Head of Healthcare Strategic Partnerships

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Job Description

Join Takeda and the Center for External Innovation as the Head of Healthcare Strategic Partnerships, where you will be responsible for establishing innovative partnerships with healthcare groups. These partnerships will enable Takeda to leverage unique services, data, and digital technology to enhance clinical development productivity and technical success.

In this role, you will establish and maintain relationships with leaders at health systems nationwide, assessing the depth, breadth, maturity, and relevance of their data, services, and technology to support Takeda’s strategic priorities in our therapeutic areas of interest:  Oncology (thoracic and GI tumors and hematological disorders),  Neuroscience (Neurodegeneration and Neuromuscular Disease), and  Gastroenterology/Inflammation (IBD, fibrotic disease, dermatology, and rheumatology). You will collaborate with

Therapeutic Area Unit (TAU) leaders and R&D functions to understand their priorities, gaps, opportunities, and enablers, which would enhance pipeline and portfolio execution, as well as patient, caregiver, and physician engagement leading to successful commercialization. Leveraging this knowledge, you will conceive and nurture mutually beneficial partnerships. You will lead, motivate, and coach key internal stakeholders through the development, execution, and optimization of these strategic partnerships.

How you will contribute:

• Maintain a current and broad knowledge of Takeda R&D enterprise strategies and priorities.
• Lead and coach key stakeholders through the ideation process to define value creation opportunities for Takeda, with consideration to data and services available within healthcare systems, including enhancing R&D capabilities and successful commercialization.
• Translate Takeda’s enterprise strategic priorities into a roadmap of near- and long-term strategic and capability-building goals.
• Communicate Takeda’s strategic interests with potential healthcare partners and understand their business priorities.
• Identify optimal healthcare partners for collaboration and mutually beneficial capability building.
• Develop and negotiate a strategic partnership plan that aligns with both Takeda’s and partners’ business priorities.
• Align and stage projects according to Takeda and partners’ priority interests and capabilities.
• In partnership with R&D and Business Units, develop governance and/or briefing documents for each strategic partnership to communicate objectives, resource contributions, and value propositions for governance or executive forums.
• Ensure optimal gating of projects, appropriate incentives, mutually beneficial terms, and clear criteria for success.
• Monitor partnership progress to enable redirection or refinement of priorities and plans as needed.

Technical/Functional Expertise:

• Strong background in strategic planning, business management, innovation/collaboration management.
• Strong understanding of global biopharma and life sciences trends.
• Knowledge across therapeutic areas, R&D functions, and the application of AI/ML and automation across the value chain.

Leadership:

• Deep appreciation of healthcare and pharma industry dynamics, company vision, and implications for all aspects of the business including R&D and external innovation models.
• Enterprise-level leadership with the ability to inspire, motivate, and drive results.
• Reputation for transparency and proactive engagement with all relevant internal and external expertise.
• Proven ability to mobilize and lead changes across functions and regions.
• Ability to distill complex issues and ideas into simple, comprehensible terms.
• Excellent communicator, able to persuasively convey ideas and data, both verbally and in writing.
• Proven skills as an effective team player engendering credibility and confidence within and outside the company.

Decision-making and Autonomy:

• Lead, support, or jointly make strategic, operational, or organizational decisions with global significance to Takeda and R&D vision and goals.
• Decision-making capacity and authority commensurate with objectives and accountabilities.

Interaction:

• Recognized as a leader for Takeda innovation by internal and external collaborators.
• Broad network within academic, biopharma, and life science communities.
• Ability to forge quality connections with global sources of innovation.
• Skillful in convening and mobilizing individuals of different seniority and backgrounds toward a common goal.
• Comfortable challenging the status quo and proposing innovative solutions.

Innovation:

• Forward-thinking with the ability to recommend, influence, and implement organizational change and continuous innovation.
• Ability to take assessed risks for implementing innovative solutions.
• Ability to identify opportunities and anticipate changes in the business landscape through understanding and ongoing assessment of environmental factors.
• Stay aware and current on scientific, AI/ML, and automation innovations in drug discovery and development.
• Formulate mid-to-long-term innovative strategies to sustain an innovative pipeline.
• Drive and motivate others to test and deliver new approaches and business models for strengthening the portfolio and improving processes.

Complexity:

• Build relationships, influence, and lead both Takeda colleagues and external collaborators as a matrixed leader.
• Navigate business and cultural considerations across Takeda’s global R&D locations.

Education, Behavioral Competencies, and Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field required.
• Over 20 years of experience and proven success in cultivating senior executive-level external relationships in the healthcare ecosystem required.
• Experience in negotiating innovative collaborative agreements with stakeholders required.
• R&D experience highly preferred.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams required.
• Proven success managing multiple broad corporate projects simultaneously required.
• Financial acumen including resource allocation, budget management, and strategic sourcing preferred.
• Experience with biologics and specialty products preferred.
• Launch experience preferred.

Travel Requirement: 30%

This position is currently classified as “hybrid” by Takeda’s Hybrid and Remote Work policy

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:

$208,200.00 - $327,140.00

EEO Statement

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Locations

Boston, MA

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time

Job Exempt

Yes

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