Oncology Country Head, Canada
Toronto, OntarioAt Takeda Oncology, we aspire to cure cancer, with inspiration from patients and innovation from everywhere. We value employees with diverse perspectives and backgrounds. As a member of our team, you would bring your unique perspective to help us achieve our aspiration and help us demonstrate our commitment to patients on a daily basis.
We ensure a tight connection from research to development to commercialization to rapidly meet the needs of the cancer community, optimizing our ability to bring transformative medicines to patients. Our demonstrated leadership in the treatment of hematologic cancers and solid tumors, combined with cutting-edge science through multiple platforms, partnerships and therapeutic approaches, enable us to bring novel medicines to patients worldwide.
At Takeda, you will have access to the resources of a company with over 200 years of heritage, a diverse and robust pipeline, a values-driven culture and career development opportunities.
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Job Description
Role Objectives:
- Set the strategy and goals for the Oncology Business Unit (BU), drive the implementation of access, commercial and medical strategy for the BU to ensure achievement of ambitious goals
- Lead all functions (e.g. marketing, sales, medical, market access, patient advocacy and insights & analytics) within the BU and own the full P&L.
Prepare the BU/ Division for future Oncology product launches. - Develop a strong cross-functional team and ensure continuous development and professional growth of team members
- Build partnerships between Takeda, its customers & key stakeholders and maintain long-term, mutually beneficial partnerships to
drive Patient-Trust-Reputation-Business
Key Accountabilities:
Leadership:
- Establish vision & people strategy for the team
- Embed & role model Takeda values, set the tone for team culture and develop cross-functional way of working
- Foster open communication, invite feedback and lead through personal examples
- Provide frequent coaching and mentoring to direct reports and talents to advance talent development, retention and succession for critical roles
- Define, communicate, embed and measure performance goals and
standards in line with BU objectives - Drive talent acquisition for the BU and establish Takeda as an employer
of choice within oncology for your LOC
Strategy & Planning:
- Support organizational strategy development and ensure strategic needs of the local OBU are heard and fulfilled by above country teams (Region/Global) – clinical development/commercial
- Take full accountability of strategic decisions for the BU/ Division, locally (medical, market access, commercial etc.), while ensuring close collaboration within the Leadership team
- Lead the development and communication of local oncology strategy with your commercial, medical and pricing & market access etc. teams
- Drive the implementation of the strategy incorporating PTRB
- Ensure resource allocation according to strategic focus areas and to allow for impactful execution
- Manage company’s risk profile including local ‘code of practice’; identify and mitigate risks across BU that may impact Takeda
- Ensure ethics and compliance are embedded at all levels & activities within BU
- Establish a financial plan for the entire BU/ Division, in alignment with overall financial planning process and in close co-operation with EUCAN/Global financial team
- Lay the groundwork in the BU for moving into new business areas in the future
Excellence in Execution:
- Drive operational excellence for the BU/ Division (full ownership of P&L): set and own budget, targets and follow up performance and results for the BU
- Lead the development of access strategy including pricing and commercial schemes and leverage them to optimize P&L
- Ensure implementation & regular follow-up of cross-functional plans (e.g. key account management, KAM)
- Drive accountability of sales directors to establish standards and KPIs, define metrics and track progress and achievement
- Provide strategic guidance to Oncology Medical Director in medical activities (e.g. clinical trials, medical engagement activities) and oversee their implementation
- Ensure execution of lifecycle management locally and evidence generation to support local data needs
- Promote culture of learning & sharing/benchmarking with Oncology colleagues, and across the organization, to further advance ‘excellence in execution’
Customer & Stakeholder Relations:
- Set the external stakeholder relationship strategy, together with relevant internal teams, and drive communication & interactions for your BU
- Maintain relationships with key customers, KOLs, and scientific societies as well as with payers, Industry associations and PAG representatives
- Ensure the team lives and demonstrates patient and customer-centricity, defined as listening to and meeting their needs and providing innovative patient- and customer-centric solutions. Ensure that also in the team mindset the patient comes first
- Participate in key customer congresses and events for latest research updates, interactions with KOLs/HCPs and demonstrate Takeda’s presence in the field
Education and Experience:
- University degree and/or other (as locally defined)
- Experience in leading cross-functional teams at local or regional level as well as managing and developing people managers
- Proficiency in Key Account Management (KAM) model
- Experience in managing a P&L or a responsibility for
a large budget and sales - Demonstrated experience in developing value-adding ‘win-win’ solutions with external stakeholders
- Launch experience from a similar environment
Knowledge:
- Strong knowledge of local oncology market, business model and local legislation
- Deep understanding of healthcare and reimbursement systems as well as treatment pathways
- Therapy and product area knowledge, as well as clinical data understanding
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