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Job Description

Associate Director, Brand Capabilities

Takeda Pharmaceutical

Cambridge, MA or Lexington, MA

About the role:

A dynamic and visionary individual is sought to join our organization as a highly engaged member of the Commercial Operations and Business Solutions (COBS) team within Commercial Learning and Development (CL&D).  The Associate Director of Brand Capabilities will play a crucial role in driving and navigating transformative initiatives while fostering a culture of continuous improvement, adaptability, and growth. The ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with stakeholders at all levels, combined with strategic thinking and exceptional problem-solving skills, and an enterprise mindset, will be paramount to success in this role. Strong leadership will be required to inspire and motivate teams to embrace change and achieve organizational objectives.  Passion for innovation, coupled with experience, will be instrumental in shaping our future and ensuring its continued success in a rapidly evolving marketplace.  

As an Associate Director of Brand Capabilities, you will work closely with various levels of brand leadership from Sr. Product Managers through Franchise heads, as well as partner closely with cross-functional partners such as Analytics & Insights, Managed Markets, HR etc. The mission of the team is to serve as a strategic partner and business enabler that leverages commercial expertise to provide brand solutions and capabilities that deliver a competitive advantage, enterprise-wide commercial excellence and that unlock the greatest potential of our brands in support of our patients. This team plays an important role within the organization for partnership with brands and cross functional partners to identify, develop and measure foundational and innovative capabilities that drive commercial excellence. This is a unique opportunity for an experienced strategic marketer who has a passion for collaborating to advance strategic capabilities and to influence patient outcomes. 

How you will contribute:

• Partner and advise Brand, Marketing and Launch teams and their cross functional partners on marketing capabilities such as Product Positioning, Insights Generation, Brand Planning, Customer Engagement and Measurement  

• Identify capability and learning needs with brand partners  

• Work directly with launch teams to develop the needed capabilities and business outputs for launch

• Facilitate connections and sharing of best practices across the USBU

• Parlay marketing subject matter expertise into a learning environment by identifying new learning modalities, creating curriculum and upskilling the Takeda commercial community  

• Identify future competency and capability development opportunities with brand partners  

• Collaborate and support the ongoing development and execution of the brand capabilities roadmap  

• Influence and foster change management elements through initiatives such as community of practice, communications, best practice sharing etc.  

• Manage resource requirements, projects and evaluate impact 

• Implement personal development plans and training to achieve business objectives. 

• Embed an agile mindset and spirit of innovation in the team and the way they work. 

Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:

Required: 

• Minimum BS/BA degree

• Minimum of 5 years of marketing & brand experience through a variety of marketing roles 

• Ability to influence senior-level management and key stakeholders 

• Proven track record of leading and driving business process transformation and organizational culture change as well as delivering on programs with complex business deliverables 

• Ability to set priorities, deliver on deadlines and develop workflow processes and tasks in an evolving, dynamic marketplace.   

• Strong analytical skills and budget management experience. 

• Previous organizational change management experience 

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills necessary to lead through change and influence without authority.  

• Ability to demonstrate strategic and critical thinking, as well as problem solving skills 

• Strong organizational, planning and project management skills–ability to set priorities, meet deadlines and develop workflow processes and tasks for multiple projects 

• Track record of successful leadership, management, and development of small to medium, multi-disciplinary dispersed teams. Strong judge of talent with the ability to make tough talent decisions. 

Preferred: 

• MS/MBA preferred 

• Experience across stages of a brand’s life cycle (launch, growth, and end of life cycle)

• Experience with Brand Planning and Insights Generation processes  

• Health care business acumen with a comprehensive understanding of the pharmaceutical industry 

More about us:

At Takeda, we are transforming patient care through the development of novel specialty pharmaceuticals and best in class patient support programs. Takeda is a patient-focused company that will inspire and empower you to grow through life-changing work.

Certified as a Global Top Employer, Takeda offers stimulating careers, encourages innovation, and strives for excellence in everything we do. We foster an inclusive, collaborative workplace, in which our teams are united by an unwavering commitment to deliver Better Health and a Brighter Future to people around the world.

This position is currently classified as "hybrid" in accordance with 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:

USA - MA - Cambridge - Kendall Square - 500

U.S. Base Salary Range:

$149,100.00 - $234,300.00

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

USA - MA - Cambridge - Kendall Square - 500

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time

Job Exempt

Yes

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