Clinical Monitoring Planning: Oversees and coordinates Sponsor oversight of CRO clinical Monitoring activities, including plan for internal communication and issue escalation with Clinical Study Lead (CSL) Clinical Surveillance: Documents ongoing Clinical Monitoring review of data for safety (with Clinical Safety Pharmacovigiliance) and quality at project level; Ensures global consistency of clinical Monitoring activities; Defines or contributes to department level surveillance activities across projects Study strategy: Interacts with leaders of each function to develop study strategy; Approves project or TA-level TM and biomarker strategy in collaboration with Translational Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology; Attends regulatory agency meetings and leads clinical strategy discussions Study planning and execution: Develops prospective contingency plans for management of key risks across a large project or a portfolio of projects or across the Therapeutic Area; Clearly defines priorities and high level execution plans across projects within and outside of Daiichi Sankyo; Supports effective communication and decision-making process cross-functionally and cross-regionally at department level Study Outputs: For large-studies/programs, consults on responses to IRBs and HA; Has strong understanding of statistics and study design principles applicable to primary and efficacy and safety endpoints in registrational trials to critically assess study conclusions External collaboration: Ensure continuous, effective alignment within / between CRO and vendors; For large, multiple indication project in late development, develops and leads Ad-Board with top tier KEEs for project level strategic advice; Develops and leads steering committee for Phase 3 registrational study; Consults with KEEs for advice on complex development or safety issues; Maintains and leads external collaborations and advisory panels at department level People Management: Assign staff with appropriate training and experience or arrange requisite support to lead large study teams, coordinate complex studies, lead projects, and/or ensure proper medical oversight; Monitor and manage direct report’s performance in such roles, ensuring that there is proper understanding of task complexity and management of key risks; Participate in department’s planning for staff and cross-functional staffing plans for the Therapeutic Area. Provides senior level clinical representation at meetings with health authorities; Leads the creation of developmental and regulatory strategy; Accountable for performance of CROs; Routine interactions with senior management of CRO/ARO, as needed; Accountable for clinical development plans, protocol profiles and sections of key submission documents; Represents Clinical Development as team leader or as supervisor of team leaders; Accountable for Clinical Development input into commercial strategy including Translational Medicine and biomarker strategy; Thought partner in driving Business Development decisions in collaboration with External Scientific Affairs dept.