Additional benefits include, but are not limited to, Employee Assistance Program, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Tuition Assistance, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Account, Life Style Spending Account, Volunteer Time Off, Paid Parental Leave, if eligible , Family Building Benefits, Virtual Physical Therapy, Accident, Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity Insurances, Identity Theft Protection, Legal Plan, Voluntary Life Insurance and Long Term Disability and more.

The total compensation may also include restricted stock units and discretionary awards, depending on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.



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About Teva Pharmaceuticals

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. is a global pharmaceutical company that develops, produces and markets generic drugs, specialty drugs and active pharmaceutical ingredients. It is the largest generic drug manufacturer in the world and one of the 15 largest pharmaceutical companies worldwide. Teva's products are sold in more than 60 countries and it has a portfolio of more than 3,500 products. The company was founded in 1901 in Jerusalem and is headquartered in Petah Tikva, Israel.
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