Director, Professional Engagement, Sponsorships & Congresses - Dermatology

By clicking the “Apply” button, I understand that my employment application process with Takeda will commence and that the information I provide in my application will be processed in line with Takeda’sPrivacy Noticeand Terms of Use. I further attest that all information I submit in my employment application is true to the best of my knowledge.

Job Description

About the role:

Join Takeda as the Director, Professional Engagement, Sponsorships and Congresses where you will be a champion of Takeda’s culture and values while leading the overall strategic direction and performance management for a new product launch. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams and executive leadership to develop and execute strategies that ensure maximum success. You will report to the Vice President, U.S. Dermatology Franchise.

You will be an integral member of the Dermatology Franchise commercial team and will be responsible for developing a vision for the dermatology franchise to establish Takeda as the psoriasis leader in professional engagements. You will foster a culture of trust and commitment to excellence within your team while partnering with the cross-functional team and external stakeholders.

How you will contribute:

• Establish and lead a centralized professional engagement, sponsorships, and congresses strategy and execution function for the Dermatology Franchise. Develop professional engagement strategy and oversee execution for a new product launch, manage internal and external stakeholders, and lead cross-functional teams to help Takeda better serve patients. 

• Develop the professional education strategy and manage medical education marketing initiatives for a new product launch. This includes overseeing the creation, implementation, and accountability of interactions and feedback with external experts. Collaboratively leads the development and execution of brand strategies and innovative tactics designed to drive sales, expand market share, and enhance profitability.

• People Leadership: Provide leadership and oversight to a team that facilitates strategy development of professional engagement and education, congress strategy and execution, and sponsorship process execution. Support the development of self and others to foster a positive culture within the team and with cross-functional partners.

• KOL Development: Identify, cultivate, and maintain long-standing relationships with national and regional key opinion leaders (KOLs) and advisors and develop engagement strategy designed to inform appropriate KOL partnership to better serve patients and meet identified business needs; this may include engaging with KOLs to provide training on disease state, product and market dynamics for internal teams and training on disease state and product education for external healthcare professionals (HCPs)/Ambassadors.

• Insight Generation: Monitor KOL insights regarding market dynamics, disease state, current and future treatment patterns, and competitive landscape. Distil these findings and perspectives into insights to share in a structured way with the broader team to inform brand plan and tactical execution. To support insight gathering and education efforts, manage the use of an HCP engagement tracking platform to identify appropriate HCP for specific fee-for-service activities based on qualifications and expertise directly related to the identified need.

• Strategy and Tactical Development: Based on insight/trend identification, lead the development and implementation of regional strategies, tactics, and/or training solutions in collaboration with franchise, marketing, training, and cross-functional field counterparts. Ensure content, disease state and product messaging, resources, platforms, and execution are aligned with franchise strategy and strategic imperatives for that audience.

• Congress Planning: Define congress strategy in alignment with brand priorities. Develop booth and marketing collateral for congresses, schedule customer engagements, manage peer-to-peer (P2P content and execute product theaters and symposia at national and regional conferences, ensuring on-site oversite and troubleshooting of issues pre-congress through closure.

• Advisory Boards: Develop and manage advisory board strategy and lead team in the creation, content development, and execution of advisory meetings to evolve understanding of customer priorities and unmet needs.

• Speaker Bureau Management: Speaker bureau planning and management in adherence to all policies and content development that is approved for use via internal review team.

• Sponsorships: Process and manage sponsorship requests consistent with business strategy and compliance requirements.

• Innovation and Best Practice Sharing: Support innovation of commercial ways of working by leveraging technology, customer insights, field observations, and continued education. Engage with internal and external partners to seek insights, best practices, and synergistic opportunities.

• Cross-functional Partnership: Liaise with legal, regulatory, and ethics and compliance to ensure all activities are compliant with policies and regulations.  

• Agency Management: Collaborate /Manage external agencies and consultants/contractors to meet project expectations to be completed on time hold them accountable to agreed standards and contract expectations while showing ability to partner with these parties to ensure prioritization of larger patient, customer, and business needs.

• Budget Management: Assume specific budget management/accountability for Professional Engagement projects and Annual Plan Commitments.  Manage spending against budget/forecast and perform all monthly accruals and reporting requirements.  Proactively identify trends and insights to optimize spend and as appropriate, program performance.

Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree

• 10+ years of marketing, sales, and/or related commercial function in the pharmaceutical industry with a minimum of 4 years in commercial pharmaceutical marketing

• Experience developing engagement plans for KOLs / KOL management and ability to comfortably liaise with these customers.

• Experience leading speaker bureau strategy, training, content development and execution of national level programs.

• Experience leading and executing congress strategies and tactics, as well as sponsorship opportunities.

• Strong leadership skills with an ability to set direction, generate commitment, identify, and resolve issues, and evaluate risk. Equally important is the ability to collaborate and work effectively with cross-functional teams with a proven ability to influence without authority.

• Analytical, problem solving, and strategic thinking skills. 

• Financial management and budgeting capabilities.

• Willingness to travel to various internal and external meetings and conferences that could include overnight stays ranging from one to several nights. Some weekend and/or international travel may be required.

Desired:

• Advanced degree (MBA, MA/MS, PharmD, etc.) 

• Client/customer relationship management experience

• Commercial pharma experience in Psoriasis, including an in-depth understanding of the disease state, treatment paradigms, and future trends

• New product launch experience

Takeda Compensation and Benefits Summary

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. We are committed to equitable pay for all employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices.

For Location:

Boston, MA

U.S. Base Salary Range:

$169,400.00 - $266,200.00

EEO Statement

Takeda is proud in its commitment to creating a diverse workforce and providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, parental status, national origin, age, disability, citizenship status, genetic information or characteristics, marital status, status as a Vietnam era veteran, special disabled veteran, or other protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws, and any other characteristic protected by law.

Locations

Boston, MA

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time

Job Exempt

Yes

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.