At Astellas, we strive to become a cutting-edge, value-driven life science innovator. This means working at the forefront of healthcare change to turn innovative science into VALUE for patients.
What sets us apart is our focus on patients, our pioneering innovation, our collaborative culture, and the passion of our talented people.
At Astellas, we are relentless in our pursuit of scientific progress and in tackling unmet medical needs, demonstrated by our legacy in oncology, overactive bladder and transplant and our impressive pipeline in women's health, blindness and regeneration, genetic regulation, immuno-oncology, mitochondria and targeted protein degradation.
We are a global pharmaceutical company headquartered in Japan, with a team of more than 14,000 managing operations in approximately 70 countries around the world. In Canada, we are growing to meet the exciting opportunities realized by our legacy brands and rich pipeline of innovative treatments.
We work to create a culture where our people feel empowered to pursue brave ideas and ambitious outcomes, to have the confidence to be accountable for a higher standard of performance and embody a competitive and solutions-oriented mindset.
Astellas Pharma Canada (APCA) is currently searching for a General Manager, Canada reporting to the Head, Established Markets Commercial.
Overall responsibility for delivering the Affiliate business targets, executing business plans in line with the overall Regional & Corporate strategy and managing operational risk.
Deliver the Affiliate P&L in line with agreed financial and scorecard objectives, directing allocation of commercial resources to maximize various in-market and new brand growth potential opportunities or risks.
Co-ordinate knowledge and understanding of the local market(s) to drive sustainable, profitable growth, enhancing operational efficiency, and advancing Astellas’ commercial goals.
Develop and manage long-term strategic partnerships with key individual, institutional stakeholders and trade associations, acting as an ambassador for the Astellas corporate brand, its reputation, products and product value; Consult and collaborate with matrix functional global & regional colleagues/teams to meet operational capability and performance needs across the affiliate.
Lead the Affiliate management team, ensuring alignment across the organisation and engaging all stakeholders. Develop the capabilities and competencies of the affiliate to deliver a culture of high performance; lead and manage coaching and development activities for commercial leaders to strengthen talent pipelines; building upon Canada’s leadership strong engagement and inclusive culture, keep on fostering sustainable employee engagement and empowerment, support talent acquisition & retention and strong performance management.
Actively contribute to Established Markets Leadership Team performance.
Collaborate on the delivery of all in-country compliance requirements, ensuring adherence to company and external codes of conduct, laws and regulations (including Healthcare, Legal, PV, Regulatory, Medical, HR, QA and environmental).
Legal and fiduciary board responsibilities for total Affiliate (including all employees) as statutory Director of local legal entity (including but not limited to H&S, GDPR, P&L/balance sheet) with corresponding civil and criminal liability (please also reference Group Company Governance Policy 287 and Directors and Officers Insurance Overview).
Employee Headcount Managed FY 2024: 54 / Total Affiliate: ~100
Reports to: Head of Established Markets Commercial
Divisional Risk and Resilience Committee (DRRC)
Leads local Management Team
Established Commercial Markets Leadership team
Regional partners for Finance, Medical Affairs, Access, ComC, SBM, HR, Legal, Ethics& Compliance, Internal Audit
Professional and Regulatory bodies
Knowledge usually gained through a university degree or at least 10 - 15 years of experience most typically in a commercial role, preferably GM already or a role closely aligned to supporting the commercial organization such as Finance, Medical, Market Access etc.
Astellas Pharma Canada welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Astellas Pharma Canada requires full Vaccination against COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Reasonable accommodation to this policy may be granted for a valid accommodation request under human rights legislation.
No telephone inquiries, in-person applications, or agencies please.